"The Lee brothers' experience and instinct for food and wine shows in the Foxeys Hangout winery. The stylish, relaxed cellar door occupies an ultra-smart, airy, wood-panelled room with a wall of glass bringing a vista of pines, eucalypts and a cosy little amphitheatre of vines to the doorstep. Quality wine-bar-type snacks slot well with the very good estate wines, and you can even help make your own sparkling wine." - Ralph Kyte-Powell

Family-owned winery Foxeys Hangout grows, makes and sells acclaimed cool-climate wines in the beautiful hills of the Mornington Peninsula, just an hour's drive south of Melbourne.

Winemaker brothers Michael and Tony Lee are former Melbourne restaurateurs who turned their years of love and knowledge of fine wines into a livelihood when they planted the first of their three small Peninsula vineyards.

The brothers personally make the wines on site at Red Hill and specialise in the Peninsula's flagship varieties, pinot noir and chardonnay, as well as pinot gris.

The Foxeys range also features Peninsula shiraz, including the winner of four major wine show trophies, a popular and highly rated sparkling version and a vintage port.

The Foxeys wines have been well received by some of Australia's most respected critics and have won numerous show medals.

The Foxeys cellar door and kitchen is located at picturesque Red Hill on a historic farming property. Personally staffed by Michael and Tony, it is an intimate but striking architect-designed space with superb valley views over the vineyard.

Tony is also a trained chef and serves wine-bar style snacks from the cellar door's open kitchen, while Michael oversees tastings and runs Foxeys' unique customised sparkling bottling sessions.

Local directions

From Melbourne, turn off Mornington Peninsula Freeway at Red Hill/Flinders exit and follow signs to Red Hill. These direct you on to White Hill Road, a main road going up a steep hill. As road begins to dip and curve, Foxeys sign is approximately 300 metres on left.

Facilities

Activities

Opening hours

Weekends and public holidays
11:00am -5:00pm
Extended opening hours in January

Disabled access

Contact operator for further details.

Additional business information

Blend Your Own Bubbly
Foxeys Hangout offers visitors the rare and exciting opportunity to personally take part in the final steps of making classic sparkling wine. Learn about the champagne method, see a bottle "disgorged", corked and foiled and create your own customised bottle of bubbly to take home. Dryer? Sweeter? Pinker? It's up to you to create the blend that's perfect for your palate, using a Foxeys base wine made from the traditional grape varieties used in France's Champagne region. Sessions are conducted personally by sparkling winemaker and Foxeys co-owner Michael Lee on Saturdays and Sundays. These are intimate sessions and bookings are requested.