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Western Australia is a special place known for its beautiful landscapes and delicious produce. One of the things it's famous for is its many wineries! A winery is a place where grapes are grown in vineyards and then processed to make wine. It's a bit like a farm that specializes in grapes, but it also has special buildings and equipment to turn those grapes into a drink.

People have been growing grapes and making wine in Western Australia for a long time. The first vineyards were planted way back in the 1830s! Today, there are many wineries across different parts of the state, each with its own unique story and special way of doing things. These areas are called "wine regions."

This list shows some of the many wineries you can find in Western Australia. It tells you where they are located, which wine region they belong to, when their first grapes were planted, and when the winery officially opened.

Name Location Wine region Planted Opened Notes
3 Oceans Wine Company Metricup Margaret River Owns and operates the former Palandri facilities.
Abbey Vale Yallingup Margaret River 1987
Adinfern Estate Cowaramup Margaret River 1996 2001
Aldersyde Estate Bickley Perth Hills Formerly Piesse Brook Wines.
Alkoomi Wines Frankland Great Southern 1971 1976
Aravina Estate Yallingup Margaret River 1986 Formerly Amberley Estate.
Arlewood Estate Forest Grove Margaret River 1984
Ashbrook Estate Wilyabrup Margaret River 1976 1979
Beckett's Flat Metricup Margaret River 1992 1997
Blackwood Crest Boyup Brook Blackwood Valley 1978 1982
Blackwood Wines Nannup Blackwood Valley 1994 1998
Brookland Valley Estate Wilyabrup Margaret River 1984 Owned by [Swinney Family].
Brookside Vineyard Bickley Perth Hills
Bunn Vineyard Mount Barker Great Southern 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon planted 1997, Shiraz vines planted in 1998 and winery built in 2003.
Cape Bouvard Winery Mandurah Peel
Cape Mentelle Vineyards Metricup Margaret River 1970 1977 Part of Estates & Wines (owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton).
Capel Vale Wines Capel Geographe 1974 1980
Castle Rock Estate Porongurup Great Southern 1983 Wines made at Alkoomi winery from 1986 to 2000, 200 tonne winery built in 2001
Chapman's Creek Wilyabrup Margaret River 1991
Chatsfield Wines Mount Barker Great Southern 1976
Clairault Wines Wilyabrup Margaret River 1976
Condingup Vineyard Esperance Goldfields-Esperance 2017
Coorinja Vineyard Toodyay Central WA Zone ca. 1870s
Coward and Black Wilyabrup, Western Australia Margaret River
Cullen Wines Wilyabrup Margaret River 1966
Dalyup River Wines Dalyup – 1976 1988 Closed 2014, was the only winery in the Esperance district
Darlington Estate Darlington Perth Hills
Deep Woods Estate Yallingup Margaret River 1987 Owned by Fogarty Wine Group.
Devil's Lair Forest Grove Margaret River 1981 1990 Owned by Treasury Wine Estates.
Donnelly River Wines Beedelup Pemberton 1986 1990
Driftwood Estate Wilyabrup Margaret River 1989
Edwards Vineyard Cowaramup Margaret River 1992 1999
Entopia Wines Baskerville Swan District 2001 2003
Evans & Tate Wilyabrup Margaret River 1974 Owned by Fogarty Wine Group.
Ferguson Falls Dardanup Geographe 1983 1996
Fermoy Estate Wilyabrup Margaret River 1985 1987
Ferngrove Vineyards Frankland Great Southern 1997
Fishbone Wines Wilyabrup Margaret River
Flinders Bay Wines Metricup Margaret River 1995 1999
Forest Hill Vineyard Denmark Great Southern 1965 Winery and cellar door are at Denmark; vineyard is near Mount Barker.
Frankland Estate Frankland Great Southern 1988
Galafrey Wines Mount Barker Great Southern 1977 1982
Garbin Estate Wines Middle Swan Swan District
Gilbert Wines Kendenup Great Southern 1985
Goundrey Wines Mount Barker Great Southern 1971 1976
Gralyn Estate Wilyabrup Margaret River 1975 1978
Green Valley Vineyard Forest Grove Margaret River 1980 1987
Hainault Vineyard Bickley Perth Hills
Hamelin Bay Forest Grove Margaret River 1996
Happs Dunsborough Margaret River 1978
Harewood Estate Denmark Great Southern
Harris Organic Swan Valley Swan District 1998 2000 Certified Organic Wines and Spirits made on the premises by Duncan Harris.
Hay Shed Hill Wines Wilyabrup Margaret River 1973
Henley Park Winery Henley Brook Swan District 1935
Henty Brook Estate Dardanup Geographe 1994 1997
Hidden River Estate Beedelup Pemberton 1994
Highway Wines Herne Hill Swan District 1954
Houghton Wines Middle Swan Swan District 1836 1859 Owned by Accolade Wines.
Howard Park Wines Cowaramup Margaret River 1974 1986 Member of Australia's First Families of Wine (AFFW).
Denmark Great Southern
Ironwood Estate Wines Porongurup Great Southern 1996 1999
Island Brook Estate Metricup Margaret River 1985 2000
Jadran Wines Orange Grove Perth Hills 1927 1929
Jane Brook Estate Wines Middle Swan Swan District by 1914
Jingalla Wines Porongurup Great Southern 1979 1999
Juniper Estate Cowaramup Margaret River 1973 1980
Karriview Wines Denmark Great Southern 1986 1990
KingTree Wines Wellington Mills Geographe 1991
Lamont Winery Millendon Swan District 1975
Yallingup Margaret River
Leeuwin Estate Leeuwin Margaret River 1969
Lenton Brae Estate Wilyabrup Margaret River 1983
Lilac Hill Estate Caversham Swan District
Little River Wines Henley Brook Swan District
Lost Lake Eastbrook Pemberton 1990
Marybrook Vineyards & Winery Wilyabrup Margaret River 1987 1991
McLeod Creek Wines Karridale Margaret River 2000 2010 Family owned and operated
Millbrook Winery Jarrahdale Perth Hills 1995 1999 Owned by Fogarty Wine Group.
Millinup Estate Wines Porongurup Great Southern ca. 1973
Minot Leeuwin Margaret River 1988 1995
Montgomery's Hill Kalgan Great Southern 1996 1998
Moss Brothers Wilyabrup Margaret River 1985
Moss Wood Wilyabrup Margaret River
Mountford Wines West Pemberton Pemberton 1988
Oakover Estate Middle Swan Swan District
Old Kent River Kent River Great Southern
Olsen Leeuwin Margaret River 1987 1990
Oranje Tractor Wine Albany Great Southern
Paul Conti Wines Woodvale Swan District ca. 1940 1968
Peel Estate Wines Baldivis Peel 1974 1980
Picardy West Pemberton Pemberton 1994
Pierro Wilyabrup Margaret River 1979 1983
Pinelli Wines Caversham Swan District 1908 1980
Plantagenet Wines Mount Barker Great Southern 1968 1974
Redgate Wines Margaret River Margaret River
Rivendell Winery Yallingup Margaret River 1987
RiverBank Estate Caversham Swan District 1993
Rockcliffe Wines Denmark Great Southern 1994 Formerly Matilda's Meadow / Matildas Estate Winery.
Rosabrook Estate Margaret River Margaret River 1980
Salitage Wines Beedelup Pemberton 1989 1990
Sandalford Wines Caversham Swan District ca. 1840 1947
Sandstone Wines Wilyabrup Margaret River 1989
Scotts Brook Boyup Brook Blackwood Valley 1987 1990
Settlers Ridge Cowaramup Margaret River 1993 1997
Sittella Wines Herne Hill Swan District 1998
Smithbrook Wines Middlesex Pemberton 1988 Owned by Fogarty Wine Group.
Somerset Hill Wines Denmark Great Southern 1995 1999
Springviews Wine Porongurup Great Southern 1995
Stella Bella Wines Margaret River Margaret River 1996/97 Markets its wines under the Suckfizzle, Stella Bella and Skuttlebutt labels.
Swan Valley Wines Baskerville Swan District 1999
Talijancich Wines Herne Hill Swan District
Tantemaggie Pemberton Pemberton 1987 1991
The Warren Vineyard Pemberton Pemberton 1985 1989
Three Hills Estate Karridale Margaret River 1994 1997 Owned by Happs.
Tinglewood Wines Denmark Great Southern 1976
Treen Ridge Estate Pemberton Pemberton 1991 1996
Treeton Estate Cowaramup Margaret River 1984
Trevelen Farm Cranbrook Great Southern 1993 1997
Twin Hill Wines Baskerville Swan District 1937
Upper Reach Baskerville Swan District 1998 2000
Valley Wines Herne Hill Swan District
Vasse Felix Cowaramup Margaret River 1967
Voyager Estate Margaret River Margaret River 1978
Walkers Hill Vineyard Lake Grace 1995 1998 Owned by Tania Bray and her husband since 2011
West Cape Howe Wines Mount Barker Great Southern 1998
Wignalls Wines Albany Great Southern
Willespie Wilyabrup Margaret River 1977
Willoughby Park Winery Denmark Great Southern Also houses the microbrewery, Boston Brewery
Willow Bridge Estate Henty Geographe 1997 1999
Wise Wine Dunsborough Margaret River 1992
Woodlands Wines Wilyabrup Margaret River 1973/74
Woodside Valley Estate Yallingup Margaret River 1998 Since 2012, the business and the vineyard have been separately owned.
Woody Nook Wilyabrup Margaret River 1984
Xanadu Wines Margaret River Margaret River
Zarephath Wines East Porongurup Great Southern 1998

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