SOUTH WEST WINE TOURS
By Graeme Olsen
With over 100 wineries located
throughout our scenic forests and coastal areas,
the south west is a great place for a wine tasting
tour.
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Here's a recipe for a great day out.
On a nice sunny day, grab a group of friends
or family, get in a car or two (or perhaps
on some motorbikes!), and head out for a
day tour of some of our award winning wineries.
When we think of vineyards in the south
west, we often think of Margaret River straight
away. Margaret River is certainly the most
well known and prolific wine growing area
in the south west, but in fact there are
5 official wine growing regions in this
area:
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And all of these regions are pretty
much situated alongside one another.
What does this mean? It means that
wherever you are in the south west, you can drive
in any direction and in no time come across a vineyard,
or a bunch of them. Combine this with the fact that
most of the vineyards offer free tasting, or a restaurant,
sometimes accommodation, or beautiful grounds to
wander, and you've got the ingredients for a perfect
day out.
What else could be better than a day
out in the sunshine, travelling wherever you want
to go, tasting award winning wines, eating fantastic
food, and enjoying good conversation with those
around you?
Now for those of you who don't know
much about wine, don't worry. You'll find that the
vineyard owners and operators are usually more than
happy to have a chat with you about their wines.
Just turn up and be prepared to learn something!
Or perhaps you'd like to try out one
of the many wine education courses available (homework was never so much fun). Then you won't
be embarrassed because you didn't know what a Semillon
Sauvignon Blanc was, or because you thought "full-bodied"
meant you ate too much.
And it should go without saying, but
here's a reminder anyway - don't drink too much
and drive. Apart from being very dangerous for you
and anyone else nearby, you don't want to be the
main star in your own Don't
Do This story.
September 2004
