The Current Finestra Vineyard, lies tucked in behind the Yeringberg vineyard on the Maroondah Highway in Coldstream, within the Yarra Valley region, Victoria. read more

Gita Braybrook is based in the Melbourne area of Victoria but grows grapes in the Yarra Valley in the Dandenong Ranges. read more

Neil Johannesen is a grape grower located in Mount Waverley in Victoria's Melbourne Surrounds. read more

Katoa Wines is located in the Heathcote wine region of Victoria's Goldfields area, in Melbourne Surrounds. read more

Winchelsea Estate is located in the Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula wine region of Victoria's Melbourne Surrounds, on the Great Ocean Road read more

Yarra Valley's Giant Steps recently nabbed the inaugural winery of the year award in The Age Good Food Guide 2009 and owner Phil Sexton and winemaker Steve Flamsteed are finalists in Gourmet Travellers winemaker of the year awards. There are some very good reasons for their success.

Surrounded by indigenous bushland and with views out to Port Phillip bay, Hickinbotham of Dromana has a relaxed and rustic feel, concealing the hive of activity within. RACV Members: don't forget your RACV card for some great savings »

Yarra Valley chardonnay is getting a major makeover worthy of its celebrity status. It's losing weight and looking firmer as winemakers go for lower alcohol levels, reduce new oak influence and work on complexing flavours in their chardonnay.

Locals know best. Willow Creek Wines' new winemaker Geraldine McFaul loves the Mornington Peninsula - her idea of a perfect day will have you begging to stay a whole weekend.

Some might call vigneron Martin Spedding obsessive. And fair enough too as that's just what happens when you fall for Burgundy, or rather, its beguiling varieties of pinot noir and chardonnay. It explains much because those wines also rule at his outpost Ten Minutes by Tractor in the heart of Main Ridge.