Healthy treats for your favourite pooches!

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A successful freelance food stylist, Fiona Rigg loves all things organic, natural and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Based in Red Hill, with a shed converted into a state of the art commercial kitchen that oozes style, charm and warmth, Fiona has used her business acumen, design skills, understanding of food and love of dogs to turn a passion into a business.

Paringa

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Age Good Food Guide, Australia, Cellar Door, Chardonnay, Chef’s Hat, Eat, enjoy, Food, Local, Mornington Peninsula, Paringa Estate, Paringa Wine, Peninsula, Pinot Noir, Red Hill, Single Vineyard Shiraz, Victoria, Vineyard, Weekend, Wine
“It’s Cate Blanchett in a bottle, all at once elegant and ephemeral, yet exuding dignity, strength and grace,” is how Bruce describes Paringa Estate Chardonnay. Whatever your wine preferences, or level of knowledge, the Paringa cellar door staff; Bruce, Lou, Eliza & Marie, will ensure your tasting experience at Paringa is both fun and educational.

Rare Hare Preview Dinners

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Accommodation, Australia, Cellar Door, Eat, enjoy, Farm, Food, Function, Garden, Jackalope, Kitchen, Local, Merricks, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Rare Hare, Restaurant, Shop, Stay, store, Vegetables, Victoria, Vineyard, Wedding, Weekend, Willow Creek, Wine
The first of two preview dinners commences in collaboration with Mornington Peninsula Brewery and Commonfolk Coffee. Highlights include five rounds of brews and chews, with dishes like snapper crudo, wood roasted prawns, and lamb shoulder, all served with select MP hops.

Winter Wine Weekend

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Australia, Buy, Cellar Door, Eat, enjoy, Local, lunch, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Red Hill, Victoria, Vineyard, Weekend, Wine
The opening event of the weekend is the Winter Wine Fest (Saturday only 11am - 4pm), held at the Red Hill Showground is an exhibition and tasting which traditionally marks the beginning of the extensive Winter Wine Weekend program. One place on one day all under cover where you can taste more than 200 premium wines from 47 wineries.

Pet friendly!

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Accommodation, Australia, Beach, Children, Dogs, Family, Friendly, Holiday, Home, Local, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, pets, Retreat, Stay, Victoria, Weekend
There’s nothing like a coastal holiday; a ‘home-away-from-home’, but what if your family (like many) has a four-legged friend in their pack? Do you leave them behind? If you do take them on holiday, the inevitable questions arise. Are the facilities secure? Are the accommodations up to our standard? If you can’t take them then the inevitable feelings of guilt & separation anxiety arise.

Willow Creek Preview Dinner

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Australia, Balnarring, Buy, Cellar Door, Eat, enjoy, Food, Food Store, Jackolope, Kitchen, Local, Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula, Victoria, Vineyard, Weekend, Willow Creek, Wine, Winery
A hop from the Peninsula's anticipated luxury hotel, Jackalope, Willow Creek's spiritual home will reopen on 01 March, completely reimagined as Rare Hare Wine & Food Store. With indoor and outdoor tables for 90 tails, Rare Hare is a restaurant, wine bar and produce store - destination dining, with a devil-may-care air.

Luxurious Scandinavian Style

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Accommodation, Australia, Cellar Door, enjoy, Food, getaway, Kitchen, Local, lunch, Luxury, Mornington Peninsula, Nord, Nord House, people, Red Hill, Red Hill House, Restaurant, Retreat, Scandinavian, Stay, The Epicurean, The Long table, Victoria, Vineyard, Wedding, Weekend, Wine
It’s the minimalist yet luxurious Scandinavian style that makes Nord House feel so right. Every single detail is carefully thought through - the textures, the light, the scents – all creating a harmony that inspires the mind and relaxes the soul. Once you arrive at the property which is just off the main strip of Red Hill, you can easily leave the car alone and walk to nearby restaurants and cafes (The Red Hill Cellar & Pantry, The Long table, The Epicurean and Red Hill House are all a comfortable walk away).

Country life in Merricks

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Australia, Cellar Door, Exhibition, Food, Gallery, Horse Riding, Local, lunch, Market, Merricks, Merricks General Wine Store, Mornington Peninsula, Restaurant, Victoria, Vineyard, Weekend, Wine
In 1924, Merricks General Wine Store (MGWS) opened, to serve a variety of needs to the local community. To this day, the well-preserved building offers a glimpse into the past as a typical example of the rural general stores that were once a central hub of community life.

Award Winning Dairy

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Awards, Buy, Cafe, Cheese, Cheese Making, Children, Coffee, Courses, Dairy, Farm, Fun, Goats, Kids, Local, lunch, Main Ridge, Mornington Peninsula, Red Hill, Summer, Tours, Victoria, Weekend
It’s summertime at Main Ridge Dairy, the season for their award winning hard cheeses - called Caprinella & Capony. This time of year the milk volume from the goats generally drops as feed hardens. Like all things from this award winning dairy, good planning and care prevails and due to the great cut of silage this year (harvested on the farm) the girls are well fed through summer which keeps them happy.

Little Rebel Roastery

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Beach, Buy, Cafe, Catchup, Children, Coffee, Collins, Donuts, Drink, dromana, Eat, enjoy, Food, Friends, Little Rebel, Local, lunch, Morning, Mornington Peninsula, Roasting, Shop, Snack, Victoria, Weekend
For Little Rebel, it’s all about the coffee. A boutique coffee roaster, Little Rebel wholesales their lovingly hand roasted coffee beans to cafés around Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula who understand and care about the coffee they offer their customers. They offer a number of key blends that have been created with passion to offer flavour and elegance.