Every month Mitchelton hosts a Sunday family day with BBQ food available from The Provedore cafe. Add some great live music and a couple of wines and you’re in for a very pleasant Sunday afternoon. Combine your visit with a tasting and the trip here is well worthwhile.

What a surprising disappointment. From the flippantly discourteous welcoming staff to the poor quality breakfast. Whilst Michelton Winery is snuggled in natural beauty and boasts an awe inspiring array of wild birds and swans.. the building itself is sterile and uninviting. The welcome staff were abrupt and obviously uninspired by their jobs. The male Conceirge mechanically reeled of the places of interest and then walked away. Baggage must be self delivered! In fact as soon as you leave the reception desk you are left to fend for yourself.
Rooms are comfortably large and the beds and amenities are certainly adequate but the prices of the drinks in the mini bar are ridiculously astronomic. Most notably water bottles are not left by beds.
Dinner was quite varied and delicious so it was a big surprise that the breakfast was hugely disappointing. My husband could not stomach eating the overly spiced, soggy muesli and I left my watery baked beans, cold egg and under toasted bread. At least the coffee was ok. The kitchen staff can surely not pride themselves on their meal service.
My advice.. take in the beauty of the area, sit by the magnificent lake..even stay for dinner but do not stay overnight at Michelton. Not until management picks up their game, throws off their lethargy and aims for a higher standard of customer care..

Mitchelton is a relative newcomer to the Nagambie area; the first vines were planted in 1969. The winery's distinctive buildings were designed by Robin Boyd, the most acclaimed architect of his day. The distinctive Modernist style is not everyone's cup of tea, but it is certainly notable. The 55 meter tall tower is Michelton's icon. Michelton has always had a good reputation for its wines. The winery won the Jimmy Watson Trophy for best red wine in 1991. The vineyard is located in a loop in the Goulburn River, which moderates the summer heat. Michelton grows riesling, shiraz and Rhone Valley varieties, which do well in the region. It pays to call ahead if you want to do some tasting.