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Treetops at Red Hill

Two quiet self-contained cottages opposite a micro-vineyard, local breakfast provisions included, and Port Phillip Estate under a kilometre away.

Known for Two self-contained cottages directly opposite a micro-vineyard on McIlroys RoadLocal breakfast provisions included and stocked in the fridge on arrivalPort Phillip Estate 0.9km away, the Peninsula's highest-rated winery within walking distanceA new entrant to the market, one of the freshest wine-adjacent stay options in Red HillGenuinely affordable base for a cellar-door weekend

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Why we’d go

Proximity to Port Phillip Estate alone makes this address worth knowing. The included breakfast provisions and the micro-vineyard view are a bonus at a price point where most options make you work harder for less.

Treetops Red Hill sits at 80 McIlroys Road in Red Hill South, directly opposite a working micro-vineyard. The setting is genuinely wine-country immersive rather than adjacent, you wake up to vines, not a suburban street dressed with a few barrel planters. Two self-contained cottages, new to the market, and priced to make a cellar-door weekend financially sensible.

Local breakfast provisions arrive stocked in the fridge, the kind of detail that makes the first morning easy without requiring you to drive before coffee. Port Phillip Estate is 0.9 kilometres away, which means dinner or a tasting flight there is a viable part of the day without moving the car. The Red Hill cellar-door corridor is well within reach; Main Ridge wineries, Tucks Ridge, and Stonier are all under ten minutes.

As a new entrant the property has limited historical reviews to draw on, but the address and price point make it a strong wine-adjacent affordable option for couples who want to use the hinterland properly rather than just pass through it.

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Couples · Cellar door visits · Budget stays · Weekend markets

If you only do one thing

Pair with Port Phillip Estate for dinner one night, the drive is under two minutes.

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Port Phillip Estate · Red Hill Estate

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