Canonical: https://peninsulainsider.com.au/wine/onannon/ 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 [Tuerong]() # Onannon Three winemakers, small-batch Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and cult-favourite status among Australia's best sommeliers. Known for Byron, Hermann, Middleton Winemakers Sommelier Cult Following Main Ridge Pinot Noir Low-Intervention Winemaking [Book a tasting]() **By appointment.** This producer doesn't take walk-ins. [Book online]() to arrange a visit. Onannon · Tuerong Why we’d go Onannon is on the lists of the best restaurants in Melbourne and Sydney before it is on any shelf, and the cellar door visit explains why. Onannon was formed by three winemakers, Will Byron, Kaspar Hermann, and Sam Middleton, to make tiny batches of restrained, elegant Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The wines have become quiet cult favourites among the people who drink for a living: you find them on the Attica list before you find them at retail, which is the clearest statement a Peninsula producer can make about where its wines sit. The style is deliberate: low-intervention, minimal oak, acid-driven, built for the table rather than the trophy cabinet. The Main Ridge Pinot is the headline. The Foothills Chardonnay is the winemaker's pick. Neither is priced beyond what the wine delivers, which is rarer than it should be in this category. Cellar door visits are by appointment, this is a small project with working winemakers attached, so check the website before planning. When you can go, go. Buy a couple of bottles. They are made for a winter Sunday. Worth knowing **Best for** Cellar door visits · Wine lovers · Couples · Special occasions If you only do one thing Book the appointment tasting and ask to taste the Main Ridge Pinot against the Foothills Chardonnay, two wines, one hour, and a clear argument for why Onannon belongs on the same list as the Peninsula's best. Works well with Yabby Lake Vineyard · Barmah Park Farm Kitchen Filed under Cellar Door Slow Solo All Year Couples At a glance **Type** Winery **Location** 110 Tuerong Rd, Tuerong VIC 3933 · [Directions]() **Awards** Sommelier Favourite · Halliday 5-Red-Star Winery **Website** [www.onannon.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 Onannon? [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 Onannon 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 Tuerong - 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]()