Proposals at O’Brien Estate
The moment, kept
You will only ask once. Our staff photograph it as it happens, from far enough away that the two of you never stop being alone.
The afternoon
Private, unhurried, entirely yours
A proposal here is a private tasting first. Your own table looking out over the vineyard, your own host, and no crowd to perform for.
When you are ready, you give us a signal. Your host steps back, the camera comes out, and the next few minutes belong to the two of you. Afterwards there is wine, and time to sit with what just happened before you call anyone.
Late afternoon is the hour we suggest. The light comes low across the vines, and the estate has gone quiet.
Where it happens
Proposal Locations
Two private tables in the vineyard, and a rose arch for the photographs afterwards. Tell us which you have in mind and it is held for the two of you alone.
The north gazebo
A table for two beneath the fig tree, string lights overhead and the vines running out to the hills. The most sheltered of the three, and the quietest.
The rose arch
Where couples walk once the ring is on. The climbing roses frame the vineyard behind you, and this is a favourite spot for the portraits afterwards.
The west gazebo
Open on every side, with the kitchen garden in bloom on one and the vineyard on the other. The louvered roof follows the sun, so it holds the late afternoon light longest.
Afterwards
What you take home
The photographs
Every frame from the proposal, delivered to you after the visit. Two complete sets are published here so you can see exactly what that means.
A bottle with your names on it
Our Cabernet Sauvignon, labelled with the two of you and the date. The Passion poem is on the back.
A dozen roses
On the table when you arrive, and in her hands in half the photographs afterwards.
Couples open it on the anniversary. Some wait until the wedding. One came back for a second bottle because the first had been drunk the same night.
Two proposals
See the complete sets
When you are ready
Plan yours
Proposals are by reservation, one couple at a time. Tell us the date you have in mind and we will take it from there.