Cellar Door of the Year 2023 and 2024 - Mudgee Wine Show Award
Family-owned vineyard and winery
Friday - Sunday 11am to 5pm + public holidays + mid-week by appointment
112 Craigmoor Road, Mudgee Bob and Julie Heslop’s small family-owned dryland vineyard in the heart of Mudgee’s premium wine growing area produces, small batches of handcrafted, high quality wines. Minimal intervention strategies ar
e embraced in the vineyard and winery, such as hand picking, gentle crushing, hand plunging, and basket pressing through to the use of sustainable building materials. The straw bale warehouse and cellar door are under construction, and their producer wholesaler licence currently limits sales to mail, phone and internet orders. Bob began his winemaking career at Kay Bros, SA while undertaking oenology studies at CSU Wagga Wagga. After returning to NSW, he completed a vintage in the Hunter Valley, and then the family moved to Mudgee where his wife, Julie, was born. They then purchased 50 acres and began planting a small vineyard with a range of grape varieties, including Touriga Nacional, Tinta Cao and Zinfandel. However, since his retirement from teaching, he is following his passion of making his own handcrafted, high quality wines.
