Wine & Vineyard Chapman Hill

EVENING + WINE + GARDEN
From late Spring through to mid Autumn, the wine sensory garden comes alive with birds, and there are plenty of spots to relax and wind down in the rural peace that is our farm.

Wander around the Garden, taking in the smells and aromas, set-up a picnic blanket, or sit at an outdoor table surrounded by the Wine Sensory Garden

It’s the perfect way to wind down after a day of sightseeing, entertaining visiting friends or just wanting a reason to relax in a beautiful garden.

Booking covers up to 3 glasses of wine of your choice per person. For food, why not add on a gourmet platter when you book, or bring along your own picnic.

WINE + GARDEN
Demystify the whole wine tasting experience by joining us for a unique wine experience in our wine sensory garden at Whicher Ridge! Pick + Sip is an in-depth wine tasting adventure with the winemaker herself learning about different grape varieties, where wine flavours come from, different winemaking styles and pick up heaps of ideas for pairing wine with food
The Wine Sensory Garden is the centre piece of our Pick + Sip experience. The Garden's plantings of fruit trees, herbs, flowers and seasonal vegetables describe the flavours in a wine, and how to match the flavours, textures and styles of our wines with food. Cathy, the winemaker and gardener, is your guide.
The Pick + Sip experience includes tasting and learning about 4 of the small batch wines made at Whicher Ridge by Cathy and Neil.

The tour and tasting winds its way through the various varietal wine sections in the wine sensory garden, with ample time for visitors to take in the sights, smells and tastes in each section, before progressing to the next one.
At the end of the Pick + Sip experience you will receive one of our wine themed dried herb collections to take home.

SOW + SIP EVENT
Sow + Sip is a series of immersive events held every 2 months. Draw inspiration for your morning of seed sowing by starting with a guided tour around our wine sensory garden. Take in the views over the garden while you are sowing your seeds, sipping on your wine, coffee or cup of tea. It’s a truly blissful way to start your weekend!
At each Sow + Sip event, the seed selection available for you to choose from is different and matches the upcoming season in a garden. There will be a mix of flowering plants, herbs and vegetables for you to choose from, and you sow those that best suit your garden, or maybe one that you haven’t heard of before. You take home the seed propagator tray filled with your bespoke selection of flower, herb and vegetable seeds, watch them sprout and grow over the next few weeks.
A Sow + Sip event includes: A guided tour around the wine sensory garden, A new 24 cell seed propagation tray to take home, Seed raising mix to fill your tray, Wooden plant tags to label each cell in your tray, A selection of seasonal flower, herb and vegetable seeds to choose from to make up your own bespoke mix, Morning tea with a mix of sweet and savoury delights, 2 glasses of wine during the morning, as well as fruit juice, coffee, or tea, Seed sowing and seedling raising ‘handy hints’ sheets to take home, A 15% discount voucher for a Pick + Sip Experience, An annual membership to the ‘Whicher Ridge Family’ which comes with a 10% discount off wine purchases at cellar door and on-line, A free guided wine tasting. What to bring: gardening gloves (or you can purchase a pair when you book) and a sun hat.


2025 SOW + SIP EVENT SERIES DATES: 23rd August 25th October 13th December

COMBO PACKAGE FOR 2: PICK + SIP + WINE + FOOD
This is a great value package for 2 people! It combines a Pick + Sip experience for 2 through the wine sensory garden at Whicher Ridge with the winemaker learning about wine flavours, winemaking and pairing wine with food.
The Wine Sensory Garden is the centre piece of our wine tasting experience, with it’s plantings of fruit trees, herbs, flowers and seasonal vegetables which describe and match the flavours, textures and styles of our wines.

The Garden will immerse all of your five senses in the experience and you will discover along the way how to describe the flavours that you are tasting in a wine as well as learning how simple it is to pair food with wine.

At the end of the Pick + Sip experience you can the relax in a quiet spot in the wine sensory garden, and enjoy the delicious platter prepared by Hippo Lakes, with up to 2 glasses of wine from our small batch wine range.