Sirromet Winery: Cellar Door, Tours and Lunch at Mount Cotton

Sirromet Winery is a large winery on Mount Cotton Road in the Redlands, about 35 minutes by car from Brisbane CBD. You can taste wine at the cellar door, have coffee or a pizza at the cafe, book a winery tour or sit down to lunch at the Tuscan Terrace restaurant.

It is a place for adults rather than a family playground: the winery asks that visitors to its website are 18 or over, and pets are not allowed on the grounds. Here is what each part of a visit involves.

Sirromet cellar door and tastings

The cellar door is open seven days, from 10 am to 5 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 5.30 pm on weekends. Tastings run until 4 pm on weekdays and 4.30 pm on weekends, and the winery asks you to arrive 30 minutes before the end because a tasting takes about half an hour.

A tasting is six wines. The Standard tasting is $15 and covers everyday drinking wines. The Premium tasting is $20 and covers more complex and unusual styles. There is no booking: the cellar door runs first in, first served. If you would rather have a bigger pour, wine flights (white, red, mixed or premium) are $25 for Standard or $30 for Premium, no booking needed.

On Saturdays and Sundays there is live music at the cellar door from 12 pm to 4 pm.

Sirromet cafe and kitchen

The cafe is open every day from 8 am to 3 pm and serves coffee, cake, and cheese and antipasto plates. The kitchen, which adds pizzas, salads and a hamper for two, is open Saturday to Tuesday from 11 am to 3 pm, and you do not need a booking for it.

You cannot bring your own food or drink, with one exception: you are welcome to bring your own cake to the cafe or Tuscan Terrace, for a $20 cakeage fee.

Tuscan Terrace restaurant

Tuscan Terrace is the winery’s restaurant, with a seasonal menu of Queensland produce and share plates. It is an outdoor venue: an interior that opens onto a big terrace, with no air conditioning, so dress for the weather. Covered dining is not guaranteed in bad weather.

• Breakfast: Saturday and Sunday, 7.30 to 9.30 am
• Lunch: Wednesday to Sunday, from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm (the hours page says 11 am)
• Dinner: Wednesday to Sunday, 5.30 to 8.30 pm

Bookings are required to secure a table, and you make them through the winery’s booking page.

Sirromet winery tours and experiences

The winery experiences page lists the bookable options, which are made through an online booking system. The main ones are:

• Tour and tasting: a 90-minute behind-the-scenes winery tour and tasting, $35 Standard or $55 Premium, daily.
• Tour, taste and lunch: the 90-minute tour with a tasting of six wines and a cafe burger with chips and a soft drink, $68 per person. A two-course lunch version is $89 on weekdays and $96 on weekends.
• A petit pairing: a self-guided tasting of six wines, each with a bite-sized plate, $55 per person.
• Wine blending: a 90-minute session where you blend, bottle and label your own wine, $125 per person (minimum two guests).
• Winery hamper: a picnic hamper for two with cheese, meats, sweets and a bottle of Sirromet wine, $129, collected between 11 am and 2 pm.
• Dinner packages: Endless Wine and Italian Delights ($132 per person) and Taste and Flight ($125 per person), Wednesday to Sunday, both with a minimum of two guests.

Private groups of 10 or more can arrange tastings and tours, and a Mandarin-speaking tour runs on Thursdays at 10 am.

Events and concerts at Sirromet

Sirromet runs seasonal events on top of the everyday menu. Twilight in the Vines is an evening experience with a platter for two, paired Sirromet wines and a walk through the vines at sunset, held on Friday and Saturday evenings during its season. Big concerts are listed on the events page (some link to A Day on the Green for tickets), and the winery offers private marquee packages for concert nights. Check the events page for what is on and what has sold out.

Stay overnight at Sanctuary by Sirromet

If you want to stay, Sanctuary by Sirromet is a glamping retreat on the winery’s 560 acre estate, in native bushland overlooking Moreton Bay and Stradbroke Island. It has tented pavilions (including Premium Pavilions), the Laguna Suite and private houses such as the Winemakers Cottage and Merlot House. Rates and policies are on the accommodation page.

Planning your visit

• How long: a tasting takes about 30 minutes, a tour and tasting about 90 minutes, and a lunch with a tour a couple of hours or more.
• Who it suits: adults and couples, friends and groups. The winery does not state a children’s policy, so call (07) 3206 2999 if you plan to bring kids.
• Dogs: not allowed anywhere on the premises, to protect the wildlife. Accredited assistance or companion animals with official documentation are the exception.
• Getting home: tastings and wine flights are alcohol, so plan a driver or a pick-up. Sirromet’s getting here page covers transport options.

Getting to Sirromet Winery

The address is 850 Mount Cotton Road, Mount Cotton. It is about 35 minutes by car from Brisbane CBD and about 45 minutes from the Gold Coast. Guests can also arrive by helicopter and land among the vines.

The winery’s website does not publish parking details. For parking, shuttles or rideshare pick-ups, call the winery on (07) 3206 2999.

Nearby

• Mount Cotton – bushland walks, a mountain top lookout and bike trails in the same suburb.
• Christmas in the Park Mount Cotton – a free family afternoon in the suburb.
• Cleveland Markets – Sunday markets on Bloomfield Street.
• Wellington Point Recreation Reserve – beach, playgrounds and the King Island walk.

More like this: all wineries and everything in the Redlands.

Hours and prices can change, so check the Sirromet opening hours page before you go.

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• Kooroomba Vineyard and Lavender Farm – another winery lunch, in the Scenic Rim.
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