There’s one cellar door I have visited twice already here in Gippsland and that’s Narkoojee in Glengarry. From Sale it’s about a 40-minute drive, however, it’s only about 15 minutes from Traralgon town centre (which makes it about 2 hours from the Melbourne CBD). Narkoojee is the 17th out of the 600 cellar doors in…
Naturally, as soon as we got to Sale, Victoria, I had to Google what was the closest winery. The first result to pop up was Avon Ridge Vineyard which is about a 20-minute drive from Sale and about 50 minutes from Traralgon. This was our first Gippsland winery visit and is number 16/600 Victoria cellar…
I’ve now been living in the Gippsland wine region (Victoria, Australia) for a little over 2 months. It’s definitely is quite a different experience to our old home in Perth’s Swan Valley wine region. With the Gippsland wineries a lot further apart, it means we typically spend Sunday afternoon’s ticking a new one off the list….
Today on the blog we welcome back the lovely Nicola Heyes who has recently got back from an amazing wine tasting tour of Provence in the South of France. It certainly brought back memories of my time backpacking and wine-ing my around the South of France back in 2011. I wish I could jump on a…
Today we welcome back Naomi Fuller who is sharing with us her plans for visiting Western Australia’s Pemberton wine region. My last trip away was a whirlwind three days in the lead up to Christmas. It consisted of visiting Albany, Esperance and York, before heading back to Perth, covering over 1,600km – crazy right! Although…
Today we have another great read from Naomi Fuller who is making us all jealous by sharing with us her Italian adventures up Prosecco Road. Be warned, you will be heavily craving prosecco, great Italian food and a holiday after reading this!
Today on the blog we welcome back Perth-based Naomi Fuller who recently contributed Ideas to Host Your Own DIY Wine Event. Naomi is a born and bred WA local from York who is an avid wine drinker and traveller.
Today on the blog we welcome Adam Nicholls the Director of Wine Compass who offer winery tours in the Yarra Valley, Heathcote Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Adam shares with us 5 of his favourite small cellar doors in the Yarra Valley. Compared to other wine regions in Victoria, the Yarra Valley has more of a…
I know you’re all wine lovers, which is why, when you next fly – make it on Air New Zealand. Actually why not plan your next wine journey to New Zealand? Hire a campervan and go on a road trip through the likes of Hawkes Bay, Martinborough, Marlborough, Central Otago and more of the fabulous…