What is better Barossa and McLaren Vale?
The Barossa produces generous wines with juicy fruit and unmatched depth and length. These are big wines and you often need to accompany them with food to get through the whole bottle. McLaren Vale produces softer, more approachable wines with great fruit intensity and spicy complexity.
What is McLaren Vale known for?
McLaren Vale is home to some of the world’s oldest grape vines, and is the epicentre of the South Australian wine industry. Situated between the rolling Mount Lofty Ranges and Gulf St Vincent beaches, McLaren Vale, home to the Kaurna people, sits only 45 minutes from Adelaide.
What’s open Monday McLaren Vale?
What’s Open Monday
| McLaren Vale Cellar Doors and Distilleries | Opening Hours |
|---|---|
| Mollydooker Wines | 10am – 4.30pm |
| Never Never Distillery | 11am – 5pm |
| OGRE Brewing and Taphouse | 11am – Late |
| Olivers Taranga Vineyards | 10am – 4pm |
What is the postcode for McLaren Vale?
5171McLaren Vale / Postal code
Why is Barossa Shiraz so good?
The Barossa Valley’s transverse valleys and rolling hills generate a range of climatic conditions that allow winemakers room to experiment with their Shiraz, to produce wines of great diversity and flavour.
Is McLaren Vale cool climate?
climate and altitude McLaren Vale has a low altitude and warm Mediterranean climate with plenty of summer sunshine. Cooling breezes from the slopes of nearby Mount Lofty and the Gulf St Vincent add to the climatic variety across the region, making each vineyard site unique.
Who owns McLaren Vale?
Warren Randall
Warren Randall, the owner of the historic Seppeltsfield Estate winery in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, has stepped up his presence in another prime wine region with the acquisition of 142 hectares of vineyards in the McLaren Vale precinct.
Is McLaren Vale a valley?
McLaren Vale is a wine region in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Adelaide metropolitan area and centred on the town of McLaren Vale about 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of the Adelaide city centre….McLaren Vale.
| Wine region | |
|---|---|
| Year established | 1997 |
| Country | Australia |
| Part of | Fleurieu zone |
| Heat units | 1525 |
How many vineyards are in McLaren Vale?
160 vineyards
There are an estimated 74 cellar doors and over 160 vineyards in the region. The wineries are centred around five main areas: Currency Creek, Old Reynella, McLaren Vale, McLaren Flat, Willunga and Aldinga.
How do you get around McLaren Vale?
Whilst having a car makes it much easier to get around, there are other alternatives including designated winery tours, taxis, and bike hire options.
- By car. An easy 40-minute drive from Adelaide along the Southern Expressway.
- Hire car.
- Train.
- Bus.
- Taxi and Uber.
- Tours.
- Bike Hire.
- Charter Flights.
How did McLaren Vale get its name?
The region was named after either David McLaren, the Colonial Manager of the South Australia Company or John McLaren (unrelated) who surveyed the area in 1839. Among the first settlers to the region in late 1839, were two English farmers from Devon, William Colton and Charles Thomas Hewett.
What is the population of McLaren Flat?
1,805
The 2020 Estimated Resident Population for McLaren Flat is 1,805, with a population density of 64.64 persons per square km.
What’s new at Bracegirdles?
Bracegirdles at 190 new café continues to showcase the delicious savoury menu for which it was renowned. In addition now has a dessert menu plus expertly made coffee, famous hot chocolate and of course their award winning hand made chocolates.
What makes our McLaren Vale Cafe special?
Our McLaren Vale cafe is a fully fledged, licensed restaurant with chefs offering everything from Belgian chocolate fondues to fillet steaks with chocolate shiraz jus. The Fleurieu Peninsula setting is the perfect complement to a marriage of chocolate, coffee and wine, in a quaint cottage on the main street.
Why choose Bracegirdle’s chocolates?
Bracegirdle’s is Australia’s most awarded artisan chocolatier securing major wins for its handmade chocolates in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Hobart and, of course Adelaide. Our products have no preservatives and are completely handmade by an exceptional team of talented chocolatiers who can also custom design chocolates depending on the occasion.