Founded by a visionary wine legend, Garry Crittenden, and with second generation wine-maker, Rollo Crittenden, still pushing the boundaries, Crittenden Estate is owned and operated by a family that loves everything about wine. With more than three decades of experience under their belts, they consistently deliver world class results and seriously good wines that are a joy to explore and share with family and friends.

Love, love, love this spin on a traditional apple pie, with plenty of Mornington Peninsula Apples along with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and sultanas. Old Granny Mock sure knew what she was doing when it came to creating a mouth watering and fragrant dish of delicousness! 

Use this recipe card to recreate your own Wine Food Farmgate menu, then share all of your delicious creations with #winefoodfarmgate

Forget Bridget Jones and the 1980s yellow overly oaked Chardonnays and picture a modern, fresh yet complex wine that truly reflects the varied terroir, is always interesting and identifiable to where it’s grown. On the Mornington Peninsula, we love our Chardonnay.

It turns out that Chardonnay could be the world’s most popular white wine according to the enormous number of bottles sold each year. While native to Burgundy you can now find Chardonnay grown in countries all around the world from Australia, to Europe, Argentina and the USA to name a few.

Whether you’re a local wanting to explore some of your own backyard or are visiting to escape the concrete jungle, you’ll find a bike ride that will tick all your boxes on the Mornington Peninsula. Some may be shared by horse riders, walkers and mountain bike riders but one thing’s for sure - they’re all worth doing - it’s just a case of finding the right one for you. Here’s our top 5 spectacular bike rides, starting with the easiest first.

There is a whole lot of passion plus quiet determination behind the industrial façade of the Bass & Flinders Distillery, but it has always been so. This small distillery started as a project to hand craft small batches of grape-based spirits utilising premium locally sourced ingredients. To this day the distillery excels at creatively experimenting with unique Australian botanicals during the distillation process.