Montalto wins Best Wine Tourism Experience
2011 Gourmet Traveller Travel Awards
Media release
The award winning restaurant and vineyard of Montalto on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove was recently awarded Best Wine Tourism Experience at the Gourmet Traveller Travel Awards.
According to Gourmet, "John and Wendy Mitchell's Mediterranean-accented vineyard experience in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula elevates the pleasure of grape and table to a fine art.
"In the handsome timber and glass dining room, chef Barry Davis makes the most of the property's thriving kitchen garden and orchard to create accomplished, delicious meals with side serves of rolling hills and ocean glimpses.
"Casual summer dining on pizzas and cheese plates at the outdoor Piazza and Garden Cafe ensures Montalto's mass appeal.
"Fine home grown wines are grouped under the vineyard's Pennon Hill and reserve Montalto labels but the restaurant's exciting list of vine varieties ranges right across the Peninsula, the nation and the world.
"Food and wine aside, the estate's sculpture collection sees a natural fit for its picturesque hillside location and refined aesthetic, while the annual Olive Festival in July celebrates Montalto's other great fruit with produce stall and martinis. Such innovations are typical of the inspired eco-tourism that defines this coastal gem."
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- Mornington Peninsula (VIC)
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