Lethbridge Wines

Victoria | Geelong

Our Review

Lethbridge was founded by scientists Ray Nadeson, Maree Collis and Adrian Thomas. In Ray’s words, ‘Our belief is that the best wines express the unique character of special places.’ As well as understanding the importance of terroir, the partners have built a unique strawbale winery, designed to recreate the controlled environment of cellars and caves in Europe. Winemaking is no less ecological: hand-picking, indigenous-yeast fermentation, small open fermenters, pigeage (foot-stomping) and minimal handling of the wines throughout the maturation process are all part and parcel of the highly successful Lethbridge approach. Ray also has a distinctive approach to full-blown chardonnay and pinot noir. -JAMES HALLIDAY

Specialities

Chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot gris, riesling, shiraz and nebbiolo.

Cellar Door

Information

Lethbridge has two cellar doors in the Geelong Wine Region, one at the ‘mother ship’ and winery at 74 Burrows Rd, Lethbridge and another at their Bellarine site, Lethbridge @Hatrock at 2330 Portarlington Rd, Bellarine. Both offer a unique and intimate experience as you sample the wines and engage with a wine expert – it could be Maree or Ray, one of their winemaking team or wine passionate cellar door crew – but you can be assured of great wine and conversation. The goal is that everyone leaves having learnt something new about wine. Cheese and charcuterie platters available.

Hours

Tues–Fri 11–4, w’ends 11–5

Details are correct at time of writing

Please check winery website for up to date details

Stockist Information

Distribution Information

National Distributor: Bibendum Wine Co. – 1300 610 919
Geelong: White Kat Beverages (whitekat.com.au) – 0401 769 558

International Sales Information

UK: Berkmann Wine Cellars
Singapore: Vinicole Asia
Thailand: G-Four Fine Wines
Hong Kong: OzTerroirs
China (private customers): Shun Australia
China (restaurants): Elan

Details

Rating
Winemaker Ray Nadeson, Maree Collis
Region Geelong
Address 74 Burrows Road, Lethbridge, Vic 3222
Established 1996
Dozens 10 000
Vineyards (area) 7 ha
Opening Hours Mon–Fri 11–4, w’ends 11–5
Telephone (03) 5281 7279
Website www.lethbridgewines.com