Riesling country, two hours north.
Heritage towns, family cellar doors and the Riesling Trail winding through one of Australia's prettiest wine regions.
In the Clare Valley today
Tuesday, 29 September · live from Clare Valley
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Where to Begin
Distinctive districts, each with its own character - here's where to start.
31 places
Clare
The main town of the valley and its commercial heart, ringed by cellar doors and threaded by the Riesling Trail.
12 places
Sevenhill
A tiny historic hamlet built around the Jesuits' Sevenhill Cellars, the oldest winery in the Clare Valley.
9 places
Auburn
The valley's southern gateway, the start of the Riesling Trail and birthplace of poet C.J. Dennis.
Itineraries & Guides
The Clare Valley Bakery Trail
Wine gets the headlines, but the Clare Valley runs on pastry. From a national pie champion at Sevenhill to the bakers of Watervale and Burra, here's the morning circuit.
June 2026 · 4 min read
Walking the Clare Valley Beyond the Riesling Trail
Everyone knows the Riesling Trail. Fewer know the valley is also the finish line of a 325-kilometre walking trail, home to a rare forest, and within reach of the Mount Lofty Ranges' highest point.
June 2026 · 5 min read
The Historic Pubs of the Clare Valley
The Clare Valley's nineteenth-century pubs were built for the copper route and the coach trade. The best of them still pour, feed and house travellers today.
June 2026 · 5 min read
Top 10 lists
Our editorial shortlists - the best beaches, walks, wildlife moments and free things to do across the Clare Valley.
Top 10 Clare Valley Cellar Doors
From Jesuit history to cult old-vine reds - the tastings that define the valley.
9 Best Things to Do in the Clare Valley
Beyond the cellar door - trails, heritage towns, grand mansions and a hedge maze.
The Best Riesling Producers in the Clare Valley
The benchmark makers behind Australia's most celebrated dry Riesling.
The Best Heritage Sites in the Clare Valley
Copper mines, slate villages and colonial mansions that tell the valley's story.
The Whole Region
Every place we've curated, plotted on the map. Click a marker to explore.
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Stanley Grammar Country House
View →Sleep in Watervale's grand Victorian schoolhouse.
Watervale's landmark Stanley Grammar School (1858–1904) is now heritage-listed country house accommodation, its dormitories and classrooms reborn amid riesling country.
Tim Gramp Wines
View →Fifth-generation winemaking in the hamlet of Leasingham.
Tim Gramp, a fifth-generation member of one of Australia's great winemaking families, pours trophy-winning Watervale shiraz and riesling at his small cellar door near Leasingham.
Magpie & Stump Hotel
View →Mintaro's bullock-driver pub, pouring since 1850.
Completed in 1850 at the entrance to Mintaro, the Magpie & Stump served the bullock drivers of the Burra copper route and still welcomes travellers with pub meals and a beer garden.
Farrell Flat Silo Art
View →A 30-metre mural of the town's last train.
Painted in 2020 by Adelaide artists Jarrod Soden and Matthew Knights, Farrell Flat's towering silo mural depicts the last train to pass through the township, glowing against a sunset.
