Canonical: https://peninsulainsider.com.au/wine/garagiste/ 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 [Mornington]() # Garagiste Barnaby Flanders' micro-production Chardonnay and Pinot project, rigour, restraint, and regular appearances in the Halliday Top 100. Known for Barnaby Flanders Solo Project Halliday Top 100 Wines Appointment-Only Tastings Urban Winery Format [Book a tasting]() **By appointment.** This producer doesn't take walk-ins. [Book online]() to arrange a visit. Garagiste · Mornington Why we’d go One of the Peninsula's most acclaimed producers has no restaurant, no gift shop, and no marketing, just a working winery and wines that sell out before most people know they exist. Garagiste is Barnaby Flanders' solo project and a study in small-batch restraint. Barnaby, who also co-founded Allies Wines, makes tiny quantities of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from carefully chosen Peninsula blocks, and the bottles that result routinely appear in the Halliday Top 100 without any marketing apparatus behind them. The project is named for the French garage-wine tradition of serious winemakers working outside the establishment, and it earns the reference. The operation is deliberately unscaled. There is no big cellar door, no restaurant, no gift shop. Visits are by appointment and typically take the form of a quiet conversation with Barnaby or a senior team member in the space where the wines are made. This is the kind of Peninsula producer who sells through wine clubs and top restaurant lists before anything reaches a retail shelf. Check the website for current availability. If you can secure a tasting, go, this is the tight end of the Peninsula wine world and the wines deserve the time. Worth knowing **Best for** Cellar door visits · Wine lovers · Couples · Rainy-day plans If you only do one thing Book the appointment tasting rather than buying online, the conversation in the working space is where the wines make sense. Works well with Rocker Filed under Cellar Door Slow Solo All Year Couples At a glance **Type** Winery **Location** 20 Longview Crescent, Mount Eliza VIC 3930 · [Directions]() **Awards** Halliday Top 100 · 5-Red-Star Winery **Website** [garagiste.com.au]() **Directions** [Get directions]() **Live status** [Check current hours →]() **Booking** Required [Book now]() ## Visiting By appointment only - contact the venue directly. **Booking required.** [Reserve a tasting]() Not sure how to build a day around Garagiste? [Search Peninsula Insider]() In the journal ## Stories that mention Garagiste These pieces give you the context a listing page never does - the when, the why, and the who-it’s-for. [Journal →]() Cellar Door Dispatch 8 min ### [The Chardonnay Case: Why the Peninsula's Second Wine Deserves Top Billing]() 9 April 2026 Everyone sells the Mornington Peninsula as a pinot noir region. They are half right. The quiet argument of the last three vintages is that the chardonnay is now the more interesting bottle on the table, and the one worth cellaring. 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 Garagiste 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 Mornington - 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]()