While in Adelaide we took a day to visit the Barossa Valley. South Australia is the top wine producing area in Australia with an unbelievable number of vineyards around Adelaide and there area 9 or 10 distinct wine regions in South Australia. The National Wine Center of Australia is in Adelaide. Although everyone knows Australia (particularly South Australia) for it's Shiraz there are a number of micro climates and altitudes producing a large number of varieties. You could spend a lifetime visiting all the vineyards - a life well spent I would think. But alas there are many more things to do in my life (and in a short trip to Adelaide) so we chose to focus on the Barossa - probably the best known region. Now this area has about 90 vineyards - although I was willing to try al 90, this was more than we could do in a day. We visited 4 - each offering some great things to taste and a marvelous lunch plate of local meats and cheeses.
Even a 12 year old boy can enjoy a day in the Barossa Valley
A beautiful old bluestone house in the town of Tanunda
Adelaide isn't the only place in SA with beautiful Churches
This character was on the street in Tanunda - no festival or other event. He's just there.
A number of roads in this part of the vally are lined with date palms.
The cellar door at McGuigan Wines
A 175 year old shiraz vine
Langmeil's celler door (that what they call a tasting room here)
The Stonewell shiraz was just amazing.
Peter Lehmann grounds were beautiful
The tasting at Murray St. was outside on porch
Murray St. was my favorite. Beautiful grounds - great wines.
When the weather is bad they do tastings in here
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