Oracle of DelphiWine Tour: Barossa Valley South Australia
April 29th 2006 08:29
Australia has such a healthy wine industry so I’m going to occasionally feature a good wine region that offers tours. Let’s face it, what more could you want to do on your holiday than jump on a bus with a pack of strangers and get pissed on quality wine.
Let’s start with arguably the most famous wine region in Australia, the Barossa Valley, not far north of Adelaide. When you go to wineries you want to maximise your tasting and you also want plenty of your hosts using words such as nutty, pears, warmth, nectar etc etc – all the things you wouldn’t think of when it comes to grapes, to increase the authenticity of the experience. You’ll get plenty of this in the Barossa.
Tours start from $40 up to $745 for wine or food and wine experiences. You’ll want to head to http://www.southaustralia.com to check out your list of tours, but really you want one that takes you to two or three wineries, picks you up and drops you off either at your accommodation or at least a major centre and provides includes a dining stop for some lunch.
The Barossa includes 500 family's vineyards so the views are stunning and of course there is a tonne of small to large wineries including Penfolds or Seppelt Winery, but there are other things to do including a farmers market, hot air balloon rides, walking tours and eating at some of the fine restaurants. The restaurants are really there to go with the drinking of the wine though of course. I suppose if you were a non-drinker the 150 years of wine making history could interest you, but the Barossa really is a place to visit for the wine lover.
Barossa Vines
Tours start from $40 up to $745 for wine or food and wine experiences. You’ll want to head to http://www.southaustralia.com to check out your list of tours, but really you want one that takes you to two or three wineries, picks you up and drops you off either at your accommodation or at least a major centre and provides includes a dining stop for some lunch.
The Barossa includes 500 family's vineyards so the views are stunning and of course there is a tonne of small to large wineries including Penfolds or Seppelt Winery, but there are other things to do including a farmers market, hot air balloon rides, walking tours and eating at some of the fine restaurants. The restaurants are really there to go with the drinking of the wine though of course. I suppose if you were a non-drinker the 150 years of wine making history could interest you, but the Barossa really is a place to visit for the wine lover.
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I have only been to the Hunter Valley and that was a great day out. Next on the itinerary would have to be Barossa Valley.
Charles.