Welcome

Our Winery/Cellar Door in the heart of Yarra Valley’s Healesville is where Giant Steps and Innocent Bystander meet the world.  Our wines are made here, you can see our gravity flow winery behind the glass, tanks fermenting, barrels maturing, with Phil Sexton running the show upstairs.

It’s also where we live our gastronomic philosophy: great wine needs great food.  That’s why we have our own bistro with wood-fired pizzeria, artisan bakery, cheese room and provedore.  We also roast our own coffee beans, have a range of excellent beers and a guest wine list comprising of other producers we admire from the Yarra Valley and abroad.  Tastings are available everyday between 10am and 6pm, with Winery Tours at 11am and 3pm.  
(Sounds kind of like a grown-up playground, right?)

This is where you get to try our wines in their natural environment.  Two labels with distinct, charismatic personalities.  If you can’t get along to the winery to meet them, click below to find out more:

Giant Steps
Named after John Coltrane’s first solo album and the Sexton’s giant step from Margaret River (Devil’s Lair) to the Yarra Valley.  They are fastidiously made, premium, terroir-driven, single vineyard wines.  Modern, refined, complex.

Innocent Bystander
Our very charming enfant terrible; Innocent Bystander is made to be drunk while watching the world go by.  They are playful and exotic wines made in earnest.

Can't make it to the winery?  Visit our online shop.

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Live at the Winery
7:30pm, Friday 12th February 2010
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