At Leaning Church Vineyard, we love to exceed your expectations! 

NEWS: Leaning Church Vineyard is closed for the foreseeable future while we unite to fight the spread of COVID-19. We wish all our team, customers, suppliers and the wider public the very best of health and happiness during these unprecedented times. And please take a moment to find a way to support local businesses, whether shopping online or ordering takeaway from those that are open. Leaning Church Vineyard is delighted to offer free freight on any orders over six bottles anywhere in Australia... 

You might be taken aback by the way we talk about our wine at Leaning Church - in somewhat racier terms than your average wine buff. It's all because we love our wine, but we've never wanted to be wine snobs! 

Many of our visitors, unburdened from the obligation to be solemn and serious about the drop they're tasting, enjoy themselves so much that they write their own descriptions. Most are far too saucy to be repeated!

The vibe at our multi-award-winning Cellar Door, Restaurant, Tastings and Functions centre is fresh, fun and funky - and that's the way we like it! Meet vineyard owners Sarah and Mark Hirst, taste our premium cool-climate wine and graze on Tasmania's best ingredients prepared with love...all while absorbing the peace and tranquility in our patch of paradise.

And introducing our new food offering: "Knives and Forks are Optional" at Leaning Church Vineyard. We love our food. We love to immerse ourselves in home-grown fresh produce. And we love to feel our food. That's why our new menu at Leaning Church Vineyard is all about stimulating your senses. We want you to touch, see, smell, hear and taste - with or without knives and forks!

We deliver simple but real, fresh and tasty food direct to your table - some straight from the rich soils of our vineyard where our vegie garden is ripening produce for your plates. And, of course, all matched to our award-winning Leaning Church Vineyard wines...

Leaning Church Vineyard, formerly Lalla Gully, nestles in a spectacular natural amphitheatre at the foothills of Mount Arthur. We're just twenty minutes from Launceston at Lalla on the East Tamar, on the Tamar Valley Wine route in Tasmania's stunning North East. It's a beautiful spot for the whole family:

  • A superb day out for the family, romancing couples, or groups
  • Scrumptious lunch will be offered when we re-open
  • Cellardoor tastings of our premium cool-climate wines 
  • Hellyers Road single malt whisky tastings and sales 
  • Quirky wine descriptions - write your own!
  • Local cheese and vineyard grazing platters to match our premium estate-grown wine, local craft beer and great coffee 
  • Tours of the historic leaning church 
  • Landscaped gardens, local art work, gift shop 
  • Families welcome - let our kids show yours round the sandpit! 
  • Group functions welcome too 
  • All-in-one spectacular wedding venue 

Join Mark and Sarah Hirst for your next relaxed, fun, interactive and family-friendly tasting sensation.
Sauvignon Blanc
"Mind blowing! Like your first morning glory - or a squirrel grip after a vasectomy!" 
Pinot Noir
"Best enjoyed nude 
in front of a log fire 
with chocolate and cheese..."

Cellardoor will
​re-open as soon as the spread of COVID-19 is declared controlled

Join us for lunch 7 days a week for wine, whisky, food and fun!