Whicher Ridge Wines | Artisan Winemakers

TAKE A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED AND DISCOVER A HIDDEN GEM … A FAMILY OWNED ARTISAN WINERY AND VINEYARD, WINE SENSORY GARDEN AND CELLAR DOOR

Whicher Ridge is a genuine artisan wine producer growing and making small quantities of single variety, single vineyard, single region wines. Neil and Cathy Howard have been growing grapes and making wine for a collective 45 years.

The couple believe that a particular grape variety should be grown in a location that best suits that variety. Add to this philosophy, a very generous amount of passion for their vineyard and a dedication to handcrafting high quality wines using traditional winemaking practices, and you have Whicher Ridge Wines.

A Wine tasting experience at Whicher Ridge is truly unique with its combination of a farm style Cellar Door and unique ‘one of a kind’ Wine Sensory Garden. A tasting with Cathy will take you on a journey of discovery of the Western Australian wine regions of Geographe, Great Southern and Margaret River.

Latest Review of Whicher Ridge Wines by James Halliday in the Weekend Australian February 2017

“The paths followed by would-be vignerons are many and various. The common thread is the discovery that planting the first vines takes longer than anticipated; it’s even slower for the first glass to arrive on the table”

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"We were warmly greeted by Polly (a very friendly and happy dog) on our arrival and she showed us to the cellar door. Cathy made us feel so welcome and was more than happy to share her and her husbands knowledge and passion for wine-making. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit into the countryside and relaxed with our wines on such a lovely afternoon. I would highly recommend a visit out to this little gem and it's less than 30mins from Busselton"
- Aimee, TripAdvisor, April 2016
"We are members in three different wine clubs and the Alto Club is matched very competitively to our other memberships - in fact we receive more high quality priced wines in our mixed dozen from Alto in comparison to our other memberships. We intend to continue as members for many years to come!"
- Stephanie, Alto Wine Club Member, August 2016
"Beautiful drive to this out of the way gem of a cellar door. Has the uniqueness of feeling like you've made a special discovery. Great tasting, so nice to not be rushed or competing for service with other visitors and even better the wines are first class and there wasn't one we didn't like"
- Amanda - TripAdvisor 2015
“Whicher Ridge Wines may be a recent arrival on the wine scene, but it is hard to imagine a husband and wife team with such an ideal blend of viticultural and winemaking experience accumulated over a collective 40+ years”
- James Halliday, Australia Wine Companion.
“The quality (and value) of the wines produced by the husband and wife team of viticulturist Neil and winemaker Cathy Howard is quite exceptional”
- James Halliday 2015 Australia Wine Companion

UP COMING EVENTS – SPRING 2018

Our Wine Sensory Garden is the only one of it’s kind privately owned in Australia and it provides visitors with a unique wine tasting experience. A 1 hour guided ‘Pick & Sip’ Wine Sensory Indulgence Tour can be booked ahead during the months of September through to May, when the garden, and the weather, are at their best.

Our Cellar Door, Wine Sensory Garden and petanque playing areas are open 5 days a week, all year round and you are very welcome to bring your own picnic and relax with a glass of wine in a shady spot in one of our garden areas.

We have a number of events coming up later in the year which are sure to tempt you if you enjoy wine, food, petanque and garden experiences, all in a quiet rural location right on Busselton’s doorstep.

We are taking a little break from events for the next couple of months, but we do have a couple of special, New Wine Release Tastings which will be popping up here during October to celebrate our 10 year Anniversary of Whicher Ridge Wines.

Our next BIG event is our annual South West Petanque Championships, which will be on here on Saturday 10th and Sunday 12th November.

For more information on our events, please visit our Events Page.

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Liquor Licence

6180123480 Licence Number
Producers Licence Class of Licence
Odyssey Creek Estate Name of Licensee

Address 200 Chapman Hill East Road,
Chapman Hill WA 6280
Phone 08 9753 1394