Chateau Yaldara was an excellent wine tasting!
Chateau Yaldara is located in the heart of the Barossa Valley. Our visit was towards the end of the summer, and it was turning into a warm and balmy day. The grounds are expansive and large, and as you enter…
Craigie Knowe: We had an amazing experience at Craigie Knowe
Our friends reserved lunch at ‘Flora’s’ for us to enjoy a meal and a wine tasting. We arrived on a blustering day just as the rain was starting to come down. Flora’s is outside of the Cellar Door at Craigie…
Josef Chromy: an enjoyable wine tasting in a beautiful setting
While we were in Launceston, Tasmania, we visited as many cellar doors as we could fit in. One high on our list was Josef Chromy. We were scheduled in to a lovely lunch in the restaurant, so we enjoyed our…
Bream Creek Vineyard is a fantastic wine experience
Our final Cellar Door wine tasting in Tasmania recently was completed at Bream Creek Vineyard. We were on a cruise which pulled in to Hobart, Tasmania. Our Tassie friends picked us up and we headed to Bream Creek. This post…
Freycinet Vineyard – an amazing, but very large, wine tasting
A pioneer in the Tasmanian wine industry, Freycinet Vineyard is a beautiful visit while driving around the East Coast Wine Trail. We visited Freycinet Vineyard at the start of our adventure up the Great Eastern Drive. This post shares our…
Some Excellent White and Sparklings at Milton Vineyard
We visited the Milton Vineyard in Tasmania, Australia the first time during our stay as the last vineyard for the day. However, they had a private event the day prior and were closed for cleanup! We squeezed it in to…
Travel review of Sydney: it is simple stunning – updated!
This travel review of Sydney reflects two of our trips ‘down under’. The first was for a cruise in 2014 from Auckland, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia. (Check out our Travel Review of New Zealand!) Everything was new and we…
Hobart is an Absolutely Amazing city – updated!
We’ve been fortunate enough to visit Hobart a few times in the last 10+ years. First, in the Spring of 2014 via a Celebrity cruise from Auckland to Sydney; again in Spring 2019, we headed to Auckland, New Zealand, and…
Give Jansz Tasmania Sparkling Wine a go – it’s outstanding!
Jansz Tasmania is a sparkling wine house. They only do sparkling wine and they do it very well. Their grapes are largely from the Pipers Estate area vineyard located in beautiful Northern Tasmania. The owner is Robert Hills Smith, a…
Devil’s Corner Tasmania has some very good wine, but?
The Devil’s Corner cellar door is a bit of a challenge for me. It’s a new, modern winery with wine tasting and a variety of dining options onsite, and great views. For others, it is a big multinational offering that…
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