Great Western

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10 tips on how to Start your Wine Collection

1. Not all wines will cellar for a long time.  Many wines are produced as ‘drink now’.  We suggest you read the label and the winemakers tasting notes and look for their cellaring suggestions.  You will often see phrases like, ‘drink now or cellar for up to 5 years’ 2.

Great Western - A Wine Village with 23 Hotels

From very early gold mining days, the little village of Great Western has had an extensive association with hotels and wineries. Even though Great Western is known as the wine village, evidence exists in the newspapers that date as far back as 1868, that 23 hotels have existed in Great

Every wine has a Story....

The Great Western Hotel is known for a lot of reasons… the “Steak Western..” its location, right on the Western Highway and it’s super friendly hospitality. It’s becoming even more renown for its unique approach to their wine list.  Every single winery in the Grampians Region is listed

The Audrey's LIVE in Great Western

They are coming back - The Audrey's !At the end of 2017, live favourites and multiple ARIA award winners The Audreys completed a sell-out national tour performing their award winning debut album “Between Last Night & Us” to celebrate 11 years since its release. So well received it was, that

Discover Black & Ginger

They have a little secret in Great Western…. The exclusive little Shiraz from just out the road  - 2016 Black & Ginger Sugarloaf Road Shiraz… Why Black & Ginger ???It’s a juxtaposition..Of the city and the country…Of the old and the new….Of the ragged and the

Wrap your hands around a Mountain Side Wine

Winter time is quite time in vineyards. The leaves and fruit are all gone and the vines are dormant, waiting for spring.   Mountainside Wines, a family owned and operated vineyard, is still looking postcard perfect in winter, situated at the base of Mount Cole at the south eastern end of

Great Western Hotel will shine even brighter

There were some big toys at the Great Western Hotel on Tuesday, just to replace the “Carlton Draught” sign on the roof that was recently damaged in bad weather.“There weren’t too many options. Being on the main Adelaide - Melbourne highway, we just can’t stop the traffic