When pondering a hinterland escape, head to Restaurant Botanica at Spicers Vineyard Estate along Hermitage Road in Pokolbin. A contemporary dining room awaits, with timber tables, cane wicker chairs, scallop pendent lighting and glass French bi-folding doors, beckoning the outdoors in with sprawling vineyard views allowing the eye to wander as you dine. A Modern Australian menu has been created with a focus on freshly caught seafood, local cuts of protein and produce picked from their own garden, ensuring every dish tastes as spectacularly as it is presented. Delve into dishes like ocean trout with fennel custard, broad beans, radishes and prawn crackers or perhaps opt for beef fillet with sage, onion, chard and kipfler potatoes accompanied by a glass of local Margan Cabernet Sauvignon.