Victoria · Attraction
Buller Wines and Three Chain Road Distillery
A century of wine and craft spirits
schedule 1 min read / Updated Jun 2026
Buller Wines was established in 1921 by Reginald Langdon Buller, a returned World War I soldier who swapped the battlefield for the vineyard and planted dry-grown vines on a 22-hectare estate in Rutherglen - more than half of those original plantings still produce fruit today. In 2013 the Judd family took stewardship and added the Three Chain Road Distillery, housed in the century-old on-site cellar and named after the historic stock-driving route that once ran past the property connecting Melbourne to New South Wales. The result is a rare dual destination offering wine and artisan spirits under one roof.
At the cellar door, visitors can taste Buller's fortified wines alongside the Three Chain Road range of small-batch gins - muscat gin, shiraz gin, elderflower gin, and dry gin - plus a cask-aged whisky and brandy. Gin tastings are priced at $25 per person, a Muscat Mile fortified flight at $15, and the Barrel Perfection Tour at $35 (booking required). Build-your-own cheese platters are available daily at both the cellar door and the distillery door, and wine or gin can be enjoyed on the lawn.
Both the cellar door and the distillery door are open Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, with The Pavilion restaurant operating on varying days with advance reservations required. The property is located on Federation Way, approximately five minutes from Rutherglen's main street, and is well suited to a half-day visit that spans wine tasting, gin flights, and a long lunch.
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