Vineyard glamping is the new cool

A tent, a shipping container, a tower: Wineries are catching on to the idea of inducing visitors to stay the night.

Clover Hill Wines has half a dozen luxury tents pitched alongside a block of pinot noir.

Paul BestContributor

Updated Jun 18, 2019 – 10.46am, first published at 10.41am

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Knocking back a flute of museum-release 1992 Clover Hill sparkling wine in a tent before turning in is hardly roughing it. But it is just the extravagant nightcap to make one a very happy camper.

Only this isn’t exactly camping. There is a queen bed with linen, cushions and an electric blanket, a bedside table with scented candles and reading lamp, jute floor mats, slippers and Aesop toiletries for the piping-hot portable shower. Not to mention enough headroom under canvas to execute an aerial backflip.