Bendigo Wine Makers

Sheer Drop Wines

Our award winning cool-climate wines are grown on the granite soils of Mount Alexander in the Bendigo wine district.

The Sheer Drop vineyards are located just 12km from Castlemaine, home to many renowned visual and performing artists. The distinctive work of painter, Katharina Rapp is showcased on our Sheer Drop label.

Garth Doolan from Sheer Drop Wines really doesn’t enjoy self-promotion. He prefers to let his cool-climate wines speak for him. This was certainly the case at the presentation dinner of the Royal Hobart International Wine Show 2006. As Garth approached the dias to accept the highly coveted trophy for Best Shiraz of Show from His Excellency the Honourable William Cox Governor of Tasmania, many in attendance asked the same question: Who are Sheer Drop Wines?

And when Garth Doolan was called up a second time to receive the trophy for Best Red Wine of Show, the sentiment of the audience was unanimous: Whoever they are, their wines must be good!

Held in November each year the Royal Hobart International Wine Show is one of the most significant events in the Australian wine industry and has grown to become the second largest in the country. Sheer Drop Wines returned from Hobart with a gold medal and two trophies for the 2004 Sheer Drop Shiraz, a bronze medal for the 2004 Sheer Drop Cabernet Sauvignon and a bronze medal for the Sheer Drop Sparkling Shiraz. At the presentation dinner next year the 2004 Sheer Drop Shiraz will grace the Governor’s table!

Cellar Door

No cellar door facilities at present.

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