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Family estate on Kangarilla Road combining a celebrated cellar door, restaurant, conference centre and on-site accommodation, set around a lakeside garden.

Serafino Wines' lakeside restaurant on Kangarilla Road: modern Australian dining overlooking the estate's landscaped lake, paired with the full Serafino wine list.

A boutique craft gin distillery on the southern edge of McLaren Vale, vapour-infusing each botanical individually in copper pot stills - eleven gins on tasting plus whisky, rum, vodka and liqueurs.

A three-bedroom self-contained holiday house minutes' walk from Second Valley beach and jetty - sleeps 8, family-friendly.

A minimal-intervention Grenache and Shiraz specialist sharing a boutique cellar door at Pennys Hill Road.

A heritage-style cellar door above Turraparri Creek with luxury accommodation on the property - open Friday to Sunday 11am-5pm.

A 900-acre family-owned Currency Creek estate, the anchor of the Currency Creek wine district, pouring a broad range including sparkling.

Alex Sherrah makes small-batch shiraz, grenache and left-field whites at this unpretentious cellar door on McMurtrie Road.

A tiny, much-loved craft brewery and taphouse on Willunga's High Street, brewing experimental small-batch beers a few barrels at a time.

A family-owned producer of powerful single-vineyard Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, with barrel-room tastings overlooking the estate vineyard.

Family winery on Bagshaws Road, McLaren Flat - home to The Currant Shed restaurant and a large cellar door with sweeping Mount Lofty Ranges views.

A 19th-century stone Anglican church in Yankalilla that became a Marian pilgrimage site after an image of the Virgin Mary appeared on the wall behind the altar in 1994.

A contemporary and touring exhibition gallery housed in a landmark building on the Goolwa Wharf, looking out over the Murray River.

Charlie O'Brien's alternative-variety wine project showcased in a shared tasting room on Stump Hill Road, McLaren Flat.

An absolute beachfront bistro and bar at Aldinga with produce-driven plates and an oceanfront deck - one of the best sunset dinners on the western coast.

Sommelier-led intimate wine tours into McLaren Vale, the Barossa and the Adelaide Hills - all-inclusive small groups led by Matthew Kurko.

Matt Wenk's boutique Smidge Wines has a Halliday five-red-star rating and has featured in Wine Spectator's Top 100 for ten consecutive years.

An award-winning microbrewery housed in a converted dairy factory in Myponga, famous for its beers named after the owners' Samoyed dogs.

Family Activities

Soldiers Memorial Gardens

Strathalbyn

A beautiful riverside park at the centre of Strathalbyn, following the River Angas through the heritage town with lawns, ponds, picnic tables and the town's war memorial.

A shared cellar door (with Seven Eves) championing climate-appropriate Mediterranean varieties crafted by winemaker Mauricio Ruiz Cantu.

Wildlife & Nature

South Australian Whale Centre

Victor Harbor

Interpretive whale centre on the Victor Harbor foreshore, home to an excellent education gallery and the best vantage point for winter whale spotting.

Scenic helicopter tours from Strathalbyn Airfield covering the Fleurieu coastline, Murray Mouth, Victor Harbor Bluff, Second Valley and McLaren Vale.

An independent Port Elliot bookshop on North Terrace specialising in literature, art and design titles - a destination shop on the main street.

A 15-metre Westcoaster deep-sea charter vessel from Cape Jervis for serious offshore fishing in Backstairs Passage and beyond.