Amherst Winery is located in the heart of the Victorian Goldfields and the Pyrenees wine region, approximately 1¾ hour drive from Melbourne. Click here for directions to Amherst Winery.

Norman and Elizabeth Jones cordially invite you to sample their award-winning Dunn's Paddock Shiraz and Chinese Gardens Cabernet, and wander around the vineyard. 

Amherst Winery has 10 acres under vine consisting 80% shiraz, 15% cabernet and 5% chardonnay grapes. The vineyard is on old alluvial gold fields dating back to the 1850s, and diggings can still be seen around the property in the quartz rich soil.

Our premium wines "Dunn's Paddock" Shiraz and "Chinese Gardens" Cabernet Sauvignon pay tribute to the rich history on which our vineyard is sited. Samuel Dunn was an escaped convict turned good, who was the first to cultivate the land in the early 1850s, while our Chinese Garden's is where a Chinese market garden provided food to the flourishing gold fields of yesteryear.   Click here to find out more about our wines. Our winery and vineyard are open on weekends and during the week by appointment.

Amherst Winery makes its debut in China. Click here to find out more about our wine tasting at China Treasures.

Amherst Winery is perfect either as a starting point to explore the surrounding gold fields and vineyards or as a stop off point on the way through. Amherst is in the heart of the Pyrenees, Grampians & Ballarat wine regions. Click here for more information about one of Australia's finest wine growing areas.

Our premier Shiraz, Dunn's Paddock, is named after the first cultivator of the land, Samuel Dunn, who lived in Amherst from the early 1850s until his death in 1898, and was one of the first to grow grapes in the district. Click here to find out more about our label's namesake.

Amherst is a town rich in history. It is accredited with the first official gold find in Victoria in 1851 setting off a gold rush stretching all over central Victoria. Although much of the architecture constructed during the gold rush days was destroyed by bush fires, there are still many examples of some of the original buildings at nearby Talbot, just 4km away.

Talbot Town Hall

The vineyard itself is located on old diggings and evidence of tailings can still be seen around the property. Click here for more information on exploring the history of the Goldfields.