Tuesday we went on a small 20 person trip to Hunter Valley wine district. It was a very early start at 06:30 to get on the bus for 07:00 (well you wouldn't want to waste any wine time now would ya?) We had a really fun mixed group of young and old. Two nice American sisters from North Carolina kept us amused whilst another couple from Angel of all places provided more Brit power to the tour.
The first 2 vineyards were family run joints where you buy "from the cellar door". Our tour guide (possibily Rolf Harris' younger brother...) made his feelings clear about we should buy from these places and not the main commercial vineyards. (He also told me what Pome stands for and why Aussies call us that. Pome is an acroymn and stands for Prisoner Of Mainland England and the first dumping of criminals to the Oz would have this written on their shirt. Interesting me thinks). The first place was very fast pace, friendly and the woman who was doing our tastings was pretty funny. In 20 mins we had tried 10 wines, a port and a dessert wine! All before 11am... Next place we bought a Verdelho (passion fruity dry nice white).
Tempus Two was one of the commercial vineyards and it felt like some sort of west end bar. Far too smug for my liking. Then it was off for pie lunch and a spot of beer tasting. All were gorgeous especially the dark one.
Last place was a great professional family run place and we purchased another white from there... Finally a visit to a cheese shop and some choc shops. On the way home, we thought we'd eat local to Jo's flat and went to Glebe Point Road and had a wicked Thai. All in all, an enjoyable boozy fast pace day.
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