Four Pillars Gin is Australia’s number one craft spirit. Since launch in 2013, Four Pillars gins have received the highest accolades at spirit competitions around the world. The Distillery Door is open seven days a week, where guests can do a tasting of all the gins in the Four Pillars range, or enjoy a multitude of gin drinks from the bar, including gin and tonic paddles, build-your-own Negronis, and Scotty’s Ginger Mules, as well as local beer and wine, great coffee, olives, nuts, and cheese plates.

Domaine Chandon’s traditions hail from its founder – Champagne house Moët and Chandon – but its expertise is planted firmly in cool-climate Victorian wine country. The winery makes distinctive and delicious méthode traditionnelle Australian sparkling wines which are complex, expressive and reflective of their origins.

The Tokar family bought the land in 1995 by 1999 they had 30 acres under wine, they were the first in the Yarra Valley to plant the Spanish variety Tempranillo and now it is one of their signature wines. Tokar family estate pride themselves in a traditional European hospitality.

Once the home of Dame Nellie Melba, Coombe Yarra Valley is a property with unrivalled provenance. Seven acres of stunning gardens surround the beautifully appointed facilities in the restored motor house and clock tower, offering a truly unique cultural destination. Coombe Cottage, the Australian home of famous Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, is located ‘behind the hedge’ at the gateway to the Yarra Valley at Coldstream. With it and Italian inspired restaurant they now open in the afternoons for Merenda which means afternoon snack in Italian, with sweet and savoury bites, served with a glass of Italian Prosecco.

This spectacular chocolate indulgent feast for the senses. There are over 250 different chocolate products and a delicious selection of house-made ice cream. The Chocolaterie was an old 16 hectar cattle farm they now have a 500 tree orchard and wetlands where 3000 trees have been planted. Leanne Neeland is the owner won the Telstra 2008 businesswoman of the year, they sell over five tons of chocolate per week and Rocky Road is the number one choice, they also do workshops on how to make chocolate which children love.