The Easter break presented a great opportunity this year as it ran itself almost smack bang into Anzac Day giving us a full ten day break if we took three annual leave days to bridge them. We thought what a great opportunity to go to see South Australia and all the wonderful wine regions. We have certainly consumed enough of their wine and outside of the Barossa Valley, we had never been to any of them. So off on a road trip with our first stop Coonawarra!
Here are the obligatory photos at the famous Coonawarra railway siding.
Five hours out of Melbourne, Coonawarra is situated just across the South Australian border. This is a unique little wine region of a cigar-shaped strip of red soil over limestone that makes the region famous for its fabulous cabernet and shiraz.
We only stayed overnight so didn't get to too many wineries. We stopped at Redman’s, Majella and Hollick’s for dinner, Every year for the past ten years or so, we have done the Coonawarra Road Show wine tasting, so have had tried their wines many times.
