John and Denice escaped the city and moved to Stanthorpe some 20 years ago. They purchased their property and set about renovating it as a tourist destination. John was keen to chase his passion for wine .... these days he looks after the vineyard growing colombard, chardonnay, cabernet, malbec and shiraz to make into our range of award-winning Whiskey Gully Wines. The vineyard was planted late in 1997, cottages came next in 1998 along with a revamp of the 1880s homestead into a cellar door.

Whiskey Gully Wines is in the heart of the Granite Belt which is a cool climate grape-growing region just a couple of hours from Brisbane. The soil is granitic and well drained and ideal for premium wine grape production as well as stone fruit, apples and many other crops grown in the area. Relax while you tour the district visiting some of the 50 wineries with cellar doors, restaurants, antiques, national parks for mountain climbing (we have some serious rocks out here!) Enjoy the peace and quiet of a country property. Refresh in a cool mountain stream during summer and in winter stoke your fire and open a bottle of Whiskey Gully red.