Food and wine – Mornington Peninsula

A healthy appetite is rewarded in the Mornington Peninsula as you wind along coastlines and country roads past silvery olive groves, rolling hills laced with vineyards, hidden eateries, roadside stalls boating organic produce and lively local markets.

Wine everywhere
You're spoiled for choice with 170 vineyards and over 50 cellar doors. Stop around Red Hill, Merricks, Main Ridge, Balnarring and Moorooduc to taste signature cool climate single-estate pinot noir and chardonnay and get acquainted with arneis, san giovese and gewurtztraminer.

Combining local wines and produce
Settle in for a meal at a cellar door restaurant. In addition to first-class views and top wines you'll taste perfectly balanced meals prepared by star chefs from produce plucked from organic kitchen gardens, sustainable farms and the nearby ocean.

Sit at a seaside eatery or even beside a pier in Mornington or Sorrento and enjoy super-fresh Flinders mussels, Port Phillip Bay whiting and flathead.

Fresh from the farms
Stop at roadside signs advertising the harvest from the fertile soil, including free-range eggs, just-picked cherries, organic vegetables, aged meats, bio-dynamic apples, olive oil, preserves, freshly-roasted coffee and locally-made cheese.