Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Adelaide Hills from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Adelaide Hills
Three pubs and hotels hold Star Wine List awards for 2026, each with a wine list: Stirling Hotel in Stirling, Adelaide Hills; Stanley Bridge Tavern in Verdun; and The Crafers Hotel in Crafers, Adelaide Hills.
A historic hotel in Stirling, Adelaide Hills with a charming bistro and wine bar and regional South Australian cuisine. It has an extensive wine list and a Star Wine List award in 2026.
A historic Adelaide Hills pub in Verdun with a shady beer garden, an extensive local wine list, and pub fare. It holds a Star Wine List award from 2026 and sits at the grounded end of the region's drinking scene.
A restored 1830s building in Crafers, Adelaide Hills with a wine room and fine dining bistro inside an intimate seven-room boutique hotel. It holds a Star Wine List award from 2026.
Shaw + Smith, Bird in Hand and Ashton Hills Vineyard hold Falstaff Winery - Listed awards for 2026.
Shaw + Smith is a family-owned estate in Balhannah with a modern tasting room and vineyard views. It holds a Falstaff Winery - Listed award for 2026 and produces Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz and Chardonnay from estate fruit.
A family-owned winery in Woodside known for cool-climate wines, an art gallery, terrace gardens and a sustainability focus. Bird in Hand holds a Falstaff Winery - Listed award for 2026.
Ashton Hills Vineyard holds a Falstaff Winery - Listed award for 2026. The estate in Piccadilly Valley produces Pinot Noir and Riesling with altitude and maritime influence, and grows Pinot Noir on a high-altitude, dry-grown site.
Stirling, Adelaide Hills has two venues in our guide, as do Balhannah and Basket Range. One venue each is in Verdun; Crafers, Adelaide Hills; Woodside; Piccadilly Valley; Gumeracha; Oakbank; and the neighbourhood Adelaide Hills.
The citywide number of Michelin-starred restaurants in Adelaide Hills in our guide is 0, and the citywide number of Michelin stars in total for Adelaide Hills in our guide is 0.
On this page, the Star Wine List awards for 2026 are held by Stirling Hotel, Stanley Bridge Tavern and The Crafers Hotel. Each has a wine list: an extensive wine list at Stirling Hotel, an extensive local wine list at Stanley Bridge Tavern, and a wine room at The Crafers Hotel.
Stirling Hotel in Stirling, Adelaide Hills; Stanley Bridge Tavern in Verdun; and The Crafers Hotel in Crafers, Adelaide Hills have wine lists and Star Wine List awards for 2026. Stirling Hotel has an extensive wine list, Stanley Bridge Tavern has an extensive local wine list, and The Crafers Hotel has a wine room.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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The Stirling Hotel sits at the centre of the Adelaide Hills village of Stirling, drawing on the region's notable produce and wine to deliver a pub experience that reads more like a regional dining destination. The kitchen puts local growers and winemakers front and centre, making it a natural reference point for anyone wanting to understand what the Hills does well at the table.
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Stanley Bridge Tavern on Onkaparinga Valley Road in Verdun sits at the quieter, more grounded end of Adelaide Hills hospitality: a community pub where chicken schnitzels, burgers, and pints of locally brewed beer define the offer. It represents the working model of the Australian country tavern, unchanged in its essential purpose while surrounded by one of Australia's most prominent cool-climate wine regions.
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Once a standard country pub serving schnitzels and big-brand tap beer, The Crafers Hotel has undergone a transformation that positions it as one of the Adelaide Hills' more considered drinking destinations. The pub's evolution mirrors a broader shift in regional Australian hospitality, where locals now expect craft-focused drinks programs and kitchen ambition to match the scenery.
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The property on Pfeiffer Road draws visitors who want tasting-room depth over cellar-door spectacle, placing it firmly in the focused, estate-first tier of Hills producers.
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The estate occupies one of South Australia's most serious Pinot Noir and Riesling addresses, where altitude and maritime influence shape wines that place it in a distinct tier within the region's increasingly competitive producer landscape.
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Ochota Barrels belongs to the Adelaide Hills’ lo-fi wine current rather than its polished cellar-door circuit. The Basket Range producer works from a small family cellar, with Grenache, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Syrah and Pinot Meunier shaped around texture, energy and natural acidity rather than showpiece hospitality.
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Shaw + Smith has built one of the Adelaide Hills' most respected reputations on a focused range of Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, and Chardonnay, produced from estate fruit at Balhannah. The cellar door at 136 Jones Rd offers a direct encounter with wines that have defined what cool-climate viticulture looks like in this region.
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Sitting in a niche tier defined by low-volume, terroir-focused production, it draws comparisons with peers like Ashton Hills Vineyard and Murdoch Hill rather than the region's larger commercial names.
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Murdoch Hill sits in the Oakbank pocket of the Adelaide Hills, a wine region defined by cool-climate precision and a growing commitment to low-intervention viticulture. It belongs on any serious itinerary through South Australia's cooler wine country.
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Nepenthe is an Adelaide Hills winery. The estate sits within a cooler-climate region that has quietly shifted the national conversation on aromatic whites and Pinot Noir, with Nepenthe among the producers shaping that argument at the prestige tier.
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Unico Zelo operates from Gumeracha in the Adelaide Hills.
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