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Barossa Valley (Australia)

Description: Australia's most famous wine region. The region owes much of its appeal to the European peasant farmers and English ... more

Barossa Valley (Australia) ... free settlers who made the place home from the 1850s. You'll get a taste of their rich cultural legacy in superb Barossa specialty foods, dozens of festivals and events, historic architecture and inspiring arts and antique galleries. Take a winery tour in a limousine or vintage car, or float above the valley in a hot-air balloon. Wake up in the Barossa after spending the night in a restored settler's cottage, a resort suite, a luxurious country house or a shady caravan park. Sample German wursts and cakes in heritage bakeries and butcher stores as you follow the Barossa's Butcher, Baker, Winemaker Trail. And get right into the swing of things at one of the 100 events making up the biennial Barossa Vintage Festival.

Newest Review: ... the road prevails. * Not that the visitor centres for the vineyards are untidy or unattractive places, rather the reverse. Jacob's Creek, the largest and biggest-selling brand among the sixty or so that are based in the Barossa Valley, has a spick-and-span new centre built amid vineyards beside the creek itself, but well away from the works where the product is processed. Our visit here ... more

... began rather inauspiciously. Having parked beside a historic mulberry tree in the grounds, before going in we availed ourselves of the doubtless historic mulberries that were literally dripping from its branches. They were as delicious as they were ove...more

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Barossa Valley (Australia): Vintage Australia (2240 words)
by - written on 18/06/06 (Very useful, 476 readings)
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Adelaide, capital of South Australia, is a pleasant place, but, as so often with cities, some of the best places to visit locally are found outside the city itself. To the east, Mount Lofty and the Cleland Wildlife Park offer good walking and spectacular views across Adelaide to the ocean beyond. To the south, long and almost deserted beaches stretch past the mouth of the Murray River towards Kangaroo Island. And to the north-east lies Australia's most important wine-growing area, centred on the Barossa Valley. Under the guidance of our Australian friends, my wife and I saw - and enjoyed - all three during our short stay in Adelaide. Among them, ... Read the complete review

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