Barossa Valley Personized Wine Pilgrimage

Tour Details

Operator

for Wine or Reason

Destination

Barossa Valley

Departs From

Adelaide

Tour Description

The tour starts at 9.30am from your Hotel or from your nominated point of departure, we then amble our way through the city heading for the Adelaide Hills, you may want to view Adelaide from the breathtaking view from Mount Lofty Summit, our first tasting is at Petaluma, which is the cellar door to the well-known Bridgewater Flour Mill, known as the old Rumbler, still turns today, we then go for a casual drive through Hahndorf, a historic German Village settled in the 1840s, our next stop is at Nepenthe Wines at Balhannah or Bird in Hand Vineyard at Woodside, as we pass through Springton you may want to Visit the hollow tree trunk that provided a ‘home’ for Friedrich and Caroline Herbig and two of their 16 children from 1856 to 1860 at Springton, we then reach your destination at the Top of the Barossa via the Eden Valley in time for Lunch at Vintners Bar & Grill, Winner of the 2006 Best Regional Restaurant Award (Lunch is included, entree, main course & a glass of Wine) While in the Barossa you can Taste the full bodied Shiraz from some of the oldest Vines in the world, (over 160 years old), from Charles Melton, Chateau Tanunda, Elderton, Rockford, Torbreck, Two Hands, Villa Tinto, & Turkey Flat to name a few or make your own choice. Or perhaps you would like to go to Mengler Hill where you can take-in the breathtaking view over the Barossa valley or call into Maggie beers for a cup of coffee or try of some of Maggie’s famous products, let us know and will transform a tour to suit you, enjoy the marvelous scenery and the occasional glimpse of fleeting wild life as we slowly wonder our way to you’re your Hotel, if this tour is not to your liking, so that you may reflect on the day gone by. It’s your day; enjoy (minimum 2 guests).

Make the pilgrimage to the Barossa and you'll be joining 60 per cent of all visitors to South Australia’s wineries. And no wonder, just an hour’s drive north of Adelaide, it’s undoubtedly Australia’s best-known viticulture and winemaking region.

Established in 1842 by immigrants from England, Germany and Silesia (now part of Poland), the region's rich heritage is reflected in architecture, food and music - and internationally renowned wines.

Around 500 grape growing families, many sixth generation, today continue to supply nearly 60,000 tonnes of grapes to about 50 winemakers - including household names like Seppelt, Penfolds and Lehmann.

You'll find 60 cellar doors, from big to boutique and new to heritage-listed. You can drink Jacob's Creek wine right next to real thing in the new $5 million visitor centre at Rowland Flat. Wander among grand chateaux called Tanunda, Barossa and Yaldara. Or taste the global wines of Wolf Blass in the new $5 million, circular cellar door near Nurioopta.

The main red varieties grown in the Barossa are Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache, while the key white grape varieties are Riesling, Semillon and Chardonnay. Shiraz has pride of place because this is the birthplace of one of the world’s great wines: Penfolds Grange.