Jack Rabbit Vineyard’s restaurant, winery and cellar door is an essential destination for locals and anyone visiting The Bellarine, offering people the ultimate regional experience. Boasting unrivalled panoramic views across the bay to Melbourne, the You Yangs and Geelong, this winery has forged an immaculate reputation as a gastronomic showpiece for the Bellarine alongside a stable of sophisticated cool climate wines.

Jack Rabbit’s restaurant chef, Cal Crigan, alongside the talented culinary team have created a stunning, seasonal a la carte menu, featuring an abundance of local produce to indulge even the most discerning culinary whim. Visitors can expect a veritable feast of the senses when they dine here. For those opting for a more casual dining experience, the spectacular cellar door and tasting room serves up a terrific café-style menu with equally stunning vistas on offer.

Many of the vines across the 100-acres is hand-pruned and handpicked to ensure maximum integrity of varietal flavour, as well as reduce the environmental footprint. The Bellarine is known for its unique terroir, with a cool maritime climate which embraces long, slow ripening periods and a moderate to low rainfall which results in relatively low yielding but high-quality fruit.

The calibre of this iconic destination is reinforced by an ongoing string of awards, including the 2023 Restaurant Catering Association National Awards for Excellence and Finalist and 4.5 Plate Rating for Best Restaurant in a Winery (Victoria and Tasmania). Jack Rabbit Vineyard also continues to shine in the prestigious annal Golden Plate Awards which embraces regional Victoria.

Jack Rabbit Vineyard’s winemaker, Nyall Condon, has an exceptional history of excellence in all aspects of vineyard establishment, winery installation and winemaking in South Australia and Victoria. Condon’s approach to wine is very much about minimal intervention and retaining the natural characters of each varietal, allowing the fruit to be the hero. The impressive stable features cool climate standouts, including blanc de blanc, sparkling cabernet, Frizzante (moscato spritz), pinot grigio, sauvignon blanc, riesling, chardonnay, rose, pinot noir and shiraz. The winery also produces a unique P2, a fifty percent blend of pinot grigio and pinot noir – a true chameleon which drinks beautifully either ambient or chilled. This limited release wine sings of strawberries, rose water and cherries with a citrus minerality drive.