A Day on Prosecco Road: Your King Valley Wine Touring Guide

Ask most people what they know about the King Valley and it usually comes back to one thing: Prosecco. This is the region that pioneered the variety in Australia, and Prosecco Road, the loose stretch of cellar doors winding through the valley, is one of the best low-key wine trails in the country. Base yourself at Bluestone Ridge and you're a short drive from almost all of it.

Here's how we'd spend a day working our way along it.

Start Where It Began: Dal Zotto

No King Valley wine trip is complete without Dal Zotto, the family credited with bringing Prosecco to Australia. The cellar door pairs tastings with homemade pasta and wood-fired pizza, much of it made with produce from their own garden. It's a good first stop, easy, unhurried, and a proper introduction to what the valley does best.

Go Italian at Pizzini

A short drive on, Pizzini Wines is known for leaning into its Italian roots, Sangiovese and Nebbiolo especially. The cellar door itself is worth the visit on its own, housed in the estate's original tobacco drying kilns, a nod to what this land was used for before it was covered in vines. Regional fare and a warm welcome round it out.

Slow Down at King River Estate or Red Feet

If the morning has been about the well-known names, the middle of the day is a good time to duck into something smaller. King River Estate is a quiet, organically farmed vineyard worth a wander, while Red Feet Wines offers seated, complimentary tastings with panoramic views over the valley, a nice place to properly sit down for twenty minutes rather than tick off another stop.

Lunch With a View at Chrismont

By early afternoon, you'll want a proper break. Chrismont's cellar door and restaurant, with floor-to-ceiling windows over the vineyard toward the Black Ranges, is one of the best lunch stops in the valley, award-winning wine matched with Italian cooking and a view that makes you want to stay for another glass.

Finish Somewhere Small

For the last stop of the day, look to the valley's smaller family-run cellar doors, La Cantina, Polintini, or Gracebrook. Each is intimate, unhurried, and a good reminder that the King Valley's wine scene isn't just about the big names. Gracebrook's cosy cellar door and cafe, builtaround organic production, is a particularly nice way to wind the day down.

Come Home to the Farm

The best part of a Prosecco Road day is that it ends at Bluestone Ridge, not a hotel car park. Come back to your cabin, run the outdoor bathtub, and let the day's tastings settle over a view of the valley you've just spent the day exploring. If you're visiting in the cooler months, ask ahead about which cellar doors have fireplaces going, a handful along the road do, and it makes for a particularly good final stop.

Ready to spend a day working your way along Prosecco Road? Book your stay at Bluestone Ridge and make the farm your base.