Top Wine Experiences in South Australia

Ever dreamt of making your own blend of wine – with your own name on your very own bottle – there’s a place in South Australia where this dream can come true. South Australia has everything any wine lover needs for a perfect break or holiday. Here are just a few ideas:

Penfold's Make Your Own Wine Blend Tour: Become part of the winemaking team at Penfold's Cellar Door in Nurioopta with this brand new interactive and fun wine experience you can make your own blend from a selection of varieties and new vintages, and see if you can match the winemakers creation - or even create a new one! You can even name your own bottle. Tours run daily at 10am and 2pm for an hour. Cost is A$45.00 per person with a 20% discount on any further wines purchased in cellar door. Bookings are essential.

Cellar Door Free Easy Wine Tours: An innovative winery tour not to be missed offering visitors an all inclusive, pre-purchase Cellar Door experience. It is entirely up to the visitor as to which wine region and cellar doors they want to visit. If you are planning to buy a Cellar Door Pass, here’s what you have to know: It offers premium VIP wine tastings and tours with added rewards and perks. It includes a stylish, smart card, a guidebook and an audio CD valid for a year. Plus! Your choice of 6 free bottles of wine. Cellar Door Tours offer flexibility and freedom at an affordable price. The Cellar Door Tours is aimed primarily at visitors to Adelaide staying at CBD area hotels looking for a way to escape to the wine regions for a day or two.

Barossa Cheese and Wine Trail: Linger longer and enjoy a fabulous wine and food-matching experience. Purchase a Barossa-branded cooler bag containing a cheese knife, a small cheeseboard made from old oak barrels, four locally made cheeses and crackers, and a trail map. There are six routes to follow, each one including five wineries within close vicinity to each other. When you arrive at each cellar door, make your wine tasting selection and match it to a cheese from the cooler bag - a great way to make wine selections to take home and share with friends and family.

Wine Tour: The Prime Mini Tours lets visitors explore some of the most fascinating regions in South Australia. Those seeking an exciting wine adventure will be pleased to know this family- owned business will also bring you to some of the top cellar doors where you’ll enjoy a 4-course progressive lunch, with each course being served at a different cellar door. Each course highlights artisan cheeses & local produce in the wine appreciation context with all foods tailored to match a different highlighted wine style at each cellar door. The tour also includes a trip to Penfolds.

Seasonal Changing Menu: The finest food and wine in a relaxed country atmosphere. In creating the seasonally changing menus chef Nigel Munzberg selects only the best ingredients, preferring local fresh produce where possible. This award winning restaurant is located on the outskirts of McLaren Vale, in a slate-floored, stone building dating from 1851. Much of the original building remains, including the three-room cellar where guests select wine from an extensive range which, naturally, features the fine wines from the surrounding vineyards of McLaren Vale, and also includes choice wines from interstate and selected international wines.

Wine and Nature: What do wine and nature conservation have in common? Visitors will find the answer at Banrock Station Wine & Wetland Centre. Situated in the Riverland, visitors can experience wines, wetlands, walks and amazing wildlife here. Savouring any of the delicious Station award winning wines helps to save wild lives all over Australia. Every sip makes you a contributor. In partnership with Landcare Australia, part of the proceeds from Banrock Station wine sales are used to fund and support projects providing life saving habitat for thousands of native animals. So, when you take a sip and smile, you know somewhere a koala is smiling back at you.

Beresford Wines & Chocolates: This is a well presented Cellar Door, with accommodation The Pedler Cottage (next door) and newly opened Ten Degrees Chocolate Outlet. Learn about pairing chocolate with wine, or simply taste delicious premium chocolates, made fresh locally from the worlds finest single-origin cocoas i.e. Belgian, African, etc. You can also get coffee, Parisian hot chocolate and pots of real tea, plus savoury platters featuring regional produce. Pedler Cottage is a historical cottage, with modern furnishings and great views over the vineyards and hills.

Cheese Making: If you’ve always wanted to learn how to make cheese, your education is about to unfold. In the Adelaide Hills, enroll into at The Udder Delights Cheese cellar door. Udder Delights produces an award wining range of hand made goat cheese that boasts of delicate flavours and beautiful presentation. We specialise in Chevre - a deliciously creamy, mild and fresh goat cheese. It offers seven-day a week cheese tastings and sales. Similarly, the Barossa Valley Cheese Company also offers cheese making courses - it's a fun way enjoy food and add something to your repertoire.

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