The Barossa wine region is full of European tradition and a celebration of food and wine where you’ll see well preserved 160-year-old villages, chateaus and churches, gracious heritage towns, century-old cellars and some of the world’s oldest Shiraz vineyards. The Barossa spans seven generations with a long history of making full-bodied reds, white wines and fortified.
As well as its 70+ wineries, the Barossa is home to award-winning restaurants, artisan producers, craft beer breweries, and arts in a uniquely Australian landscape of gum trees and vineyards.
The lower Barossa is suited to producing award-winning Shiraz, and the cooler higher area famous for its Riesling, with the main Barossa styles being Chardonnay, Riesling, Semillon, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.
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3 nights Adelaide EOS Sky City in a luxurious deluxe room at this inner city resort with cocktail package
Perfect for a romantic getaway, or for a family or group of friends exploring the Barossa, each luxury cottage caters for between two and six guests. Situated near Lyndoch, and surrounded by vineyards, the cottages are within walking distance to a number of wineries and restaurants, including Barossa Chateau /Lyndoch Hill, Kies Wines and Chateau Yaldara 1847 Wines. Each of the cottages is stocked with fresh produce for self-preparation breakfasts, toiletries from the Lyndoch Lavender Farm, and other complimentary treats, including a bottle of Barossa wine, on arrival. With free Wi-Fi, vineyard views too.
Includes accommodation for 2 persons for 2 nights in a one bedroom Eco Villa at Rawnsley Park, 2 nights for 2 persons in a one bedroom cottage at Barossa Shiraz Estate, half day bike hire at both Barossa Shiraz Estate and Rawnsley Park, provisions for continental breakfast daily
If you have only one day to see the Flinders Ranges then this is the tour for you. Explore Bunyeroo and Brachina Gorges, then drive to Parachilna for a gourmet lunch at the Prairie Hotel. Return via heritage town of Blinman.
Watch a brilliant Flinders Ranges sunset overlooking the stunning Chace Range, whilst enjoying a glass of sparkling wine and gourmet canapés prepared by the Woolshed Restaurant. The 40 minute drive through the property provides a great opportunity to see native wildlife unused to human encounters. Wilpena Pound provides a stunning backdrop to this two hour tour.
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Barossa Vintage Festival: A much-loved tradition since 1947, and South Australia’s largest regional Festival, the Barossa Vintage Festival is a chance to eat, drink, stay and play in the Barossa and soak up the Barossa way of life. The bi-ennial festival showcases and celebrates the Barossa’s wine, food, community, culture and heritage over five-event filled days.
A highlight on the event calendar, it displays, engages and celebrates the region’s wine, food, culture and heritage. Captivating the attention of visitors and locals alike, the Festival is an opportunity to soak up the Barossa way of life, a wonderful celebration of place, family, generational traditions, creativity, innovation, abundance and resilience.
The 2023 Barossa Vintage Festival will be held over five days from April 19 -23.
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Adelaide: High tea cafe, The Queen Of Adelaide, opened July 2022 Grote Street in the CBD, offering a selection of sweet treats and beverages.
This elegant cafe is perfect for those who enjoy the finer things in life, with a selection of different high tea options to suit every occasion and price range. For adults, prices start at $55 per person for a traditional high tea experience, and will go up to $80 for the fancier spread with champagne included. For more information, visit the website. Booking High Tea here
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Craft Beer: Adelaide: inner city Adelaide has a raft of craft beer outlets including the following microbreweries (made, consumed and sold onsite):
Within 5kms from city centre are the following:
Just a 50 minute drive northeast of Adelaide, the Barossa is an internationally-acclaimed wine region encompassing the towns of Tanunda, Angaston and Nuriootpa. From tasting the official best wine in the world to sipping a local drop that’s as old as you or soaring over some of the oldest vines in the world, discover it all in the Barossa. Wander into over 80 cellar doors, sample some of the most awarded wines in the world and dig into sumptuous local produce. For the ultimate foodie’s adventure, take the Epicurean Way road trip through the best of the Barossa, and beyond.
Barossa: Even though the wine is SENSATIONAL, it’s not all about just that in the Barossa. Taste and take a few beers back to your cottage too. Based in the beautiful Barossa Valley, the Rehn Bier micro-brewery is a must visit for those who love craft beer. Rehn Bier utilise traditional brewing methods and take a ‘hands-on’ approach, with every step of the brewing process taken care of in-house; ensuring full flavoured, authentic beers. Initially selling at the local farmers markets and to a few cafes and bars, demand quickly outgrew capacity and in late 2017 a new brewhouse was commissioned in a commercial shed on Magnolia Street in Tanunda. The wide range of styles, all produced on the premises offer something for everyone, from Pale Ale to Extra Stout, to Belgian style Abbey Ale & Smokey IPA. Seasonal releases add to the range.
With 12 beer taps, plus a range of takeaway bottles, the Brewhouse Cellar Door is a casual & welcoming spot, ideal for a quiet beer with friends. 23 Magnolia Street Tanunda, open 11am to 5pm every day.
Gin Tasting Experience, Seppeltsfield Road Distillers Experiences: Discover the award-winning releases of Seppeltsfield Road Distillers at their Barossa Valley Distillery & Tasting Room. The brain-child of the gin-loving, husband and wife duo, Jon and Nicole Durdin, Seppeltsfield Road Distillers’ range of gins have been praised both locally and internationally, earning them more than 60 medals, alongside being named Australian Gin Distiller of the Year in 2018. Guests are invited to partake in a relaxed tasting flight, where they can enjoy four gins (including the Barossa Shiraz Gin) by tasting through each one neat, with ice, and as a mini-G&T. Bookings are $20 per person, guarantee your space for an hour, and include your Premium Gin Tasting Experience. 436 Seppeltsfield Road Marananga
Blending and degustation. The d’Arenberg Cube is a five storey multi-function building set among Mourvèdre vines. The building has the optical illusion of floating in a vineyard, each level with spectacular views over-looking the rolling hills of Willunga. Inside you’ll find a cellar door, a fine dining restaurant, and numerous artworks and features throughout curated by Chief Winemaker and fourth generation family member, Chester Osborn. Your experience begins in the Alternate Realties Museum on the ground floor of the d’Arenberg Cube, where a self-guided exploration will take you through a space filled with wall to wall art installations designed to excite and awaken your senses. The Blending Bench is a hands on, interactive experience where you play winemaker. A palette of wine parcels, each with distinctive flavours and textures, are melded in search of balance, fullness, and finesse. The physical work is done – picking, crushing, fermenting, foot treading, basket pressing and barrel ageing, and you get to create a wine that is truly unique. You then bottle, name and label a 750ml sample to take home and show off to your friends. Following your blending session, indulge your taste buds at an eight course degustation in d’Arry’s Verandah Restaurant, overlooking the rolling hills of McLaren Vale. This is a very favourite way of eating and homage, if you like, to the old adage ‘variety is the spice of life’. The resultant combination of flavours and textures created between the food & wine pairings makes for an experience that will linger indeed!
Colonel William Light, South Australia’s first Surveyor General named the Barossa Valley in 1837 after Barossa in Spain. Settled in 1842 by English, Irish and German, it quickly established its own lifestyle and culture. Vines were first planted in 1847. German Lutherans were prominent, and churches were commonplace. In 1843 the press posted that Germans made “a highly valuable class of colonists”. Known to be sober, industrious, and people who made progress, for many generations their customs, language, food, festivals and dress were at the fore. During the 1840s and 50s many Germans arrived due to European hardship and German remained the preferred language.
Johann Gramp, born in Bavaria in 1819, came to South Australia in 1837 and lived for a year on Kangaroo Island. He later settled at Jacob’s Creek and was naturalised on 2 May 1848. He soon had competition from Samuel Smith, born in 1812 in Dorset, England, who bought thirty acres to plant his vines and established Yalumba. Being successful at the Victorian goldfield he was later able to buy a further eighty acres. More details here Yalumba heritage .
One of the best known wine producers, Joseph Ernst Seppelt, arrived from Silesia in 1850. Born in 1813 he arrived with his wife and family, thirteen other families and a group of young men who had worked for him. After first settling at Klemzig, the family later moved to Seppeltsfield where Joseph grew tobacco, wheat and wine. By the mid 1860s he began constructing a full-scale winery plant.
Although early gentlemen winemakers provided the lead in commercial vine growing and winemaking, it was those families with large financial resources who soon took over and developed the industry. The earliest among them was the Seppelt Family. When Joseph Seppelt’s attempts at tobacco growing failed, he changed to wine on a large scale. Others who made successful attempts were the Jacobs, Salters, Gramps, Penfolds and Tolleys.
Christian Auricht migrated from Prussia in 1838, established one of the Barossa’s first trading villages on the banks of the North Para River, naming it Langmeil. This historical site is home to Langmeil Winery today, said to be the oldest Shiraz vines in the world. More on Langmeil Winery
St Hugo Kitchen garden cooking experience. The connection between wine and food is central to the philosophy at St Hugo. This philosophy can be explored to another level through the Chef’s Table experience, hosted in the beautiful historical surroundings of the Jacob’s Family Estate. Beginning with a glass of Champagne, take a walk through the Kitchen Garden, and select the produce to be used in the preparation of your lunch. Be guided by a St Hugo Chef, to prepare lunch, developing your kitchen skills, asking the Chef all those burning foodie questions, and gaining an understanding of the relationship between wine and food that underpins all of what is done at St Hugo. Sit for lunch with the Chef and feast on your culinary efforts, in some of the most beautiful surroundings in the Barossa, all enjoyed with a selection of St Hugo wines.
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