Purple Hen Winery

Small vineyard on the quiet side of the island — cellar door tastings over Westernport.

Small vineyard and cellar door on the Rhyll side of the island, pouring premium cool-climate wines with views over Westernport. A tasting is your pick of six wines, taken seated indoors or on the concrete apron, with a blackboard menu of food to pair.

Tastings are $20, waived if you buy two bottles per person. Tables max out at six people and tastings run to 45 minutes, which keeps the room civilised in summer.

Open 11am–5pm, four days a week for most of the year (closed Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday), stretching to seven days from 27 December through January and during Victorian school holidays. Closed most public holidays.