Cliff Collins

Barossa Valley: Most Premier Wine Region

Barossa valley is located in south Australia and is about 60 kms from the city of Adelaide. It is one of the premier wine producing regions, and wine industry of the Barossa valley was founded by German settlers. Barossa valley has a warm continental climate, which promotes the production of very ripe grapes.Most of the wine producing companies are either have headquarters or owned in Barossa Valley. This valley is associated with its grape variety of Shiraz, but there are many other varieties of grapes are grown in the valley. Wine producers of Barossa Valley often organize Barossa Valley wine tours, before presenting the wine in market.

You can organize a wine tour with your family and for making it a perfect tour you can follow simple steps. Decide the wine areas where you want to visit and for how many days you are going to stay there. Secondly, you should consider the time of the year when you want to go for wine tour. For planning a wine tour, summer and fall are busy months but they are best also. In the month of September, you can see the harvest season, which is amazing, whereas, winters are calm but most of the wineries reduce their closing time, so it will be better to call in advance. Thirdly, making an advance booking will be good because eleventh hour booking may disappoint you.

Also. Decide, which wineries you would like to visit, because in a wine area, there are many wineries, so deciding your preferences will be better. Visiting 2-3 wineries a day will be good, so that you can enjoy each winery. It is better to visit wineries early in the day, this way you can avoid crowds and get the attention of winemaker. As a wine tour should be a memorable experience, and therefore, if you have any question in mind, don't hesitate to ask and take the benefit of all the activities offered by wineries to you. Every winemaker has different style of winemaking and therefore variety of wines may differ in taste, so don't be afraid of tasing new wines.

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I'm Cliff Collins, providing info about the wine tours in Adelaide for frequent travelers. You can find my thoughts at Adelaide Hills wine tours blog.