Sapling Yard Wines is a small, cool-climate producer in the Canberra District, with a cellar door in the village of Bungendore and its own vineyard at Charleys Forest near Braidwood. The wines are handcrafted in small batches from the home vineyard and from growers around Canberra and nearby regions, including Lake George, Murrumbateman, Tumbarumba and Hilltops.
The flagship, most-awarded wine is the Shiraz Viognier, co-fermented in the Canberra District tradition. The 'Forest' label celebrates blends, among them an aromatic white of Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Blanc that won gold and the trophy for best blended white at the 2025 NSW Wine Awards and the 2026 National Wine Show of Australia. The range also includes Pinot Noir, Riesling and Italian varieties such as Montepulciano.
The journey has not always been easy: the vineyard was planted during drought, and its Albariño vines had to be pulled out when they proved to be Savagnin.
- Visiting
- Open to visitors · Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 12pm-4pm
- Address
- 23 Malbon Street, Bungendore NSW 2621
- Winemakers
- Carla Rodeghiero, Malcolm Burdett
Visit the Sapling Yard Wines website
Regions
Wines
- Sapling Yard Wines - Entrechat — Sparkling
- Sapling Yard Wines - Grenache Gamay Rose — Rosé
- Sapling Yard Wines - Pet Nat — Sparkling
- Sapling Yard Wines - The Four Pinots — Rosé
- Sapling Yard Wines Albariño — White
- Sapling Yard Wines Braidwood Pinot Noir — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Braidwood Riesling — White
- Sapling Yard Wines Bungendore Riesling — White
- Sapling Yard Wines Canberra Shiraz Viognier — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Gamay — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Gamay Tumbarumba/Braidwood — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Ironbark Canberra Riesling — White
- Sapling Yard Wines Montepulciano — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Mourvèdre Rosé Sur Lie — Rosé
- Sapling Yard Wines Mourvèdre Shiraz Grenache The Extrovert — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Pinot Gris — White
- Sapling Yard Wines Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Pinot Meunier Pinot Blanc The Four Pinots — Rosé
- Sapling Yard Wines Pinot Gris Sorella Ramato — Orange
- Sapling Yard Wines Pinot Noir — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Pinot Noir Chardonnay Entrechat Canberra District Sparkling — Sparkling
- Sapling Yard Wines Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Meunier Entrechat — Sparkling
- Sapling Yard Wines Pinot Noir Gamay Pinot Noir/Gamay Braidwood — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Pinot Noir Gamay Rose — Rosé
- Sapling Yard Wines Pirouette Chardonnay — White
- Sapling Yard Wines Red and White Blend The Four Pinots — Rosé
- Sapling Yard Wines Riesling Lake George — White
- Sapling Yard Wines Riesling Muscat Pet Nat — Sparkling
- Sapling Yard Wines Rose The Four Pinots — Rosé
- Sapling Yard Wines Rosé — Rosé
- Sapling Yard Wines Sangiovese — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Shiraz — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Shiraz Viognier — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Sparkling Entrechat — Sparkling
- Sapling Yard Wines The Curmudgeon Canberra District Shiraz — Red
- Sapling Yard Wines Viognier Lake George — White
- Sapling Yard Wines White Blend Fiori — White
- Sapling Yard Wines White Blend Fiori Riesling Pinot Gris Muscat Pinot Blanc — White