Pfeiffer Wines

Pfeiffer Wines Review

Pfeiffer Wines is another winery with a long history, the first vines having been planted on the bend of Sunday Creek, near Wahgunyah, in 1895. The Pfeiffers bought it in the 1980s and have continued the tradition of making exceptional fortified wines and varietal wines, including Chardonnay. It also has one of the few Australian plantings of gamay, the classic French grape used to make Beaujolais. At this small rustic winery you can pre-order (24 hours notice) spring/summer picnic baskets stuffed with crusty bread, smoke trout, marinated lamb fillets, chicken breast slices, kipler potato salad, cheese, fresh fruit, and a bottle of table wine, or autumn/winter hampers with treats such as soup, curry, and all the other trimmings for A$80 for two including plates and cutlery. Vegetarian baskets are A$72, and children's are A$12.50. Cheese platters are available any time. Winemaker Jen Pfeiffer makes an aperitif called Pfeiffer Seriously Pink, along with a Chardonnay-marsanne, Shiraz, Merlot, and fortifieds such as muscadelle and tawnies (which one can no longer call "ports").