food&wine
where you can watch the winemakers at work. Try your
hand at winemaking with the Make Your Own Blend
wine experience at Wynns Coonawarra Estate.
Bed down: Must @ Coonawarra is contemporary
accommodation in the region's oldest town, Penola.
Coonawarra Motor Lodge was refurbished recently.
The Riverland
Drive from Adelaide: two hours and 30 minutes
Known for: export-quality wines
Located on the Murray River, the Riverland is the
largest wine-producing region in Australia.
Berri Estates Winery and Cellar Door is
Australia's largest single operating winery and
distillery complex. Drop in for a tasting and take
a photo of the 75-year-old lemon-scented gum tree
that towers over the cellar door.
Boutique wineries are popping up all over this
region known for citrus and stone-fruit production;
at last count, there were more than 30.
Don't miss The Big Olive, Australia's largest olive
showroom, at Tailem Bend.
Banrock Station Wine & Wetland Centre at
Kingston-on-Murray showcases ecotourism at its
best, with boardwalks and a restaurant serving
outstanding Riverland produce.
Winery picks: Award-winning Kingston Estate
Wines at Kingston-on-Murray produces premium
table wines. Willow Point Wines at Murray Bridge
produces fortified wines such as port, sherry, muscat
and marsala.
Bed down: Paringa House B&B Stone Cottages
offers luxe riverfront accommodation.
This image
and below:
Grape harvest at
Balnaves Winery,
Coonawarra;
the Wine and
Wetland Centre at
Banrock Station.
Round-up
Adelaide Hills www.adelaidehills.org.au
Barossa www.barossa.com
Clare Valley www.clarevalley.com.au
Fleurieu Peninsula www.fleurieupeninsula.com.au
Limestone Coast www.ourbackyard.com.au
The Riverland www.themurrayriver.com
don't miss
Coonawarra Cellar Dwellers, July 2013
This month-long festival provides a rare opportunity to taste and
buy aged, special release and back vintage wines right at the cellar
door. A host of extraordinary cellar door experiences and events
are offered during July at participating vineyards.
For more information, visit www.coonawarra.org
MORE INFO
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