Bellbrae Estate
	520 Great Ocean Road, Bellbrae, Vic 3228
	Geelong
	(03) 5264 8480
	www.bellbraeestate.com.au
	W'ends & public hols 11-5 (winter), 7 days (Jan)
	Matthew di Sciascio, Peter Flewellyn
	1999
	1800

Bellbrae Estate (and the Longboard Wines brand) is the venture of friends Richard Macdougall and Matthew di Sciascio. Sharing a common love of wine, surf and coastal life, they decided to establish a vineyard and produce their own wine. In 1998 Richard purchased a small sheep grazing property with 8 ha of fertile, sheltered north-facing slopes on the Great Ocean Road near Bellbrae, and with Matthew's help as business associate, Bellbrae Estate was born. Since 2003 all the wines have been Geelong-sourced; at the Geelong Wine Show '07, Bellbrae won the trophy for Most Successful Exhibitor.