Margarita lovers: There’s a cellar door coming to the Whitsundays you need to know about.

The Whitsundays may be best known for its white-sand beaches and idyllic islands, but head inland from Airlie Beach and you’ll find something more unexpected taking root: hundreds of thousands of Blue Weber agave plants.

Say hello to SOLLOS Estate, a 374-hectare agave farm and distillery around 45 kilometres from Airlie Beach. Soon, visitors will be able to experience it for themselves with a new cellar door set to open later in 2026.

What is SOLLOS Estate?

SOLLOS is billed as Australia’s first single-estate agave spirit, with the whole process taking place on one sprawling Whitsundays property.

The Eden Lassie farm sits between Airlie Beach and Bowen, where the first agave was planted in 2020. Today, SOLLOS says the estate is home to 570,000 Blue Weber agave plants.

If that plant rings a bell, there’s a reason. Agave tequilana – more commonly known as Blue Weber or blue agave – is the same species traditionally used to make tequila.

But you won’t see ‘tequila’ on the bottle. Much like Champagne, tequila is protected by geographical origin, so a spirit produced in Queensland can’t carry the name. Instead, SOLLOS is forging its own path as a distinctly Australian agave spirit.

Australia’s home-grown agave story

While the SOLLOS name is new, good things take time and the farm behind it has been years in the making.

The property was established as part of the Australian Agave Project, an Australian agave spirit launched in 2024. SOLLOS is described by its owner, Blue Sky Drinks Co., as the next chapter for the project.

The estate’s agave plants have now had more than six years to grow, with many reaching the maturity needed to harvest their sugar-rich hearts, known as piñas.

SOLLOS currently has four expressions in the works: Whitsundays Blanco, Whitsundays Reposado, Whitsundays Añejo and a limited Whitsundays Reposado Distillers Release. Each is made with 100 per cent Australian-grown agave and sits at 40 per cent ABV.

When will the SOLLOS cellar door open?

Here’s the part potential visitors will be most interested in. A cellar door is slated to open at the Whitsundays estate later this year, bringing visitors closer to the Australian agave-making process.

While the finer details are still under wraps, SOLLOS is promising a farm-to-glass experience at the working estate, giving visitors the chance to see where the agave is grown and taste the resulting spirit close to its source.

It adds a surprising new experience to a region synonymous with sailing, snorkelling and the Great Barrier Reef. And at just around a half-hour drive from Airlie Beach, the estate could soon offer a compelling detour from the coast.

An exact opening date, along with details on tours, tastings, pricing and bookings, is yet to be announced. But with the cellar door expected to welcome its first visitors soon, your next Whitsundays margarita could have a distinctly local flavour.