Best Wedding Venues in Orange NSW
1.Rowlee Wines
Rowlee is one of Orange’s best wedding venues. With a luxe country vibe, Rowlee has paddocks on one side of the cellar door and vineyards on the other. They have a dedicated garden area around a country homestead for outdoor ceremonies and it’s an easy walk between your ceremony location and your reception in a marquee or in their newly renovated barn. Rowlee also offers on-site accommodation a few hundred metres from their cellar door.
2. Philip Shaw Wines
With a designer vibe the Philip Shaw cellar door is definitely an extension of their brand embodied by their premium wines. Onsite catering, a dedicated function space inside their bluestone cellar door and old timber railway sleepers that look like roman archways as a ceremony backdrop provide a really different and very luxe but laid back wedding feel. Philip Shaw’s cellar door has a huge amount of outdoor space with terraced gardens flowing up to the bluestone reception area. Perfect for lawn games and outdoor canapes with views across their property and gardens to for guests to enjoy.
3. Hayshed Weddings and Events
Hayshed is on a private property about 15 minutes out of town surrounded by paddocks. The rustic barn is a fun wedding reception venue with a lot of charm that can fit a large number of guests. Wedding ceremonies are usually held outside in the paddock with views over the mountains and dam in the background and the venue has a very down to earth country feel.
4. Printhie Wines
An award winning cellar door with exceptional food and wine, Printhie has a very limited number of weddings each year at its brand new cellar door building. Surrounded by vines, apple orchards and paddocks there are multiple sites to hold your ceremony. One of the best spots is closer to the cellar door - a stunning olive grove with views over the hills below. Definitely one of my fave places in Orange!
5. Mayfield Vineyard
Mayfield Vineyard has a beautiful country style mansion onsite that can sleep 12 people and is only 10 minutes from town. The best part about Mayfield Vineyard is you can have the whole vineyard and cellar door area to yourself all weekend. Smaller weddings can use the homestead for a catering kitchen, reception in the dining area and ceremony outside. For larger weddings a marquee is put up on the private grounds.
6. Borrodell Vineyard
Borrodell has been a fixture on the Orange wedding scene for years. And for good reason. They have a restaurant with award winning chefs on site and provide competitive ceremony/reception/food and beverage packages. Perched high up on the hill overlooking the Towac Valley, the drive into Borrodell is almost as pretty as the views from the terrace up top. Lined with orchards and vineyards, Borrodell has onsite accommodation and can either have a marquee lawn set-up or host your reception in their spacious wine tasting hall.
7. Canobolas Dance Hall
Canobolas Dance Hall is a sweet little venue next to a dam bout 10 minutes out of Orange in the vineyard district. With a wood fired pizza oven installed in their commercial kitchen, the dance hall is a favourite for DIY weddings with a low key rustic vibe. Bring in everything and use the space to create the wedding of your dreams.
8. Nashdale Lane
Nashdale Lane is a beautiful rustic style cellar door with views across vineyards to Mount Canobolas just outside. Stay onsite in stylish glamping tents and have your ceremony in the gardens with the vines and mountain in the background. Nashdale Lane has award winning wines and facilities for catering onsite for weddings and events but only book a limited number of weddings each year.
9. Stockman’s Ridge Wines
Stockman’s Ridge has a brand new purpose built clear and black marquee that is absolutely stunning. Ceremonies are held outdoors overlooking the vines, there are fire pits outside for ambience (and warmth) and the clear marquee means you can stargaze through it during your reception. Surrounded by paddocks and vines with award winning wines, Stockman’s Ridge is a stunning wedding venue in Orange.
10. Macquariedale Wines
Macquariedale Wines has one of the most impressive views from it’s cellar door in orange NSW. Tucked away in the Towac Valley near Mount Canobolas, Macquariedale is a spectacular venue with a beautiful barn style cellar door and internal fireplace, fire pits outside and views to kill for across the valley. They specialise is amazing wine, and their understanding of hospitality is exceptional. If you are looking for the best cheese platter in Orange NSW then go straight to Macquariedale! relatively new to the wedding scene, the cellar door offers a number of locations for ceremony sites - all stunning. The cellar door has a homely feel and the wine is absolutely delicious. Win win win!
11. Mejuluelda
Surrounded by renowned wineries, Mejuluelda can accommodate up to 60 seated guests surrounded by beautiful gardens. Located in the picturesque Borenore, only a brief 10-minute drive from Orange, New South Wales, our stunningly converted fruit packing shed is situated on 20 acres of private land.
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Author - Kirsten Cunningham, Orange Photographer