Canonical: https://peninsulainsider.com.au/wine/elgee-park/ Publisher: Peninsula Insider Published: unknown Modified: unknown Format: public main text, generated from the canonical page; imagery and interactive controls omitted. Dates and caveats below retain their page meaning; this format is not a new fact check. [Wine Country]() Winery [Merricks]() # Elgee Park The Baillieu family's 1972 vineyard, the planting that started the modern Peninsula wine region, still in family hands, still making restrained Chardonnay and Viognier. Known for Planted 1972 by Baillieu Baillieu Peninsula's Oldest Vineyard Viognier Specialist Family-Owned Since Founding [Book a tasting]() +61 3 5989 7338 Elgee Park · Merricks Why we’d go Elgee Park is where the modern Mornington Peninsula wine industry actually began, 1972, three years before anyone else had the nerve to try. Elgee Park is where the modern Mornington Peninsula wine industry actually began. Baillie Baillieu planted vines here in 1972, three years before Main Ridge Estate, at a time when Victoria's cool-climate wine region had yet to exist as a concept. The estate is still in family hands, the plantings still trace the original blocks, and the wines, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and a quietly exceptional Viognier, carry the kind of restraint only decades of the same family farming the same soil can produce. The cellar door is low-key, rural, and unhurried. There is no restaurant, no sculpture walk, no attempt to turn the visit into a day-trip set piece. You taste, you talk, and you leave understanding a little more about how the Peninsula wine region actually came to be. The Viognier is a surprise, barely anyone on the Peninsula still plants the variety, and Elgee Park has been making good ones for thirty years. Open limited days, check ahead. Bring a genuine interest in Peninsula wine history; you will be rewarded. Worth knowing **Best for** Cellar door visits · Wine lovers · Couples If you only do one thing Ask about the Viognier, it is one of the oldest and most consistent examples of the variety on the Peninsula. Works well with Baillieu Vineyard · Merricks General Wine Store Filed under Cellar Door Slow All Year Couples Solo At a glance **Type** Winery **Location** 89 Junction Rd, Merricks North VIC 3926 · [Directions]() **Call** +61 3 5989 7338 **Awards** Planted 1972 - Original Modern Peninsula Vineyard **Website** [elgeeparkwines.com.au]() **Directions** [Get directions]() **Live status** [Check current hours →]() [Book now]() Not sure how to build a day around Elgee Park? [Search Peninsula Insider]() More to explore ## Other wine experiences to compare [Back to Wine Country →]() Winery [Red Hill]() ### [Avani Wines]() 98 Stanleys Road, Red Hill South VIC 3937 Shashi and Rohit Singh's biodynamic family estate, one of the Peninsula's only serious Syrah programs alongside the Amrit single-vineyard range. cellar door slow [Read notes]() Winery [Merricks]() ### [Baillieu Vineyard]() 51 Stanleys Rd, Merricks VIC 3916 A thoughtfully managed Merricks estate making elegant Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that rewards the drive to find it. cellar door slow [Read notes]() [Book]() Winery [Moorooduc]() ### [Barmah Park Vineyard]() 3007 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Moorooduc VIC 3933 A rustic, intimate cellar door running a five-wine, five-canape pairing from a hatted-standard kitchen, the most structured tasting format on the Peninsula. cellar door long lunch [Read notes]() Build a day around this ## Planning guides that include Elgee Park Peninsula Insider guides that put this stop into the context of a full day or weekend. [Peninsula weekend itinerary →]() [Cellar door shortlist →]() [Self-drive winery tour →]() [Winter on the Peninsula →]() Keep this for later [← Part of Merricks - view the destination guide]() Is this your business? [Manage this listing]() Something wrong on this page, or is this your business? [Tell us what to fix]() and you get a case reference back. corrections@peninsulainsider.com.au reaches the same desk. ## The Insider Note The Peninsula worth knowing. An occasional email. What's on, where we'd go and what's worth knowing next. Independent editorial. Sent when there is something worth knowing. Unsubscribe any time [Privacy]()