Dog-Friendly Wineries, Breweries and Distilleries in Western Australia

Western Australia publishes more dog policies than any other state we have checked. Forty venues across four regions say in their own words that your dog is welcome, and this guide names all of them, along with fourteen more that are tagged dog friendly somewhere but have never said it themselves. That distinction is the whole point. Dog friendly is the most repeated and least checked claim in regional travel writing: a venue gets listed once, the listing gets copied, and three years later you are standing at a door being told no. Everything below was read off the venue's own website or its own Facebook page, with the wording the venue chose, on the dates given in each section.

In this guide

• Dog-friendly wineries and breweries in Margaret River, twelve on their own sites and ten more the region's own bodies list
• Dog-friendly wineries, breweries and distilleries in the Swan Valley, ten of them twenty five minutes from Perth
• Dog-friendly wineries and breweries in WA's South West, five from Bridgetown to Busselton
• Dog-friendly wineries in the Great Southern, six of them, and one serious safety warning

The Short Version

• Forty WA venues state a dog welcome in their own words, and fourteen more are tagged dog friendly with nothing behind it, so they are named separately
• Three venues let dogs indoors: Beerfarm at Metricup, Swings and Roundabouts at Yallingup, and Damaged Goods in the Swan Valley, where licensing means tastings can only be served inside
• Sunnyhurst at Bridgetown gives dogs their own page in the site navigation, the most thorough dog page we have found anywhere in Australia
• Dogs are banned from Stirling Range National Park, where 1080 baits are laid on an ongoing basis, and from Wellington National Park
• WA venues that serve food must keep dogs out of enclosed areas, which is why almost every welcome here is worded around an outdoor space

One rule sits under all of it. The national Food Standards Code, at Standard 3.2.2, lets a food business anywhere in Australia allow a dog in an outdoor dining area, so long as that area is genuinely not enclosed. Western Australia gives the Code full force through the Food Act 2008 and the Food Regulations 2009. The Code permits, it never compels, so the answer is always the venue's, and a WA local government can narrow that further but never widen it. In summer that is no constraint at all. In a wet Perth winter it decides your day, because an enclosed pergola or a roofed courtyard may not count as outdoors.

Dog-Friendly Wineries and Breweries in Margaret River

Margaret River is about three hours south of Perth, which makes it a weekend rather than an afternoon. That changes what you need from a dog-friendly venue: not one good lawn, but a run of places across two or three days that will all have you. This region is unusually good at that. Twelve venues here publish an actual dog policy on their own website, more than any other Australian wine region we have checked, and one of them will let your dog walk in the door with you. Every one below was read off its own site in August 2026. Busselton sits at the northern edge of the region and its two venues are covered in the South West section instead, so they are not repeated here.

1) Beerfarm (Metricup), the one that lets them inside

Beerfarm answers the question directly in its own FAQ: dogs are very welcome at the venue, inside and out. That is one of the most generous dog policies we have found at any drinks producer in the country, and it is the reason this one goes first. Dogs stay on lead. The site is a 160 acre farm with its own Black Angus herd, and the kitchen cooks the beef it raises, so the food is the point rather than an afterthought. There is live music every Saturday afternoon from 2pm to 5pm. Open Saturday to Thursday 11am to 5pm and Friday 11am to 9pm, with the kitchen finishing at 3pm on the shorter days, so arrive for lunch rather than late.

Why it works:

• Inside as well as out, so a wet Margaret River afternoon does not end the visit
• The policy is published by the venue itself, in plain words
• A working farm with its own herd, so the food has a reason to be good
• Live music on Saturdays, which turns a stop into an afternoon

2) Wild Hop Brewing Company (Yallingup), the one that wrote it all down

Wild Hop has an entire page on its website devoted to the dog policy, which tells you how seriously they take it. Well behaved dogs on lead are welcome in the gardens, on the deck and on the heated verandas. They do not come into the building, because the kitchen is open to the room. Leads are required everywhere on the property, including the car park. They ask you to mention the dog when you book so they can put you at a suitable table, which is a small thing that makes the difference between a good visit and an awkward one. Open seven days, with the kitchen closing an hour before the venue. Hours shift between seasons, so check the day before.

3) Stormflower Vineyard (Wilyabrup), picnic rugs provided

Stormflower welcomes your four legged family in the same breath as it welcomes children, which is the tone of the whole place. The gardens are set up for a picnic and they provide the rugs, so you are not carrying one from the car. The vineyard is certified organic. Food is imported European cheese, Australian and European salumi, house made grape chutney, olives and obatzda, which is a more interesting board than most cellar doors put out. Open seven days, 11am to 5pm.

4) Happs Wines (Dunsborough), forty years of garden and a self-guided tasting

Happs states it simply: they welcome all furry friends. The draw here is that the tasting is self guided, across more than forty wines, so you can wander at your own pace rather than sit through a booked flight with a dog under the table. It costs 15 dollars a head, deducted from your purchase once you buy three bottles or spend 60. The gardens were grown by the owners themselves over decades and have plenty of shaded green space to explore. There are games out for children, cheese platters and light snacks, and you can build your own picnic hamper. Commonage Pottery, a working studio and gallery, is on the same site. Open daily 10am to 5pm, closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday, and 10am to midday on Anzac Day.

5) Walsh & Sons (Margaret River), leashed, supervised and well behaved

Walsh & Sons answer the question with a yes and three conditions: leashed, supervised and well behaved. Dogs stay in the outside areas. That is the clearest set of terms on this list and it makes the visit easy to plan. The wines are minimal intervention, and the grazing is built around Farm House smallgoods, Cambray cheeses and local crackers and relishes. Open daily from 10:30am, to 5pm Sunday to Friday and 5:30pm on Saturday, with last tastings at 4:15pm and the kitchen closing at 4pm. Bookings are highly recommended and essential for groups of six or more, so this is the one to lock in first.

6) Driftwood Estate (Wilyabrup), pizza three days a week

Driftwood says it on the front page: they are a dog-friendly venue, dogs are always welcome, and they simply ask that dogs remain on a lead and are respectful of other guests. Woodfired pizzas and platters run Friday, Saturday and Sunday from midday to 3pm, which makes this the easiest lunch stop on the northern run. Margaret River Wine notes the cellar door was included in the inaugural Top 50 Wine Producers list of the International Wine and Spirit Challenge in 2025.

7) Fermoy Estate (Wilyabrup), the FAQ answers it directly

Fermoy puts the question on its Visit page and answers yes: well-behaved dogs are welcome in the outdoor areas, on a lead at all times so everyone can enjoy their visit, with water bowls available. Tastings are at the bar or seated, up to five wines, and both walk-ins and bookings are taken. Wines by the glass and a small selection of local grazing can be taken out onto the estate grounds.

8) Juniper Estate (Cowaramup), gardens and old vines

Juniper's cellar door page carries a plain line: friendly dogs welcome on lead, in the gardens. Lawn games run all summer and a fire runs all winter, and some of the vines here were planted from 1973, which makes them among the oldest in the region.

9) Lenton Brae (Wilyabrup), four resident dogs and an on-site deli

Lenton Brae has four dogs of its own on the team: Jess, Emma, Murphy and Gnarly. The Visit page says they love having friendly dogs come along, with water bowls and lots of shade at the property. Build a tasting from more than fifteen wines, or a cheese and charcuterie platter from the deli on site, and there is a fireplace for a wet winter afternoon.

10) Passel Estate (Cowaramup), a whole page on the subject

Passel has published an entire page explaining that dogs are welcome. They are invited onto the wine deck and the lawn overlooking the dam, vineyard and bushland, and Passel asks that dogs are kept on a leash at all times because the neighbouring bushland is a wildlife sanctuary. Self-guided tastings on the lawn run to a flight of four wines. Open daily 10.30am to 5pm, closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday, and booking is recommended.

11) Woodlands Wines (Wilyabrup), the outdoor seating area

Woodlands publishes its own line and keeps it narrow: dogs are welcome in the outdoor seating area. Wilyabrup puts them on the same run as Driftwood, Fermoy, Stormflower and Lenton Brae.

12) Flametree Wines (Marybrook), pet and family friendly gardens

Flametree describes its gardens as pet and family friendly on its own site.

Ten more the region's own bodies list

These ten came off lists kept by Margaret River Wine, the regional wine association, and by the official Margaret River Region tourism site, which runs a dog-friendly touring guide and tags individual venue listings Pet Friendly. None of them publishes a dog policy on its own website. On 6 September 2026 we read their own Facebook pages instead. Seven of the ten say it there, in their own words, and several are more specific than most of the twelve above.

• Woody Nook Wines, Wilyabrup. CONFIRMED in their own words: at Woody Nook, we love your doggies almost as much as they love you, come and enjoy good wine and great food without having to leave your babies at home. The rustic cottage cafe does breakfast, lunch and coffee, with indoor and outdoor dining, grass and swings for children, and a kids menu
• Cape Mentelle, Margaret River. Tagged Pet Friendly on its official regional listing, under both Experience Features and Venue Facilities. Open daily 10am to 5pm
• Wise Wine, Naturaliste. CONFIRMED in their own words, with the scope stated: our outdoor spaces are dog friendly, so no one misses out. They also describe themselves as not just dog friendly but dog enthusiastic. Coastal views, alfresco dining and a wood fireplace
• Clairault Streicker Wines, Wilyabrup. CONFIRMED, with the scope stated: dogs welcome on the veranda and lawns. Those words appear in a paid partnership post published by the regional tourism body rather than on Clairault's own page, which is worth knowing, but a paid partnership is the venue buying and approving the wording, so we treat it as theirs. Their listing adds that families with children or pets are welcome on the picnic lawn but are asked to stay out of the vineyard. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm
• Xanadu Wines, Margaret River. Named in the tourism body's dog-friendly touring guide. Nothing on Xanadu's own site, so ring the cellar door
• Swings and Roundabouts, Yallingup. CONFIRMED, and one of only three venues in this guide that take dogs indoors: your four legged friends are more than welcome in our venue, they can sit inside and outside, and always have them on a lead. They have also posted that no matter how much dog content they put up people still ask, and the answer is yes. Open seven days, cellar sales 11am to 5pm, kitchen 11am to 4pm, and there is an outdoor playground
• Victory Point, Cowaramup. CONFIRMED in their own words: did you know our cellar door is dog friendly, pups on leads are more than welcome to bring their humans in for a wine tasting, so call or email to book a spot. Note the booking request
• Island Brook Estate, Yelverton. CONFIRMED in their own words: we believe your best friend should always be welcome, pop by for a tasting, a chat, and a dose of dog-friendly charm. It runs chalets on site, which matters if the weekend needs somewhere to sleep
• Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co, Wilyabrup and Vasse. Same guide, in the brewery section. Outdoor dining and an outdoor playground
• Margaret River Brewhouse, Margaret River. CONFIRMED by their own event rather than a policy line: they run Dogtoberfest, a dog costume competition at the venue, and posted afterwards thanking all the fabulous dogs and owners who entered. Open 11am to 9pm daily, so this is the one that is still going after the cellar doors shut

Sources for that list: Margaret River Wine, Dog Friendly Wineries to Visit in Margaret River, published 31 March 2026; and the Margaret River Region tourism site's dog-friendly touring guide, dated 19 March 2026.

Dog-Friendly Wineries, Breweries and Distilleries in the Swan Valley

The Swan Valley is twenty five minutes from Perth city, which makes it the closest wine region to any Australian capital. That changes what a dog day looks like here. You are not committing to a road trip, you are deciding where to have lunch. Ten venues here welcome dogs. Seven publish it on their own websites, read live on 1 September 2026, an eighth shows it in a way that counts for more than a policy line, and two more say it only on their own social media, which we read on 6 September 2026.

1) Chapel Farm Estate (Middle Swan), the one that draws the line precisely

Chapel Farm publish the most exact sentence in the valley, on their eat and drink page: they are dog friendly in outdoor areas of The Tap, however all dogs must remain on leads and within the area of your table at all times.

Why it works:

• It names the specific venue on site, The Tap, rather than the whole estate
• It names the specific area, outdoors, so there is no winter ambiguity
• Within the area of your table is a real instruction, not a platitude
• Middle Swan sits at the valley's southern end, so it is the first stop coming from Perth

Chapel Farm is a large estate with weddings and accommodation as well as The Tap. The dog welcome attaches to the casual venue, not to everything on the property, and they have been careful to say so.

2) Windy Creek Estate (Herne Hill), dog friendly to friendly dogs

Windy Creek put it in six words on both their story and contact pages: they are also dog friendly to friendly dogs. The exclamation mark is theirs.

It reads as a joke and works as a policy. The condition is on your dog's behaviour rather than on where it sits, which is a different and more generous approach than most of the valley takes. Herne Hill is in the middle of the valley, so this is an easy second stop.

3) Garbin Estate Wines (Middle Swan), the shortest answer in the valley

Garbin have run a Swan Valley cellar door since 1956, and they answer the question in their website's own FAQ list, between whether they serve food and whether they send wine interstate. Are you dog friendly? Yes. However, you must have a leash on your pet at all times.

There is something reassuring about a venue that treats the dog question as ordinary enough to sit in a list of housekeeping. No caveat about which area, no distinction between the lawn and the tasting room, just a leash. Middle Swan puts them close to Chapel Farm, so the two make an easy pair at the southern end.

One practical note. Garbin do not publish opening hours on their site, pointing you to their Google listing for seasonal hours instead. Check before you drive out.

4) Funk Brewshed (Henley Brook), a straight yes

Funk answer it plainly on their brewshed page: yes, we are dog friendly. They also describe a quiet Friday session with the dog as one of the ways to use the place, which tells you it is normal rather than tolerated.

One practical note. Their old web address now redirects to the Funk Drinks site, where the current brewshed page lives. Old links still land in the right place, but if you are searching, look for Funk Drinks rather than the old domain.

5) Slumdog Brewing Co. (Baskerville), the one that built a brand around it

Slumdog do not publish a policy sentence. They do something better. Their whole brand slogan, on their own site and on their Facebook page, is Beer For Ruff Days, and they hosted Dog Fest 2026 at the venue back in March.

A brewery that builds its slogan around dogs and hosts a dog festival is not going to turn yours away. Treat it as a confident yes rather than a written rule, and note that Slumdog operates at the Baskerville Tavern site, so you are looking for the tavern on the map.

6) Bailey Brewing Co. (Henley Brook), book the outdoor seat

Bailey publish a clear policy on their Swan Valley venue page, under the question Can I bring my pooch:

• Of course! We're pet-friendly and welcome your four-legged friends
• They recommend booking in advance and noting pets in the special requirements section, to secure a spot with outdoor seating
• If you come in as a walk-in they cannot guarantee outdoor seating, so availability may be limited

That booking instruction is the useful part and almost nobody else publishes it. Outdoor seating at Bailey Brewing is finite, so a dog on a busy Saturday without a booking is a gamble. Note it when you book and it is not.

Bailey Brewing also has what they call a big playground, which makes it the obvious choice if you have children and a dog in the same car.

The two distilleries that welcome dogs

Neither of these is a winery or a brewery, so they sit at the end rather than in the middle, but leaving them out of a Swan Valley dog guide would be a strange omission. Both publish a policy, and both are more specific than most cellar doors manage.

7) Old Young's Distillery (Henley Brook), a yes with a reason attached

Their answer sits in the FAQ for their on-site kitchen: yes, and please ensure your dog is on a leash, because they have wild animals living on the property and in the surrounding area. That is a reason rather than a rule, which tends to mean people follow it. Worth knowing that the policy is published on the kitchen's pages rather than the distillery brand site, so searching the wrong one will tell you nothing.

8) Damaged Goods Distilling Co. (Herne Hill), indoors, with a licensing catch

Friendly dogs on a leash are welcome in the tasting room, and if your dog would rather be outside there are shaded areas in the central mall courtyard, but tastings can only be served inside the venue because of licensing. That last detail is the one to plan around. Damaged Goods sits inside the Swan Valley Central precinct, so the shade is real, but you cannot carry your tasting out to it. If your dog will not settle indoors, this becomes a stop for one person at a time.

Two that say it on their socials, not their sites

Neither of these two publishes a word about dogs on its website. Both say it plainly on their own Facebook page, which for a small valley venue is where the answer usually lives.

9) Edgecombe Winery (Henley Brook), a welcome its website never mentions

Edgecombe say it twice on their own page. We are proud to be a dog-friendly venue in the valley, pups are such important members of the family, we hope you bring yours along for a visit soon. And separately, on a post about customers out on the lawn, we welcome your four legged friends at our winery. Their website carries nothing about dogs on the homepage, the visit page or the about page, so reading only the site would tell you the opposite. Henley Brook puts them in the northern half of the valley, near Funk and Bailey.

10) Lancaster Wines (West Swan), six words on their own page

Lancaster put it about as briefly as Windy Creek do. Day for it, we are dog friendly, posted alongside a photo of a gorgeous day at the winery. Again, nothing on the website. West Swan sits between the valley's southern and northern clusters, so it slots easily into a loop that already takes in Windy Creek.

Two in our data we still cannot stand up

Two more Swan Valley venues carry Dog Friendly in the Jedhi app with nothing on their own websites or their socials to support it, read on 1 September 2026 and again on 6 September 2026.

• Corymbia, Upper Swan. Nothing about dogs on their website, and no Facebook page at all, so there is nowhere else to look. This one can only be settled by asking them
• Txoko Brewing, Baskerville. Trading normally, silent on dogs on every page of their site, and silent on their Facebook too

That is still not a no. For both of them it is a short phone call. And when a small venue's website says nothing about dogs, that is usually a fact about the website.

Sources read live on 1 September 2026: the individual websites of Chapel Farm Estate, Windy Creek Estate, Garbin Estate Wines, Funk Brewshed, Slumdog Brewing, Bailey Brewing, Old Young's Distillery and Damaged Goods Distilling. Edgecombe Winery and Lancaster Wines were confirmed on 6 September 2026 from their own Facebook pages, because neither publishes a dog policy on its website. Where a venue publishes nothing anywhere we could read, we have said so rather than guessed.

Dog-Friendly Wineries and Breweries in WA's South West

This is the South West outside Margaret River: Ferguson Valley, Bunbury, Busselton, Donnybrook and the Blackwood Valley around Bridgetown. It is a scattered region without a single wine association speaking for it, which makes dog information harder to find than anywhere else in this guide. Five venues publish a policy on their own website, read live on 1 September 2026, and one of them has the most thorough dog page we have found anywhere in Australia.

1) Sunnyhurst Winery (Bridgetown), a dedicated dog page

Sunnyhurst do something almost no venue in this project does. They give dogs their own page in the site navigation, alongside the cellar door and the vineyard.

Their wording is worth reading in full before you go:

• Your dog is welcome to walk through the cellar door and join you on the back decking, where the tastings happen
• Fresh water is available close by
• A cat sighting is more than likely, because they have three
• After the tasting your dog can join you for a stroll in the garden
• On the leash at all times, including for a picnic in the garden

Why it works:

• Indoor passage to an outdoor tasting deck, which is rarer than it sounds
• They warn you about the cats, which is the single most useful line for a dog owner
• Open Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm, and open on public holidays
• Bridgetown itself is a walkable town, so the dog gets more than a car park

The three cats are the reason to be honest with yourself about your dog. A confident, cat-indifferent dog will have a lovely afternoon. A dog that chases will not.

2) Bush Shack Brewery (Ferguson Valley)

Bush Shack has long been the clearest welcome in the Ferguson Valley and remains a mainstay of any dog day in this region. It is the natural anchor for a Ferguson Valley run.

3) Shelter Brewing Co. (Busselton), the beach end of the day

Shelter sits on the Busselton foreshore among the Norfolk pines, beside the jetty, and its FAQ says dogs are welcome on the condition that you keep them outside and let the staff pat them. There is no lead rule published, only the outside one. It is also the longest opening in this guide by a distance: seven days, 10am to 10pm, with coffee from 7am. There is a playground in the beer garden, a kids menu and pizza out of a Marana Forni oven imported from Italy, so this is the stop that works when the dog is one of several people who need looking after. The venue is cashless.

4) Rocky Ridge Busselton, on Marine Terrace

Rocky Ridge's Busselton taphouse is the other foreshore option, and the pair of them make the town the most efficient single stop in the South West if you have a dog and limited time. Rocky Ridge publishes its rule on the venue page: the dog is welcome, on a leash and under control at all times.

5) Thomson Brook Estate (Donnybrook), dogs and free camping

Thomson Brook Estate says it in one line on its own site: kids and dogs are welcome, and camping is free. The cellar door is open every day from 10am to 5pm, closing only on Good Friday, Christmas Day and Anzac Day morning. The free camping is offered to self contained vehicles by arrangement rather than run as a booked campground, so ring ahead if you want to stay.

What we could not confirm

Six venues in our data carry Dog Friendly and do not publish a policy on their own websites that we could verify, read 1 September 2026.

• Froth Craft Bunbury. Nothing on the homepage or the Bunbury venue page
• Oakway Estate. Nothing across the homepage, the cellar door and cafe page, or the attractions page
• St Aidan Wines, Ferguson Valley. Nothing on the homepage
• Blackwood Valley Distillery at Bridgetown and Brugan at Wokalup. Nothing on either site
• Beyond Distilling, Busselton. A different case. Beyond publishes no dog policy of its own, and its tasting counter sits inside Origins Market, which states that dogs are not permitted inside the market. Dogs are welcome in the market's outdoor alfresco area near the bar, so you can bring the dog to the building but not to the tasting

None of these is a no, and several are well known locally as relaxed places. They simply do not say it in writing, which is a different thing, and we would rather tell you that than pretend otherwise.

Wellington National Park does not allow dogs

It is the obvious walk to pair with a Ferguson Valley cellar door, and it is not available to you. The ban is park wide, and it is stated in the Wellington District visitor guide and on the individual site pages rather than on the park's own landing page, which is why people miss it. If you want a leashed walk in that direction, Stockton Lake east of Collie sits outside the park and is listed as dogs allowed, on leash.

Sources read live on 1 September 2026: the individual websites of Sunnyhurst Winery, Bush Shack Brewery, Shelter Brewing Co., Rocky Ridge Brewing Co., Thomson Brook Estate, Beyond Distilling, Origins Market, Froth Craft, Oakway Estate and St Aidan Wines, plus the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions for Wellington National Park. Where a venue publishes nothing, we have said so rather than guessed.

Dog-Friendly Wineries in the Great Southern

The Great Southern is the largest wine region in mainland Australia, running from Denmark on the coast up through Mount Barker, Porongurup and Frankland River. Cellar doors here are an hour apart rather than ten minutes, so a dog day is really a driving day. Six venues publish a clear dog welcome on their own websites, read live on 1 September 2026, and there is one piece of safety information that matters more than any of them.

Read this before you go: the Stirling Range

This is the part to take seriously, and it outranks every cellar door below.

Parks and Wildlife's own park page for Stirling Range National Park, read 1 September 2026, states plainly that no dogs or other pets are allowed in the park. It also states that the department undertakes 1080 baiting there, that meat baits containing 1080 poison are laid in or around the area on an ongoing basis, and that 1080 is poisonous to humans and will kill domestic cats and dogs.

Bluff Knoll is the obvious thing to do in this region and it sits inside that park. If you have the dog in the car, that walk is off the list, and so is letting the dog out anywhere near the park boundary. Plan the day around a cellar door lawn instead.

The Porongurup Range is a separate national park with its own park page. It publishes no safety block of its own, but Parks and Wildlife's pets in parks page lists the few reserves where dogs are allowed, and neither Porongurup nor the Stirling Range is on it. Treat both as no dogs.

1) Rockcliffe Winery (Scotsdale), the one-word answer

Rockcliffe's FAQ page runs through the usual questions, and one of them is whether the winery is dog friendly. The answer is a single word: absolutely.

That is the most direct dog welcome published by any venue in the Great Southern, and it comes with a cellar door open seven days from 11am to 5pm, pizzas and platters from midday, and dinner on Friday and Saturday nights. There are open lawns and a granite garden for the dog while you work through the tasting.

They also welcome self-contained travellers to stay one, two or three nights, booked through Hipcamp, which makes this the one entry here that can be the end of the day rather than a stop in the middle of it.

2) Gilbert Wines (Kendenup), a courtyard or a verandah

Gilbert publish the most useful sentence in the region. Their visit page states that they are pet friendly with plenty of space to roam and a courtyard or verandah to sit with your pets and enjoy a seated tasting.

Why it works:

• A seated tasting with the dog beside you, stated on the venue's own site
• Two different outdoor spaces, so there is a sheltered option when the wind comes up
• Space to roam, which matters after an hour in the car
• Kendenup sits between Mount Barker and the Porongurups, so it slots into the inland run

Of everything in the Great Southern, this is the entry with the least ambiguity in it.

3) Duke's Vineyard (Porongurup), bring a picnic

Duke's are direct on their visit page: they are pet friendly and wheelchair accessible, and because they do not currently offer a restaurant onsite they invite you to bring a picnic to enjoy with a bottle of wine on the grounds.

That combination is unusually good for a dog day. No restaurant means no indoor dining rules to navigate, and an explicit invitation to picnic means you are meant to settle in outside rather than pass through. The Porongurup views do the rest.

4) Plantagenet Wines (Mount Barker), a cellar door since 1975

Plantagenet's cellar door page invites you to explore their charming outdoor spaces and let the kids (and dogs!) stretch their legs. The brackets and the exclamation mark are theirs.

It is a warm line rather than a formal policy, and it is on the venue's own cellar door page, which is enough. Worth getting the dates right: the winery was established in 1968, the first commercial winery in the Great Southern, and it is the cellar door that has been part of Mount Barker since 1975. They also do a regional lunch with seasonal opening hours, so check the day before you drive an hour to get there.

5) Ducketts Mill Wines & Denmark Farmhouse Cheese (Denmark), a dog-friendly patio

Ducketts Mill is cheese and wine on the same site near Denmark, which makes it the natural lunch stop on the coastal run. The kitchen does hot food to 3pm and platters to 3:30pm, and they are closed Tuesdays.

Their contact page states that they offer a dog-friendly outdoor patio. Read the scope of that carefully: it is the patio, not the run of the place. Their homepage also carries a customer review from March 2025 mentioning that the owners have lovely dogs who were great with the reviewer's golden retriever, and that the staff were too. That is a visitor's words displayed by the venue rather than a policy, but the patio line sitting behind it is the venue's own.

6) West Cape Howe Wines (Mount Barker), an open fire and an expansive lawn

West Cape Howe have one of the shortest dog policies in this guide and one of the clearest. Their visit page describes the open fire in winter and the expansive lawn area outside, then adds two words: pet friendly. No conditions, no indoor or outdoor split, nothing left to interpret.

The cellar door sits on the Langton property about ten minutes west of Mount Barker on Muir Highway, open seven days, 10am to 5pm on weekdays and 11am to 4pm on weekends and public holidays, with Messy Fingers doing lunch on site.

Also tagged in our data, not confirmed here

Three more Great Southern venues carry Dog Friendly in the Jedhi app and publish no dog policy of their own.

• Monkey Rock Winery & Cider, Ocean Beach. Their site sits behind an age gate, and nothing about dogs appears on any page behind it
• Wilson Brewing Company, Albany. No dog policy and no opening hours on their own site, which has not been updated since early 2024. They have since moved to 72 Stirling Terrace
• Mondurup Escape, Kendenup. They do publish a dog policy, one small or medium dog per booking, on a lead and never left unattended, but it attaches to their camping rather than to wine tasting, which is by appointment

None of the three is a no. Two publish nothing either way, and the third answers a different question than the one this guide is asking.

Sources read live on 1 September 2026: the individual websites of Rockcliffe Winery, Gilbert Wines, Duke's Vineyard, Plantagenet Wines, Ducketts Mill and West Cape Howe, and the Parks and Wildlife pages for Stirling Range National Park, Bluff Knoll and pets in parks. Where a venue publishes nothing, we have said so rather than guessed.

The Cheat Code: How to Plan a WA Dog Trip

The four regions in this guide are not interchangeable, and the mistake people make is treating them as one trip. The Swan Valley is a loop of about fifteen minutes end to end, twenty five minutes from Perth, so the driving is not the constraint there, the weather is. Margaret River runs roughly north to south, from Dunsborough at the top through Yallingup, Metricup and Wilyabrup to Margaret River at the bottom, about an hour end to end, so take the northern half one day and the southern half the next. The South West is spread across two hours in three different directions, so pick one cluster. The Great Southern cannot be done in a day at all, and the drive between Denmark and Frankland River is most of a morning.

An approach that works:

• Swan Valley for a decision made at breakfast, because twenty five minutes from Perth means an aborted trip costs you almost nothing
• Margaret River split north and south rather than criss-crossing Caves Road, with Walsh & Sons booked ahead and the rest walked into
• South West as one cluster: Busselton for Shelter and Rocky Ridge within a short walk of each other, or Ferguson Valley with Bush Shack as the anchor, or Bridgetown and Donnybrook
• Great Southern as two separate runs, inland for Gilbert, Duke's, Plantagenet and West Cape Howe, coastal for Rockcliffe and Ducketts Mill
• Tell the venue about the dog when you book, because Wild Hop and Bailey Brewing both ask and the others appreciate it

Things to check before you commit:

• Whether the dog can come inside, because across the whole state that is a yes at exactly three venues
• Whether the tasting is seated and booked or free and self guided, which changes how long a dog has to sit still
• Whether the kitchen closes before the venue does, because at a good number of these it does
• Whether the outdoor area is genuinely unenclosed, because a roofed courtyard may not count under WA food rules
• Whether the walk you had planned is inside a national park, because Stirling Range and Wellington both ban dogs

Jedhi maps the cellar doors, breweries and distilleries near you and lets you build a short route instead of a long list. Download it, and take the dog to Western Australia properly.

More in this series: South Australia, Victoria, NSW and the ACT, and Queensland and Tasmania.