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Home » A Sneak Peek – Adelaide’s Cellar Door Wine Festival 2015

A Sneak Peek – Adelaide’s Cellar Door Wine Festival 2015

24/11/2014 by Amanda

The Cellar Door Wine Festival Social Media Ambassadors

The Cellar Door Wine Festival Social Media Ambassadors

Recently I was asked my prediction for Australia’s hottest travel destination for 2015 (actually, it was when I was named as Adelaide’s top food blog on HotelClub’s list of Australia’s top food bloggers – yes, utterly shameless self promotion inserted seamlessly 😉 ) and without so much as a blush I named Adelaide and South Australia. The search for distinctive and unique food and wine experiences drives a great deal of travel these days and, with our remarkable wine regions and access to local, premium gourmet food (like raw milk cheese, for example),  South Australia is making quite a name for itself in this field.

February and March (known locally as Mad March) here in Adelaide is when this town really let’s down it’s hair and becomes a magnet for anyone interested in theatre, dance, music, literature, fringe events and car racing – and right in the middle of all of this is the Cellar Door Wine Festival.  I’ve supported this exciting, multi-award winning event since it’s inception and am very proud to be one of the social media ambassadors for the festival again this year. Last week I piled on to a bus with the rest of my fellow ambassadors and headed off to be treated to a look at two of the very special new experiences which will be available at next years festival.

Our long table lunch at Howard Vineyard, Adelaide Hills

Our long table lunch at Howard Vineyard, Adelaide Hills

Howard Vineyard winemaker, Tom Northcott

Howard Vineyard winemaker, Tom Northcott

Howard Vineyard's Amos

Howard Vineyard’s Amos

Our first stop was at the picturesque Howard Vineyard, located near Nairne in the Adelaide Hills, to meet up with winemaker Tom Northcott. Next year’s festival will include the Long Table Series for both brunch and lunch and Tom is to be one of the hosts at the brunches. These long table events will showcase some of our premium food and wine products and your diligent ambassadors were out there testing the waters. It’s a tough gig, but we like to be thorough. We got to sit out under a shady tree in the beautiful surrounds of Howard Vineyard, tasting some of the delicious food cooked by their onsite chef (late of Luke Ngyen’s Red Lantern in Sydney) and sipping a selection of Tom’s work, including his delightful sparkling and his delicious Cabernet Franc. I really can’t think of better beverages for brunch.

The Lane Vineyard

The Lane Vineyard

The Lane's Reginald Germein Single Vineyard Chardonnay

The Lane’s Reginald Germein Single Vineyard Chardonnay

The Lane tasting dishes

The Lane tasting dishes

The Lane tasting dishes

The Lane tasting dishes

From there we headed off to The Lane Vineyard at the back of Hahndorf. The Lane Executive Chef James Brinklow will be one of the hosts guiding Cellar Door Wine Festival Long Table lunch guests through his choice of dishes featuring local and regionally sourced produce.  We sampled a few of James’ dishes which The Lane now offers as part of their guided tasting, including their beef tartare, oysters and crusted prawns, as we worked through our own tasting. The festival Long Table Lunch will be paired with a range of The Lane’s sparkling, white and red wines which I can only hope will include some of their sublime Reginald Germein Single Vineyard Chardonnay – my personal favourite of their range.

Penfold Grange barrel room - each one of these barrels is worth 0,000!

Penfolds Grange barrel room – each one of these barrels is worth $350,000!

Penfolds Collection Masterclass

Penfolds Collection Masterclass

Penfolds Grange

Penfolds Grange

Our final stop for the day was at Penfolds Magill cellars. The Penfolds name needs no introduction to wine lovers and their iconic crowning glory, Penfolds Grange is a legend in Australian wine. This year visitors to the Cellar Door Wine Festival can take part in a vertical wine tasting of a selection the Penfolds range at the Penfolds Collection Master Class – including the Grange. Once again, your tireless ambassadors undertook this blissful experience. This is an exciting opportunity to taste an Australian wine legend – don’t miss it!

Check out the Cellar Door Wine Festival 2015 for more information on these and other stunning SA wine experiences.

 Lambs’ Ears and Honey was a guest of the Cellar Door Wine Festival.

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  1. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef

    November 24, 2014 at 11:21 am

    Congratulations, Amanda! I agree that Adelaide is the food capital of Australia. I also heard noise that Hobart is creeping in the food direction too. Good to hear. I’m waiting for Brisbane/Queensland to realise the gain from marketing its food.

  2. Hotly Spiced

    November 24, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    Congratulations, Amanda – what an honour! I do love your images – Adelaide Hills looks so picturesque. That long table looks heavenly – would have loved an invite to that lunch! xx

  3. InTolerant Chef

    November 24, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    Wonderful news indeed! Great photos and would love to see it all in person one day 🙂

  4. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

    November 24, 2014 at 9:05 pm

    It has definitely been too long between visits to SA!

  5. Anne

    November 25, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    Well done Amanda on winning best Adelaide food blog! Very well deserved.

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