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Discover what's there
A living map of farm gates, honesty boxes, cellar doors, artisan makers and local producers — built by the community, verified by producers, and always checked against what's actually open today.
SOMETHING IS GROWING
The places Google doesn't know about.
The honesty box at the end of a dirt track. The sourdough baker who sets up on Saturday mornings. The winery making Cinsault that nobody's heard of yet. We're building something to find them all.
In development — Barossa Valley & Light SA
“Discover Local. Taste the Journey.”
THE PLATFORM
Farm gate discovery meets intelligent trip planning.
The Farmer's Gate is a regional discovery and day-trip planning platform built for people who want more than a winery checklist. It surfaces what the algorithm misses — the small producer, the seasonal stall, the cellar door you'd only find if you knew someone who knew someone.
Plan a day out and the platform builds a real, verified itinerary around you — timing, opening hours, what's actually available to taste, and where to stop that won't add an hour to the drive. Not generated. Not guessed. Checked.
HOW IT WORKS
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Plan a day worth having
Tell us where you're starting, when you need to finish, and what you're after. The platform builds a timed, sequenced day — verified against opening hours for your specific day, not yesterday's.
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Blend to you
It remembers what you liked. It doesn't ask what you've already told it. It suggests things you'd have wanted but wouldn't have thought to ask for. A knowledgeable local friend, not a form.
FOR PRODUCERS
If you grow it, make it or sell it at the gate — this is for you.
Whether you're running a cellar door, an honesty box by the road, a Saturday morning stall, or a pick-your-own operation — The Farmer's Gate is built to put you in front of the people who are already heading your way.
A basic listing is always free. No commission on your sales. No algorithm deciding whether you're worth showing. Verified, discoverable, and yours.
Free listing
Farm gates, honesty boxes, cellar doors — always free to list
Grower tools
Follower notifications, analytics, pre-order capability
Venue & cellar door
Full analytics, wine data, featured placement in routes
No ads. No commission. No Woolworths.
THE DIFFERENCE
Built on verified data, not educated guesses.
- Opening hours checked against your specific day of visit — not a cached average
- Honesty boxes, seasonal stalls and Saturday-only producers have proper entries — not footnotes
- Wine tasting availability tracked separately from what's produced and what's for sale
- Community sightings and producer-managed listings treated as different things — always
- Route suggestions only include stops the engine is confident about. Uncertainty is shown, never hidden
- Your data stays yours. Behaviour and identity are separated by architecture, not policy
WHERE WE'RE STARTING
Launching in the Barossa Valley & Light SA.
The Barossa is one of Australia's great wine regions — and one of its most concentrated networks of small producers, farm gates and makers. It's the right place to prove the model before expanding to other regions.
- Barossa Valley
- Light SA
- McLaren Vale — coming
- Adelaide Hills — coming
- Clare Valley — coming
WHERE THINGS ARE AT
In development.
- Platform design & user researchFull user story walkthroughs completed. Edge cases found and designed for.
- Database schemaFoundational architecture designed. Opening hours, wine availability, privacy separation — built right once.
- Seed data & producer verificationBarossa dataset in progress. Real opening hours. Real verification states.
- Technical buildSeeking the right technical partner. The spec is ready.
- Producer onboardingComing — Barossa producers will be first.
- Public launchComing.