“Waratah Hills Vineyard” 20 Cottmans Road, Fish Creek, VIC 3959

>> PRICE ADJUSTMENT & BUY MORE OR LESS! <<

The asking range for Waratah Hills Vineyard has been been adjusted, and the way it can be bought has opened up. The property sits on two separate titles, so a buyer can take the whole holding, or buy either parcel on its own:

• Lot 1 - Waratah Hills Vineyard: 12.14* ha / approx. 30* acres.** The operating vineyard, the wine brand, the cellar door, tasting room, café and function/restaurant complex, and the homestead. Offered walk-in, walk-out.
• Lot 2 - The Front Block: 3.70* ha / 9.14* acres.** Bare grazing and / or horticultural land at the front of the holding, on its own title with its own access. Suited to grazing or horticulture.

For a buyer who wants the vineyard, the business and the home without the extra country, Lot 1 stands on its own. For a neighbour, a grazier or a grower, the Front Block does the same. Buy one, the other, or the lot.

THE LIFE

This is a tree change (vine change) with an income attached, and a home that is deliberately separate from the work.

Set above the cellar door among a stand of native gums, the timber-clad homestead faces east across the vines. You are on the property, but removed from the running of it. Four bedrooms and a study. A master with walk-in robe, ensuite and dual doors to an expansive timber deck. Open-plan living under a vaulted timber ceiling, sliding out to a north-facing deck and BBQ area over the vineyard. A family room with wood heater for a second living space. Separate laundry and toilet, and a dual carport under the main roofline.

Fish Creek is 10 minutes* up the road - small enough to feel removed, well-serviced enough not to feel isolated. Wilsons Promontory is 45 minutes* south. Melbourne is two hours* via Eastlink. Close enough to stay connected, far enough to genuinely change pace.

THE VINEYARD

The vines at Waratah Hills have been in the ground for the better part of 25 years. That kind of maturity can't be manufactured - and in South Gippsland's high-rainfall belt, where the conditions for premium cool-climate viticulture are as good as anywhere in Victoria, it represents genuine long-term value.

Lot 1 spans approximately 12.14* ha / 30* acres of gently undulating country at an average elevation of 119* metres. It carries three separate vine plots - two blocks of Pinot Noir and a rear Chardonnay block - with a further small Chardonnay parcel near the cellar door. Quality is on the record: three gold awards at the 2025 Westpac Gippsland Wine Show for the 2024 Chardonnay, the 2025 Pinot Noir Rosé and the 2024 'Ella and Millie' Pinot Noir.

Infrastructure and vineyard features:

• VSP trellising - post-tensioned wire, steel intermediary posts, approx. 2m row spacing
• Original rootstock, approximately 25 to 27 years old
• Pinot Noir (two blocks) and Chardonnay (rear block plus small front parcel near cellar door)
• Spring-fed dams
• Cellar door, tasting room, café and function/restaurant complex
• Machinery and storage sheds
• Concrete stock troughs, retained from the prior cattle operation
• Established landscaping and gardens
• Yellow Kurosols soil profile - productive and well-suited to horticulture
• Average annual rainfall 1,006mm* - low variability, drought index: 0
• Planning Zone: Farming Zone (FZ)

THE BUSINESS

Lot 1 is a genuine walk-in, walk-out opportunity for the right person - an established agribusiness with 25 years of brand equity, a loyal customer base, and infrastructure ready to trade from day one. The cellar door, café and function/restaurant complex generate trading income across wine sales, food and beverage, and private and corporate events. High-level financials are available post-inspection.

• For a self-funded retiree, it is a boutique hospitality and viticulture business with an established brand, capable of generating meaningful income from an existing customer base, alongside a quality of life few assets in this range can match.
• For a graduate viticulturalist seeking a first owner-occupier vineyard, the combination is rare: 25-year-old original rootstock, a wine brand with market presence, a cellar-door sales channel, and an operational team already in place.
• For an SMSF or private investor, it is a hard asset underpinned by a productive agribusiness in the South Gippsland tourism corridor - one of Victoria's most consistently performing regional hospitality precincts.

THE FRONT BLOCK (LOT 2)

3.70* ha / 9.14* acres of bare grazing land at the front of the holding, on its own separate title with its own access. Currently clean grazing country; equally suited to horticulture. It can be bought with the vineyard as one holding, bought on its own, or left out of a Lot 1 purchase entirely. For an adjoining owner or a grower after a manageable parcel of good South Gippsland dirt, it works as a standalone buy.

THE LOCATION

Fish Creek is one of South Gippsland's genuinely characterful towns. Wilsons Promontory is less than an hour south. Melbourne is two hours via Eastlink. For a property of this calibre, that mix of regional depth and city access is a real part of the value.

• Fish Creek - 8km*, 10 minutes*
• Foster - 11km*, 15 minutes*
• Leongatha - 31km*, 30 minutes*
• Inverloch - 36km*, 30 minutes*
• Wilsons Promontory - 47km*, 45 minutes*
• Melbourne CBD (via Eastlink) - 171km*, approx. 2 hours*

Offered by Private Sale as a whole or in two separate titles. To arrange an inspection, contact Jason Hellyer, Ray White Rural Victoria, on 0403 043 571, or Fiona McMahon, Ray White Inverloch, on 0417 743 355.

*Approximately.