Wine and whisky tastings in the vault
Four thousand eight hundred bottles below the waterline — guided flights, candlelit cellar dinners and a locked cabinet of pours that never reach the list.
The island's deepest cellar
Cut into the foundation stone and kept at cellar temperature by the river itself, the vault holds the state's deepest Tasmanian pinot noir library alongside grower Champagne, museum releases and single-cask island whisky.
Chief sommelier Élodie Marchand hosts tastings at the stone table for eight — six pours built around a theme, ending with a vintage chosen from the locked cabinet.
What the rate covers
Every guided tasting follows the same arc — context, contrast, and one bottle you'll tell people about.
- Six-pour guided flight with the sommelierIncluded
- Cellar-table charcuterie & estate breadIncluded
- Locked-cabinet finale pourIncluded
- Tasting notes card to take awayIncluded
- Bottles at cellar-door pricingIncluded
Cellar dinners for eight
A five-course menu cooked upstairs and served among the racks — each course arrives with the bottle it was built around.
Dinner specifics
- Party size2 – 8
- Duration2.5 hrs
- FromA$340 pp
How booking works
Three steps — the concierge handles everything between them.
Choose your theme
Pinot verticals, island whisky, old-world vs new — or tell the sommelier to surprise you.
Take the stone stair
The vault sits below the lobby; candles are lit when the table is yours.
Finish in the cabinet
The last pour comes from the locked shelf — the choice of vintage is yours.
Tasting rates
Flights from A$85; cellar table dinners from A$190 pp; rare pours priced nightly from the cabinet.
- Sommelier hosting
- Cellar table & charcuterie
- Cabinet finale pour
The 1998 pinot at the end wasn't on the list. Élodie just decided the evening had earned it.
R. Delacroix — cellar dinner guest — verified guest
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Book the table
Theme, date and party size — the sommelier writes back with the evening's arc.
- Median response4 minutes
- Desk hours24 / 7
- Direct line+61 3 6221 1888
Four metres below the river
The coldest room in the building holds the warmest evenings on the estate.