Kathline Quealy has not only been dubbed the godmother of skin contact grapes in Australia, a legend of wine making on the Mornington Peninsula, creating a flurry of interest planting the the first Pino Gris and Grigio vines in Australia, Quealy Winery in Balnarring is in the Studio’s extended neighborhood.

The Cellar Door is located within the winery, alongside the vineyard and under the gum tree.

A small quality producer, Quealy Winemakers have the widest range of single site expressions of Mornington Peninsula pinot noir and pinot gris.

Quealy’s home estate in Balnarring is a certified organic vineyard with some of the earliest plantings of pinot noir in the region, alongside pinot grigio and small plots of rare Italian varietals. Kathleen Quealy and Kevin McCarthy have spent decades establishing the finest vineyards on the Mornington Peninsula, four of which they still independently manage today.

The wine leadership is now with their eldest son, Tom McCarthy, who upholds Quealy’s innovative vision for organic viticulture and applies it across all their vineyards. Tom continues to make an exceptional range of single vineyard pinot noirs and pinot gris, and has an extraordinary feel for barrel fermented chardonnay.

The Cellar Door is located within the winery, alongside the vineyard and under the gum tree. You can step into the winemaker’s world of terracotta amphoras, tanks, barrels and witness the people and processes working to finesse their wine.

Breathe in the view, linger with a glass of wine and a plate of cheese.

Quealy’s wine list changes and evolves with the seasons of the vineyard. Each visit being a special one.

Whichever you look at it Quealy wines is less than 10 minutes drive from the Studio.

Head winemaker and son Tom McCarthy (left), part-owner and father Kevin McCarthy (right)

Breathe in the view, linger with a glass of wine and a plate of cheese.

The Studio Somers is very pleased to be partnering with Quealy winery.

Each guest arriving at the Studio will receive a invitation to the winery to immerse yourselves in the experience of a small cellar door set right in the center of their working winery. This comes with a 10% discount on the day .

In addition all guests booking through our website will receive a bottle of Quealy wine as a paper weight to your invitation … to drink at your leisure.