A little bit sideways
Got a mate who's currently studying overseas come back for a short visit. We thought it'd be a good idea to catch up by going wine tasting around the Barossa Valley. It actually wasn't too long, less than an hour, driving from the north-eastern end of town to Tanunda, the heart of the Barossa Valley.
The good thing about the Barossa apart from its proximity to Adelaide is that the wineries are mostly in clusters close to each other. These clusters are not that far from each other, often less than fifteen minutes drive from each other. The only problem is that it's not that hard to get lost and take a wrong turn only to end up on an unsealed road. Unfortunately I'm still to get my CRV so I couldn't test how it handled that in comfort.
We started off by visiting Chateau Dorrien, reknowned for being the only place that produces mead in the Barossa. From there we went to the winery of Barossa Valley Estate, which was only a quick drive along the same road. Continuing along the same road we visited the lovely Seppeltsfield winery.
Heading back to Tanunda, we stopped to get lunch somewhere along the main street of Tanunda. I had a craving for bratwurst but couldn't see it on the menu at the Tanunda Hotel which we thought was suprising given the town's proud German heritage. After a bit of a stroll we found the Wurst Haus.
This was a small shop selling smallgoods as well as simple but hearty meals. I finally got my bratwurst with beetroot, sauerkraut, potato salad and mustard. The bratwurst was rather nice and it made for a perfect winter meal. I also managed to buy two 40g bags of beef jerky which was good stuff, approaching the goodness of the jerky one of the blokes from work gets from his hometown butcher. Jerky, it'll make a man of you!
We then drove to the Penfolds winery which we had passed driving back from the Seppeltsfield winery to Tanunda. I got myself a nice and shiny Penfolds key ring. Looking back it was maybe a mistake to try the amazing fortifieds of Seppelt in the middle as by now our palettes were starting to get tired.
We managed to fit in another tasting, this time at St. Hallett's on the way back to Adelaide. Unfortunately the Charles Cimicky winery and the cheese store next to Chateau Yaldara were both closed. Overall it was a good day, perhaps not quite as picturesque as in the warmer months but still good to talk, try and buy. I'm sure it'll take many visits before I've covered the entire Barossa comprehensively, if ever which is a good thing.
The good thing about the Barossa apart from its proximity to Adelaide is that the wineries are mostly in clusters close to each other. These clusters are not that far from each other, often less than fifteen minutes drive from each other. The only problem is that it's not that hard to get lost and take a wrong turn only to end up on an unsealed road. Unfortunately I'm still to get my CRV so I couldn't test how it handled that in comfort.
We started off by visiting Chateau Dorrien, reknowned for being the only place that produces mead in the Barossa. From there we went to the winery of Barossa Valley Estate, which was only a quick drive along the same road. Continuing along the same road we visited the lovely Seppeltsfield winery.
Heading back to Tanunda, we stopped to get lunch somewhere along the main street of Tanunda. I had a craving for bratwurst but couldn't see it on the menu at the Tanunda Hotel which we thought was suprising given the town's proud German heritage. After a bit of a stroll we found the Wurst Haus.
This was a small shop selling smallgoods as well as simple but hearty meals. I finally got my bratwurst with beetroot, sauerkraut, potato salad and mustard. The bratwurst was rather nice and it made for a perfect winter meal. I also managed to buy two 40g bags of beef jerky which was good stuff, approaching the goodness of the jerky one of the blokes from work gets from his hometown butcher. Jerky, it'll make a man of you!
We then drove to the Penfolds winery which we had passed driving back from the Seppeltsfield winery to Tanunda. I got myself a nice and shiny Penfolds key ring. Looking back it was maybe a mistake to try the amazing fortifieds of Seppelt in the middle as by now our palettes were starting to get tired.
We managed to fit in another tasting, this time at St. Hallett's on the way back to Adelaide. Unfortunately the Charles Cimicky winery and the cheese store next to Chateau Yaldara were both closed. Overall it was a good day, perhaps not quite as picturesque as in the warmer months but still good to talk, try and buy. I'm sure it'll take many visits before I've covered the entire Barossa comprehensively, if ever which is a good thing.
Labels: wineries
posted by Forrest Rivers at 12:23
1 Comments:
Nice blog.
I would love to visit Barosa valley and taste your wines specially the Shiraz
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