The Mount Pleasant Experience

Experience Mount Pleasant's best

This is the ultimate Mount Pleasant experience—an exclusive journey through our history, philosophy, and the wines that define Australian excellence.

Taste some of the most iconic and rare wines in our collection, including bottles valued at over $500, and explore the legacy of Maurice O’Shea through the vineyards and styles that shaped Hunter Valley winemaking.

Your experience begins with a guided tasting that spans young and aged vintages, historic blends, and a rare fortified wine 35 years old.

Along the way, enjoy a behind-the-scenes vineyard walk and indulge in a gourmet selection of local and international cheeses, charcuterie, olives, lavosh, and a signature sausage roll crafted by Frank Fawkner and the team at two-hatted restaurant EXP.

For those who demand the very best—this is the definitive Mount Pleasant experience.

Location

Mount Pleasant Cellar Door

When

Daily from 10am to 4.30pm

Cost

$250 per person

Includes: premium wine tasting, cheese and charcuterie plate with signature sausage roll crafted by Frank Fawkner and the team at two-hatted restaurant EXP.

Nestled in Pokolbin beneath the Brokenback Range, Mount Pleasant offers visitors a rich heritage experience through its beautifully renovated cellar door and curated tastings that showcase over a century of winemaking excellence.

Mount Pleasant Wines is one of the Hunter Valley’s most iconic and historic wineries, founded in 1921 by Maurice O’Shea, widely regarded as the father of modern Australian winemaking. O’Shea’s pioneering approach to table wines, his meticulous blending techniques, and use of French oak set new standards for quality at a time when fortified wines dominated the market.

Today, Mount Pleasant continues to craft elegant, expressive wines from its four significant vineyard sites, including Lovedale, Rosehill, Old Hill, and Old Paddock—home to some of the oldest Shiraz vines in the world, dating back to 1880.

Known for producing benchmark Hunter Valley styles such as Semillon and Shiraz, the estate has earned countless awards and remains celebrated for wines of longevity, balance, and a true sense of place.