What are some of the food & wine trails in South Australia we could do?

[gsmyth55]

We are planning to visit South Australia in January for 2 weeks and we want to find and experience the best food and wine...

[aussiegrrl84]

hey there, sorry a bit late. Depends on which area you are staying in and what type of wine you like. Send me an email and i will forward you some maps

white_queen_84@hotmail.com

[mikebloke3]

if in south australia, you have to visit mclaren vale, in the high street is a cafe called the blessed cheese, has an orange sign, every local in the street can direct you to it. inside they will give you information on the food and wine trail, and will pack an assortment of cheeses, crackers etc, from the local area. this is placed inside a cool bag for you, and you are given directions to various wineries in the area, where the wines will compliment the cheeses and other produce in your cool bag. have a great time, the wineries are excellent. By the way, if you do visit the barossa as well, the jacobs creek visitor centre is great, unpretentious in the extreme, and the food at the restaurant is reasonably priced but outstanding. white linen table cloths, glasses and cutlery cleaned and polished with white gloves, yet priced in the same bracket as a pub lunch. excellent views, a real gem.

[skippa_10]

The trouble with South Australia is that, when it comes to good food and wine, you are completely spoilt for choice.

As already stated, the Barossa Valley and the Adelaide Hills offer some good choices, as does the Riverland but it's also worth checking out McLaren Vale (south of the city but within easy driving distance) and the Clare Valley (north of Adelaide, about two and a half to three hours drive).

Might I suggest you visit the following website http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=57&area=2&path=4873 which may prove helpful.

Hope you really enjoy your stay.

[adelaideadam1981]

Great food and wine can be found right throughout SA, if you're staying in Adelaide and want to take a day trip up to the hills, there are some fantastic wineries up there. The best thing i could suggest would be to just take a drive up there, and just start calling into wineries, last time we took a day trip we were given a map that had probably 40-50 wineries on it and we just visited a few of them, before having a picnic at the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens. I would probably steer away from any guided tours (unless you really need a driver as personally i'd prefer to visit some of the smaller wineries (if i may suggest Hahndorf Hill Wines for a great tasting experience.
I'd also suggest the same with the barossa valley area, again, drive down there (probably 45minutes from the city) there's a heap of wineries down there and they're all really, really well signed. Chateau Tanunda is a great example of the caliber of wineries that can be found. Again i would steer towards the smaller wineries, all credit to the giant wineries out there, they have helped to build an industry, but some of these independent wineries are simply put, amazing.
Most, if not all of the cellar door sales will offer some local fare, particularly in the way of local cheese plates and fruit.
Also if you have the time there are some great wineries to be found in the Riverland (about 2&1/2 hours north of Adelaide, well northish), if i could suggest Pennyfield wines, who have a cellar door/ cafe in Berri, located right on the banks of the River Murray, a great place to loose an afternoon.
Finally the best advice i could give you would be to take your time and enjoy, there really is some sensational wine areas around here, and I have completely neglected to mention any of the Limestone Coast, only because i haven't quite gotten around to visiting them yet (we keep getting stuck where we know
Hope this helps,
Enjoy.