Sandalford Wines is an incorporated company based at Swan Valley, Western Australia, just 25 minutes’ drive from Perth’s central business district. Founded in1840, it is one of Western Australia’s oldest and largest privately-owned wineries.
Premium wine production and the creation of memorable, world-class wine tourism experiences are the pillars of its success.
The centrepiece of Sandalford is a tourism winery at Swan Valley. It is a significant regional attraction drawing more than 150,000 domestic and international visitors a year to cellar door experiences, multi-award winning restaurant and catering venues, events and outdoor concerts.
Sandalford own and operate a second vineyard at Margaret River. This extensive property produces the volume of the exceptional quality grapes which are blended into globally marketed wines.
Sandalford is a highly regarded family business and is a respected premium brand across both wine and tourism sectors. At their sustainable Swan Valley winery, Sandalford winemakers create the Prendiville Reserve, Estate Reserve, 1840, Margaret River, Winemakers and Element award-winning ranges from fruit picked at their fertile vineyards. Early in 2021, the winery reopened post Covid-19 revealing an extensively renovated restaurant and bar area complemented by a newly extended and enhanced cellar door and a private tasting room. CEO Grant Brinklow said the total spent on the enhancements, which include a wine barrel-themed playground, was $3.5 million.
“The Sandalford Bar and Restaurant celebrates a marriage of modern Australian and contemporary Italian cuisine where the fulsome flavour of WA’s phenomenal seasonal produce is enhanced by hand-rolled pasta, wood-fired pizza and artisanal products,” he said. “The bustling, open kitchen creates delectable, healthy dishes destined to delight the most discerning diner, while the restaurant’s tranquil, leafy ambience issues an invitation to relax and indulge all the senses.”
All new food and wine menus detail the extensive new dishes which include vegan, vegetarian and children’s options.
The winery is open daily for lunch, and dinner on Fridays and Saturdays. It is regularly booked for evening events for gala dinners, product launches, corporate marquee events, concerts and weddings.
Behind the global brand of Sandalford Wines lies a rich and fascinating history.
Sandalford’s establishing estate at Caversham, Swan Valley, had its genesis in 1840
and coincided with both European settlement in the burgeoning colony of Perth and
the birth of Western Australia’s world-famous wine industry.
Queen Victoria granted John Septimus Roe, Western Australia’s first Surveyor
General, 4,000 acres of land on the riverbanks at West Swan in honor of his 57 years
of service to the Commonwealth. He named the property Sandalford after a priory in
Berkshire, England. – his original home. Among J S Roe’s significant legacy was the
setting aside of Kings Park, and laying out the towns of Perth and Fremantle.
The Roe family developed a second vineyard in Margaret River in 1970. In 1991, the
Prendiville family took over the well-established Margaret River and Swan Valley
operations. Sandalford Restaurant was established at Swan Valley tourism winery in
1998 around the time the venue commenced wine tastings and tours, and nine
function venues were added into the estate to cater for tourism visitors. Today,
Sandalford is owned by husband and wife Peter and Debra Prendiville.
Sandalford has been awarded no less than 75 major state and national awards for
excellence in restaurant and catering, tourism, wine and hospitality since 2008,
including the prestigious Australian Tourism Award for best Winery, Distillery and
Brewery.
More on Sandalford Estate Swan Valley:
The multi-award winning winery offers:
• Memorable alfresco dining under the vines
• Margaret River wines just 25 minutes from Perth’s CBD
• Multi-lingual winery tour on suspended walkways
• Superb indoor and outdoor function facilities
• Extensive cellar door tasting experiences
• Captain Cook luxury cruise to the estate
• World class concert events with international acts
• Wineclub with exclusive member rewards
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