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Single Vineyard Hand Crafted Granite Belt Wine Come try our wines - we are confident that you will be impressed by their quality.

Our small vineyard (approximately three hectares of vines) is perched high on a ridge near the village of Ballandean in the Granite Belt - Queensland's premier wine district. In our vineyard we focus on the production of premium quality wine grapes using sustainable agricultural practices. Our vineyard is at an altitude of 900m; we have low yields (usually less than 4 tonnes per hectare); we prune by hand; we harvest by hand; we use minimal irrigation and also spread thick mulch under vines.

10/10/2026

At Twisted Gum W**es we love talking about soil health and regenerative viticulture.
So when Cameron Leckie and Wim Linström asked if they could use our vineyard for a case study we replied with a big YES!

They have done an amazing study which you can find here:
https://www.unisq.edu.au/research/sqnnsw-hub/blogs/low-input-viticulture

And they have also recently published an excellent summary article in the September issue of the Australian Grapegrower & W**emaker Magazine - who have kindly allowed us to share online - for access to the article see our website here:
https://twistedgum.com.au/about-us/regenerative-viticulture/

Spoiler alert - overall the study finds that our long term use of regenerative viticulture - involving no insecticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers or ploughing - has produced healthy soils with excellent stats!

And we have also found that regen is not only good for our soils but it has also reduced our input costs and improved our grape yields and quality - which is a definite win-win! 🍇🍇

10/09/2026

Hooray! Michelle and I have finished four long days of bottling and our 2025 reds are all done!
A total of 7,696 bottles of red w**e - all bottled by hand - but who is counting? 🙂
These will all be hand labelled over the coming months before they are ready for release. The Shiraz is my favourite this year - a beautifully balanced cool climate w**e!
All our w**es are 100% single vineyard, hand pruned, hand picked, small batch w**es that are hand bottled here on site at Twisted Gum W**es. 🍷🍷

05/09/2026

Spring has arrived in Granite Belt W**e Country!
The blossoms are out and the whole region is looking a picture.
Be sure to drop by our cellar door at Twisted Gum W**es to admire the blossoms and pat Koda (our enthusiastic Kelpie) - and maybe taste a few w**es as well - Michelle says the Chardonnay is her favourite!
Our cellar door is open every weekend 10am to 4pm.
See you soon! 🍷🍷

25/08/2026

The wood fire in Twisted Gum Cottage has been given a big work out this Brass Monkey Season!
So it is time for Tim to cut another load of firewood to keep all our cottage guests happy.
A job that is made easy with our AEG electric chainsaw and Hawk electric tipping cart - which can take a half tonne of wood in the tray.
Then finishing off with the trusty block-splitter - clearly no need for gym memberships up here at Twisted Gum W**es! 🔥🔥

21/08/2026

Another glorious sunny winters day in Granite Belt W**e Country.
Michelle and I are out pruning our Verdelho today.
Can you believe that this is the 20th year that Michelle and I have pruned Twisted Gum Vineyard!!
Together we have pruned over 5000 vines each year for 20 years.
We start with the Cabernet Sauvignon in July and then move on to the Mourvedre, Shiraz, Grenache, Semillon and Chardonnay - and finish off with the Black Muscat and Verdelho in late August.
It is lots of work, but definitely worth it when harvest comes along!
100% single vineyard, hand pruned, hand harvested, small batch w**es.🍇🍇

24/07/2026

Hello Jack Frost!
He is certainly putting on a show at Twisted Gum Vineyard this morning!
The first frost of the year up at our house - 2 months late again this year - but well worth the wait!
I encouraged our brave Kelpie Koda to come outside and play in the frost with me but he was way too smart and stayed in his kennel 🤣🤣

22/07/2026

Fantastic to have so many enthusiastic w**e lovers visit our cellar door here at Twisted Gum W**es in recent weeks. Brass Monkey Season is in full swing!

Visitors regularly comment on how beautiful our cellar door building is.
And they are often surprised to hear that we moved this wonderful 1920s Queenslander (all the way from Waterford on the Logan River) up here in 2012 to create our new cellar door.

It now looks like it has been sitting here for many decades. Such a lovely setting for relaxed w**e tasting inside at the big wooden tables or outside on the deck enjoying the winter sunshine! 🍷🍷

19/06/2026

OK this is a big call, but Michelle and I have tasted all of our 2026 w**es in recent weeks and we agree that these w**es are arguably the best we have produced in all our 19 vintages here at Twisted Gum W**es!
Better that 2012 and 2022!
The quality of the fruit we picked from our vineyard this year is next level.
The whites and pinks are fresh and vibrant and are now all in bottle and ready to be released later this winter.
While the reds all show impressive fruit intensity supported by ripe fine grained tannins. These w**es will be carefully racked and cellared for the next 12 months - very exciting! 🍷🍷

11/06/2026

Our sheep are loving the small amount of rainfall we have had over the past few weeks.
The vineyard has been transformed from dusty and dry to now looking lovely and green again.
Fantastic to see how quickly a regeneratively farmed vineyard can bounce back!
🐏🍇🌧

12/03/2026

What a fantastic Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival!
Congratulations to all the local volunteers who once again have put on an incredible festival.👍👍
Michelle and I had a great weekend at the Food and W**e Fiesta in the park - everyone we met was loving the excellent food and w**e and music! 🍷🍕🎸
It was also lovely to have some family home for the weekend - who stepped in behind the bar to help out in the busy times - thanks Rob and Lauren!

Address

2253 Eukey Road
Ballandean, QLD
4382

Opening Hours

Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

0746841282

Website

http://www.twistedgum.com.au/

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