TUESDAY 26.5.2015: Where do we begin - what an awful predicament to be faced with, too many wineries and eateries to know which ones to visit - as usual, went with the smaller wineries! We are prepared for a decadent two days in the McLaren Vale Wine Region. The township was formed in 1923 from a merging of the two original villages of Gloucester and Bellevue, which were established in the 1840s by British pioneers. The McLaren Vale wine region surrounds the town.
d’Arenberg is one of the most significant wineries in McLaren Vale. In 1912 Joseph Osborn, a teetotaller and director of Thomas Hardy and Sons, purchased the well established Milton Vineyards of 25 hectares in the hills just north of McLaren Vale. Joseph’s son Francis Ernest (‘Frank’) Osborn left medical school, choosing to forsake the scalpel for pruning shears. He soon increased the size of the vineyard to 78 hectares. Fruit was sold to local wineries until the construction of his own cellars was completed in 1928.
The Fox Creek story began when a small group of doctors and their wives decided to pursue a lifelong passion – creating wine from bare earth and sunshine. Between them and their families Fox Creek Wines was born and what a success their venture has been! When Jim and Helen Watts bought the 32 hectare Fox Creek Vineyard property in 1984, they were advised against planting vines in the black clay soils that had previously been used for growing barley.
Undeterred by the sceptics, they nurtured the young vines which bore fruit – exceptionally high quality fruit – and lovingly converted it into supreme quality wine!
Battle of Bosworth makes single vineyard, organically grown wines. Battle of Bosworth was established in 2001 by Joch Bosworth and Louise Hemsley-Smith. The wines take their name from the original Battle of Bosworth, fought on Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England in 1485. Stayed at McLaren Vale Lakeside Caravan Park - fairly impersonal after last night. |
| HOW N-I-C-E IS THE OWNER'S HOME! |
 |
| FOUND A FRIEND - LABRADOR/POODLE CROSS |
No comments:
Post a Comment