Family owned and operated, the Queensland Vineyard Bed & Breakfast is located on the Bill Hartman Ranch, a working alfalfa farm supplying hay to the California dairies. Eight varieties of wine grapes are grown in the vineyard and four varieties of lavender line the garden. Each of these new crops is expanding the possibilities for local growers. All three guest rooms carry a winery/wine region theme — Martenay, Riesling and Sangiovese, and if you’re lucky to be around during harvest time, you’ll get in on a special tasting.
Number of rooms: 3
Established: 2013
History: Part of the Hartman family’s working alfalfa ranch deep in Nevada’s desert highlands, in the shadow of the majestic White Mountains near the California border.
Type of food served: Hearty full breakfast including famous buttermilk waffles, eggs, bacon, fruit, cereals, coffee and tea. Everything is sourced locally. Dinner reservations can be arranged in advance.
Unique Setting: The Fish Lake Valley, very remote and pure Nevada, with every season in play including the occasional winter snowstorm. It’s only a 90-minute drive to famed Mammoth Ski Resort and five hours to Los Angeles via highways 14 and 395. And it’s the only B&B in Nevada with a working vineyard on property; planted in 2009 the first harvest was in 2012. After a test plot of eight different varieties — Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Cab Franc, Malbec, Sangiovese and Mourvedre, the main grower and owners’ son, Mark Hartman, has added some Trebbiano vines. In 2014 he added 600 Riesling vines, and began shipping grapes to Pahrump Valley Winery in southern Nevada for crushing and winemaking. They’re getting great results thanks to a Napa-like temperature variance at 5,000 feet elevation and dry desert air.
Rates: $125 per night
Weddings or meetings: The Queensland Vineyard Bed and Breakfast and the Father’s House are available to host farm-style weddings, family reunions and other events from late spring to early autumn. Catering with deep-pit BBQ and even fireworks displays can be arranged by appointment.
Popular nearby attractions: Fish Lake Valley Hot Springs, about 20 miles north, offers a large-volume well; 105-degree water is piped into a large concrete pool that overflows into several lukewarm ponds. To the west the White Mountains — the driest mountains in the United States — boast Boundary Peak at 13,146 feet, Nevada's highest, and White Mountain Peak at 14,244 feet, the third-highest mountain in California. Other must-sees include Horsethief Canyon with panoramic views of the plains and mountains on a pathway between Eureka Valley and Fish Lake Valley; Gold Point Ghost Town, founded in 1868 and now reconstructed as it once was; and Goldfield, Nevada, located in Esmeralda County, which re-creates a sense of what it was like to live in gold rush boomtown in early 20th century. There’s fishing at Trail Canyon Reservoir, 15 miles from Dyer. It’s stocked with 3,000 rainbow trout a couple of times a year, and there is no fee for use.
Number of rooms: 3
Established: 2013
History: Part of the Hartman family’s working alfalfa ranch deep in Nevada’s desert highlands, in the shadow of the majestic White Mountains near the California border.
Type of food served: Hearty full breakfast including famous buttermilk waffles, eggs, bacon, fruit, cereals, coffee and tea. Everything is sourced locally. Dinner reservations can be arranged in advance.
Unique Setting: The Fish Lake Valley, very remote and pure Nevada, with every season in play including the occasional winter snowstorm. It’s only a 90-minute drive to famed Mammoth Ski Resort and five hours to Los Angeles via highways 14 and 395. And it’s the only B&B in Nevada with a working vineyard on property; planted in 2009 the first harvest was in 2012. After a test plot of eight different varieties — Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Cab Franc, Malbec, Sangiovese and Mourvedre, the main grower and owners’ son, Mark Hartman, has added some Trebbiano vines. In 2014 he added 600 Riesling vines, and began shipping grapes to Pahrump Valley Winery in southern Nevada for crushing and winemaking. They’re getting great results thanks to a Napa-like temperature variance at 5,000 feet elevation and dry desert air.
Rates: $125 per night
Weddings or meetings: The Queensland Vineyard Bed and Breakfast and the Father’s House are available to host farm-style weddings, family reunions and other events from late spring to early autumn. Catering with deep-pit BBQ and even fireworks displays can be arranged by appointment.
Popular nearby attractions: Fish Lake Valley Hot Springs, about 20 miles north, offers a large-volume well; 105-degree water is piped into a large concrete pool that overflows into several lukewarm ponds. To the west the White Mountains — the driest mountains in the United States — boast Boundary Peak at 13,146 feet, Nevada's highest, and White Mountain Peak at 14,244 feet, the third-highest mountain in California. Other must-sees include Horsethief Canyon with panoramic views of the plains and mountains on a pathway between Eureka Valley and Fish Lake Valley; Gold Point Ghost Town, founded in 1868 and now reconstructed as it once was; and Goldfield, Nevada, located in Esmeralda County, which re-creates a sense of what it was like to live in gold rush boomtown in early 20th century. There’s fishing at Trail Canyon Reservoir, 15 miles from Dyer. It’s stocked with 3,000 rainbow trout a couple of times a year, and there is no fee for use.
HC72 Box 8698, Dyer, Nevada 89010
Highway 264, between mile markers 8 and 9
queenslandvineyardbnb.com
888.411.3349
Owners: William and Joyce Hartman
Highway 264, between mile markers 8 and 9
queenslandvineyardbnb.com
888.411.3349
Owners: William and Joyce Hartman
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