Here's where you'll find two sisters running the highly-acclaimed Bremerton Wines, and the descendants of 1850s viticulturist Frank Potts, who planted the region's first vines at a spot called Bleasdale Wines. Once voted by the Sydney Morning Herald as one of the top 10 cellar doors in South Australia, Bleasdale now has a National Trust listing - tour the stunning cellar to see historic winemaking equipment including a huge century-old lever press. Widely regarded as one of Australia's most exciting emerging wine regions since being officially declared a wine region in 1998, Langhorne Creek is just an hour south of Adelaide - sitting near Currency Creek and Southern Fleurieu in the Fleurieu zone.
Well over 5000 hectares are now under vine (a ten-fold increase on the early 1990s) at more than 20 wineries across the region. Deep alluvial sandy loams, combined with cooling breezes from Lake Alexandrina and the South Ocean, have earnt the region an outstanding reputation for Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz - and these two varieties account for 70 per cent of plantings. Malbec, Merlot, Chardonnay and Verdelho are also grown. You'll find seven cellar doors across Langhorne Creek: Angas Plains Wines, Bleasdale Wines, Bremerton Wines, Cleggett Wines, Lake Breeze Wines, Oddfellows Wines and Raydon Estate Wines.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Lunch at a fine dinning Restaurant
- 2-course meal and a glass of wine
- All tasting fees
- Pick up
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