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Glendale Vineyard

Name: Glendale Vineyard
Address: 163 Glendale Road, Sidmouth TAS 7270, Australia, Launceston / Tamar Valley, Tasmania, 7270, AU
Telephone: 0488 033 492

Launceston / Tamar Valley, Tasmania Capacity: Up to 140

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Overview & Vibe

Glendale is a hidden vineyard down a long gravel road at Sidmouth, in Tasmania's Tamar Valley: 140 acres of vines, farmland and wild bush, with a cellar door in an old apple packing shed. The wedding offer is built out of the same buildings — the reception venue is the shed itself, restored rather than replaced. The tone is quiet and unpolished in the good sense; the site's own word for the place is “hidden”.

Setting & Style

The Orchard Shed is a timber, barn-style building originally built to pack apples, now the reception space. Ceremonies go wherever the property suits you — the venue names views over the dam, the mountains or the vineyard, and leaves the rest open: “we’re pretty confident you’ll find somewhere on the 140 acre property to say your vows in a setting that is just you.” Its own photography shows the shed strung with festoon light over long tables, and a chaired aisle set on the grass above the dam.

Ideal For

Couples who want a working Tasmanian vineyard rather than a function centre, and who like the idea of the reception happening inside a hundred-year-old farm building with the estate's own cool-climate pinot and chardonnay poured at it. The Orchard Shed takes 140-plus guests, so this is not only a small-wedding venue — but the property is remote enough that guest travel needs planning.

The Need-to-Knows

Pricing is not published. The brochure and pricing come by request through a form on the weddings page, so budget conversations start with an enquiry. The site is also light on detail generally: no catering, beverage or BYO position is stated anywhere, no wet-weather plan is described, and the ceremony locations are named by outlook rather than as fixed sites — all worth settling early. Note too that the cellar door closes over winter for renovations and is advertised as reopening in spring 2026, so a visit needs timing.

Standout Feature

The Orchard Shed. Apples were packed in it; now it holds a hundred and forty people under festoon light, with the original timber still doing the work. A few metres away sits the historic cottage the couple gets to themselves for the first night.

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Website

glendaletasmania.com

Phone

0488 033 492

Address

163 Glendale Road, Sidmouth TAS 7270, Australia

Amenities

Historic Building
Working Vineyard
Cellar Door
Estate Grown Wines
Vineyard Views
On-site Accommodation
Exclusive Use
Open Fireplace
Festoon Lighting
Photo Locations

Ceremony Setting

vineyard
outdoor
lawn

Dietary Options Supported

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

Tamar Valley – "Tucked away in the heart of Tasmania's Tamar Valley, amongst rolling hills, farmland and vines, you'll find the hidden vineyard, Glendale"
Sidmouth – The locality of the property, at 163 Glendale Road, Sidmouth TAS 7270
The Glendale dam – One of the three outlooks the venue offers for a ceremony, and the setting of the aisle in its own wedding photography
The Glendale vineyard – The estate's own vines, named as a ceremony outlook and as the source of every wine it pours

On Site Accommodation

A historic timber cottage a few metres from the Orchard Shed, available for the couple's exclusive use on the wedding night
No other accommodation is offered or described, and no guest capacity, room count or rate is published for the cottage

Price Notes

PRICING IS GATED, NOT ABSENT. The weddings page states plainly: "Fill out the form below to receive a wedding brochure and information on pricing." Nothing is downloadable and there is no PDF on the domain, so a couple must enquire to learn anything about cost. THE ONLY PUBLISHED PRICES ON THE SITE ARE CELLAR-DOOR TASTINGS, listed on the visit page and recorded here for context rather than as wedding costs: a guided personalised tasting with a cellar door team member, allow up to an hour, $15 per tasting; a self-guided wine flight of five wines, either a vertical pinot noir flight or a mixed flight, $15 per tasting; and a guided premium wine and cheese pairing of four wines with locally sourced Tasmanian artisanal bites, $30 per tasting. WHAT THE SITE DOES NOT SAY, and should be asked about first: there is no catering, beverage or BYO position anywhere; no wet-weather plan for a ceremony that is otherwise entirely outdoors; no furniture inclusions; no timing, curfew or noise conditions; and no exclusivity statement. The wedding content on the domain totals roughly 670 characters across one page.
SEASONAL CLOSURE, CURRENT AT THE TIME OF LISTING: the home page and the visit page both announce "CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS OVER WINTER" with the visit page adding "Reopening Spring 2026", and direct enquiries to a text message on 0488 033 492 or cellardoor@glendaletasmania.com. A site visit needs to be timed around this. NOTE ALSO A TYPO IN THE VENUE'S OWN CONTACT DETAILS: the home page prints the address as "cellardoor@glendaltasmania.com", missing the 'e'; the visit page has it correctly as cellardoor@glendaletasmania.com. Use the latter.