Granite Belt Wine Country is Australia’s highest wine region and sitting high on the Great Dividing Range we experience four distinct seasons.
February to April
Apple & Grape Harvest Season
All of Queensland’s apples are grown here (1 million trees!)…
- Drive through the apple orchards
- Eat apple pie on the farm, drink local apple ciders and juices
Queensland’s wine region…
- Meet the winemakers – visit a winery during grape harvest
- Dozens of cellar doors, taste emerging wine varieties
- Get hands-on at in the winemaking action
Autumn colours in the vineyards and trees are stunning in April and early May.
June to August
Brass Monkey Season
Get ready for a cool adventure in Stanthorpe – Queensland’s coldest town!
- Snuggle in a cosy cottage by the fireplace
- Qld’s best location for Christmas in July
- Hop from wineries to breweries
September to October
Apple Blossom Season
September and October is Apple Blossom Season in Queensland’s Granite Belt.
- Take a country drive to see Stanthorpe’s one million apple trees burst into blossom (end of September to mid-October)
- Visit vineyards as they burst with new spring growth (it’s called bud burst!)
- Wildflowers appear in Girraween National Park
- See stone fruit orchards in blossom (end of August, early September)
December to January
Christmas Season
Queensland’s Must-Do Christmas Location!
- Choose your own Christmas tree at the farm!
- Pick cherries and take home boxes of summer stone fruits
- Buy Queensland wines for summer celebrations
- Buy Christmas gifts from the bush
