Wineries in Mornington Peninsula

Ten Minutes by Tractor is a winery on the Mornington Peninsula. It is the convergence of wine journeys that began almost 40 years ago with a group of individuals and vineyards that fortuitously came together over time to create the winery that exists today.

The winery started in 1997 with three family-owned vineyards in Main Ridge, all ten minutes by tractor apart. Since then we have added new vineyards, but all have their own unique character with different aspects, slopes, soils, altitude and winds which flow through the valleys up from Bass Strait.

Located on the Mornington Peninsula, one of Australia’s foremost cool-climate maritime wine regions, the domain is a specialist Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir producer.

The soils of the Red Hill vineyard exemplify the tholeiitic basalts of the Eocene period, when the volcanic activity extruded throughout the Red Hill, Main Ridge and Merricks areas. These well drained, primarily iron-rich, moderately vigorous ferrosols are expressed in the pure bright and aromatic wines from this property.

Enjoy a private behind the scenes winery tour, hosted by our winemaking team, bringing to life their winemaking philosophies as you drink straight from the barrel and learn about the imporant developmental phases each wine goes through.

Polperro’s unique, bespoke and creative menu, featuring heirloom varietals and perfect flavour profiles, are made possible through our long-held relationships with key industry experts, combined with our own saved seedbank. This gives our chefs access to the very best produce.