The Dead Arm Distinction Vertical Wine Flight
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Since its release in 1993 The Dead Arm Shiraz has received hundreds of accolades from wine critics and judges all over the world. This vertical masterclass offers the opportunity to taste the history of this outstanding wine.
Including the current release vintage and three treasures from the d’Arenberg cellars. Find out why the esteemed Langtons Classification names The Dead Arm Shiraz among Australia’s most collected wines, showcasing “the best of Australian winemaking practices, vineyard provenance and regional voice”.
The d’Arenberg Cube is a five storey multi-function building set among Mourvèdre vines.
The building has the optical illusion of floating in a vineyard, each level with spectacular views over-looking the rolling hills of Willunga. Inside you’ll find The Alternate Realities museum, tasting room and numerous artworks and features throughout curated by Chief Winemaker and fourth generation family member, Chester Osborn.
Your experience begins in the Alternate Realties Museum on the ground floor of the d’Arenberg Cube, where a self-guided exploration will take you through a space filled with wall to wall art installations designed to excite and awaken your senses. All tours are assisted by the d’Arenberg smartphone application ‘The Alternate Realities Museum’ – advance downloads recommended. Entry to the museum is free of charge for all guests with a pre-booked experience, just let concierge know your reservation number on arrival.
Once you’ve explored the museum, you will proceed to meet your host on Level 4 of the d’Arenberg Cube who will take you through to your booked experience.
Since its release in 1993 The Dead Arm Shiraz has received hundreds of accolades from wine critics and judges all over the world. This vertical tasting offers the opportunity to delve into the history of this outstanding wine, whilst being skillfully guided through each back-vintage sample.
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As it was an evening event, I didn't get a chance to try any wine other than what was on offer or to explore the winery itself.
The cube is very interesting concept and lots of art work to look at. The toilets are a must visit!
We bought 3 lovely bottles!!
meant we could go in early before anybody else and basicaly have a private tour of the art, complete eith the back stories and then had a private, premium tasting. Our host, Sarah, was amazing!!! The wines were wonderful, especialy as we did not just taste the standard range. We finished our trip by dinkng at the Circus just wonderful, all of it
Had a wonderful wine tasting with Hugo. Very friendly and informative. Thank you Hugo.
A wonderful selection of wines offered for tasting.
A visit here is a must do when exploring the wonderful McLaren Vale wine region.
Beautiful part of Australia, nice and friendly people and of course - Great wines ! First stop was D'Arenberg Winery and that was really good experience, filled with great vistas, good quality wines and excellent food. Cube was unexpectedly interesting with all permanent artifacts but also Salvador Daly's addition made it really pleasurable. Great work organizing that!
Tried few different wines - all quite nice of course , almost hard to pick your favorite! But actually Star of the show was Food at d"Arry's Verandah Restaurant!!!
We had beef fillet with bonemarrow and phenomenal jus and Duck meal. Not sure which one was better, really tough question. Quality of our meals was just next level!!!
So, big shout to Chefs they can be proud of what they are offering there. BTW Service was also spotless, so nice friendly and natural. We would recommend to everyone!!
Jana & Boris
If MONA and Willy Wonka opened a wine bar in a giant Rubik’s Cube… this would be it.
And yes—there’s real Salvador Dalí art inside.
Stick around for the levels, the wine, and the cheese (because obviously).
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📍 Location: 58 Osborn Rd, McLaren Vale SA
🕰️ Time Needed: Give it at least 2 hours (we stayed 3 and still weren’t done!)
🎟️ General admission: $20 which includes the tasting | $30 to include Salvador Dali exhibition
🍷 Wine to Try: The Sauvignon Blanc - green capsicum + jalapeño vibes
🧀 Food: Cheese platter and snacks available in the café on Level 3
🎨 Art: Real Salvador Dalí pieces on Level 2 + free MONA-style art on the ground floor
The wine tasting was a true highlight, showcasing a beautifully curated selection of wines with real personality. The staff were outstanding — knowledgeable, passionate, and genuinely welcoming, which made the experience all the more memorable.
A must-visit in McLaren Vale. Art, wine, and hospitality at its finest — an experience that stimulates every sense.
However the views, the Verandah restaurant and the wines and cellar door choices made up.
The “Cube” is of course a stunt but crazy can be fun.
We traveled by frequent train and Uber so no need for an organised tour.
Whimsical and the passion of the Osborne family is brought to life for visitors by their incredible staff who are similarly bought-in to the vision. Deep respect and admiration. A joy to visit.
My wife & I enjoyed the tasting experience, we could to sample a variety of D’Arenberg wines. As with most wineries in McLaren vale, they have a huge variety of wine from rose, Pinot noirs, Grenache, Shiraz etc.
Finshing with a wine tasting.
So much to see, beautiful gardens.
There is a Salvador Dali/Chagall exhibit which we unfortunately did not have time for but the influence is everywhere. There are fabulous sculptures all over and the actual winery where you have your tasting is in a cube!
Inside the cube we were given a fabulous tour by a wonderful employee that also did our wine tasting. Eceletic and funky best describes the cube and its contents. Make sure you go to the bathrooms and do not miss the men’s urinals! Hysterical.
Wine tasting was fun with a beautiful
View of the hills.
Riesling was my favourite to taste.
We enjoyed seeing the cube from various other places we visited during the day. A very unique building.
They have a lift for wheelchair access.
The place is really cool and I upgraded for the wine blend experience which I had to make by myself and it was just so nice! I felt like a chemist lol the architecture and arts inspired by Dalí is also a plus that attracts many tourists to the city of Adelaide.
10/10
It gives you a unique experience from the moment you walk in n you get greeted by the beautiful Salvador Dali’s sculptures.
Once you step into the cube you get taken away by the breathtaking art work throughout all 3 levels.
Dont forget to check out the stairway & the toilets as they are an exceptional experience on their own!
We went with the basic wine tasting experience where you get 6 glasses the are conveniently filled of either whites or red wines.
I personally loved The Dry Dam from the white wines, The Pink from the Rose.
I highly recommend this winery whenever ur in Adelaide.
We dined at Singapore Circus with friends and enjoyed the banquet. Waiter explained the food very well to us and the wine. Did the wine tasting experience after lunch.
Shaun made the visit and was the most amazing host
It was fantastic to see someone who is so passionate about winemaking and the D'arenberg product
It was really nice to ave the opportunity to meet the staff and discuss their role in the winemaking process.
We learnt so much from undertaking the tour.
It was really eye opening to see the process from the vine to the final product
Shaun then gave us the most amazing wine tasting experience.
We are already looking forward to our next visit
The winery also offers food on the Singapore gallery, and wine tastings on the top floor.
It's well worth the visit.
The cube is somewhat out of place and assume a folly of the rich owners.
Entry fee was steep considering who does wine tasting first thing in the morning and surcharge to actually see the Dali section was frustrating.
Worth seeing the exhibit as a one off but not a repeat visit.
Quite a few Aboriginal indigenous artefacts tucked away getting damaged. Please give them some care & hung appropriately for viewing. There are not so many original pieces & such left.
The 'museum' and 'art gallery's are ok ame
The wines are awful and the food in the Singapore Circus is bland
Not worth visiting
How ever their perfection in work and community is settled I'll find that their environment is balanced out in such a fabulous way with cube house and art. Wine could be overpriced in some sense on the market but once in a lifetime it's definitely worth to visit and see over the vineyards and taste their ancient style of foot trod or basket pressed wines.
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D’Arenberg is definitely worth visiting.
Awful experience.
as a group we were herded into a video room that for the life of me i stop don't understand its relevance, perhaps the time would have been better spent actually talking about the wines!!
Our wine tasting was quite frankly a let down, i've done a lot of wine tasting and i've never had such a brusque and quite frankly rude person, we were on a bus tour, people paid for the tasting and she wouldn't alter the tasting for people that didn't like white/red and offer an alternative .. every wine tasting i've ever gone on, i've been asked what is drink instead of a particular wine and been offered something else, i don't think her knowledge was that great either. The feeling was obviously felt by all on our tour as it was the ONLY winery no one bought from. i had heard great things about the sparkling - too bad even a large group couldn't even get a tasting! Apart from the novelty value from the cube and the toilets there's many more wineries with quite frankly better service and wines






















































