 IF YOU'D LIKE TO PICK UP YOUR DISC/S over the Easter/ANZAC day holidays, go to WINESTAINS in the main street of Williamstown, Easter Saturday or Sunday (and the ANZAC weekend (Saturday/Sunday) - and we'll also be at BAKER ST Bakery (immediately on the left at the Williamstown/Lyndoch intersection, coming into Williamstown from Kersbrook) from 10AM to 12 Noon on Easter Monday.
For other pick-up details in the Barossa, use our Contact form on our Contact Us page and we'll be in touch!
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In the latter part of last Century it was, staggeringly, abandoned by its then corporate owner (remember when ‘greed was good’?) and effectively became a ruin - until its current owner John Geber chanced upon it in 1988 and has since restored it to its former glory.
It boasts an international-standard cricket oval on which many senior world cricketers have played - and today, has a fine croquet lawn too - not to mention an immense cellar door with wines which have received the highest accolades - and huge entertainment spaces available for hire. It is, simply, stunning. When you’re in the Valley, call in and take a look!
This year, we've been following Langmeil Wines, the custodians of the world's oldest block of Shiraz vines (learn more on our Talking Tour!) - and in early April, that meant getting the maximum juice and flavour from the berries from their Freedom Block. To do that, they shovel the berries into basket presses from their open fermenters to ensure they extract each precious drop. We shot a video on the process, which we'll be loading here soon - but in the meantime, check out the 'red legs' in our images here!
 For the Easter/Anzac day week, we're offering our discs at a special price. We're including next-day delivery to your door (by Australia Express Post assuming your area is serviced by Express Post) - or you can pick up your discs in Williamstown over the Easter or Anzac day weekends. Buy one or other of our discs - or buy them together for a further discount! OUR OFFER LASTS UNTIL APRIL 27.
For details go to our shop!  When you visit the Barossa over the Easter/Anzac Day break, you need to call in here! Where, did we hear you say?
This is a great, if largely under-publicised gem in the heart of the Valley - tell us if you know where this is! In the meantime, stay tuned - we'll be telling you more about it shortly!
processed in open fermenters before being basket pressed to extract the finest juices for the iconic Freedom Block wine.....The 2014 vintage is currently being processed - and Cellarmaster Jonathon Bitter says the vintage will be excellent despite challenging weather. To learn more about Langmeil Wines and its amazing 170 year old vines, get our Talking Tours audio CD... a great story for visitors to the Valley, or for armchair travellers...
For some superior vineyards, the cooling weather has provided great relief for those whose grapes are best picked by hand -- those vineyards which mostly produce small yields, from some of the oldest vines in the world - or those vineyards producing premium wines from select vines where machine picking, as good as it is these days, just can't operate.
Here we take a look at Wolf Blass, where select vineyards are still picked in the traditional way - and we spoke with Senior Site Winemaker Matt O'Leary about his expectations for the 2014 vintage.  Hello and welcome to Barossa Talking Tours! The Barossa Valley is Australia's premier wine, food and tourist region, and if you're visiting the Valley, our Talking Tour will give you insights that no other tour of the Valley can offer! Check out our website: www.barossatalkingtours.com for further details!
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