Wow, this winery is amazing! I came here as part of a wine tour organised by work friends - I…read morehadn't heard of Shut The Gate before, so was pleasantly surprised to see a charming place with outdoor braziers, seating, and a very friendly couple who love talking about their delicious wines! Shut The Gate is a boutique winery, specialising in many types of riesling, but they also source other grape varieties for their sav blanc and red blends. Prices are around the $20-$25 mark, and well worth it! The labels are beautiful too, some done by a London artist based on fairytales with the theme of 'shutting a gate' ;) Oh, and they have a couple of winery cats - that's definitely worth an extra star!

This little gem is nestled away, just off the road…read more Walking in, we met the head wine guy who was excited to greet us, especially when I mentioned how nice his wines are having drank them at a couple restaurants around. The house is set up for tastings for small groups and couples in nooks and on couches. Its the most relaxed and fun tasting in the clare area. no giant benches and feeling like they want you gone. Sit out side on the patio on a sunny day and enjoy a glass of something something, you won't regret it. One of my favorite wine producers, which was only enhanced by this experience.

There are few places you go where the people are friendly and the atmosphere so relaxing you want…read moreto stay all day. This winery was that place for me. They had beautiful, calm music playing and aside from the fact that we were child-free, it was such a peaceful place to be. Now for the wines, they were all sublime, I wanted to buy all of them! Their taste was so unique and refreshing, I will be back to buy more.

Richard gave us a lovely warm welcome as we entered the cellar door. The atmosphere is rustic and…read moreintimate. To the wines. Almost everything is for tasting, and we were offered cheddar cheese and crackers to go with it. Nice :). There are no bad wines here, but we do tend to favour Rieslings from this region. Both the Watervale and the Single vineyard Sevenhill were worth the $25 price tag. Beautiful fruit driven wine, and I will struggle to decide whether to drink it now or leave them for a couple of years. Either way it's going to be good. We remembered the Hummer from our last visit, which reminded me how long it's been since we had been to the winery. I'm not a huge fan of merlot, usually finding it a bit flat for my palate, but this is a beauty and they don't make it very often. We couldn't resist it and were prepared to pay the higher price tag. We bought a few red ales while we were there. Called the monkey's uncle, the red malts gives it a complex, lively character and slightly bitter to finish. It has everything on the palate the label lays claim too... Caramel, treacle, and yes even toffee apple. Damn good! I'll be keeping a bit of this in the fridge from now on. You can't taste the beer at the winery, so either take my word for it, or try it at one of the local pubs on tap. A very pleasant visit!

I consider my experience at this Cellar Door to be head and shoulders above the others I have…read morevisited around the Clare and Barossa Valleys because of the fantastic service and engagement from the staff member "Andrew". He was friendly, interesting, and genuinely interested in helping us enjoy and appreciate the impressive range of wine available for tasting. The stand outs were the sweet Rieslings and the Armagh Shiraz.

A year ago I would have given this restaurant 5 stars: it has been one of our favourites for20+…read moreyears. However, after going there for lunch on Thursday I have downgraded it to three stars. The reasons for this are: The menus are presented on an A4 sheet of green paper, food on one side and wine on the other. Not the class of presentation we are used to here. The fish was the only menu item listed as GF; not every gluten intolerant person wants fish for lunch. We were specifically asked up front if we had any special dietary requirements but even so we were not told of any other GF alternatives. The home-made chorizo was slightly too dry and lacking in flavour. A sauce or relish was definitely required here. My wife had the pork belly. The waitress asked if she wanted it entrée or main size and said the main had 5 pieces of pork compared to 3 on the entrée. When the bill came we were staggered to see that to increase a $23 entrée to main was charged at an additional $28! I do not know how they can justify this. On the plus side the caramelised onion and Brie bruschetta was absolutely delicious and the bread roll was also very good, even though it was late in being served (we were beginning to think the butter dish was for decoration). Sorry Skillogalee, but you are no longer one of our 'must visit' establishments.

Finally made it here! A slight detour on the Riesling cycle trail but worth it! Set in a bush…read moresetting, even if you don't get a seat on the verandah this place is great. Everything we had was perfect. Great wine and food, end of story.

Enjoyed a nice visit today to sample a flight of their reds and buy a couple of bottles. A pleasant…read moreyoung lady helped us, and the two flights included some whites (for the lady) and reds (for me). Overall, some tasty selections, and I settled on a Shiraz and a Cabernet Mslbec to take back to the US where I'm from. Good stuff...a nice visit!

A beautiful and historic cellar door with more than a dozen wines on offer for FREE tastings. It's…read morea sprawling and open grounds and make sure to check out the historic church and stroll the vineyard.