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McLaren Vale Wineries – Hugh Hamilton

Hugh Hamilton Wines has a theme of Hugh being the black sheep of the family and this theme is branded right across the business.  From the wine labels to the wine names to the merchandise and even the road signs … Continue reading

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McLaren Vale Wine – d’Arenberg Wines (Part 3)

Welcome to the third and last installment on the wines I tasted from d’Arenberg’s cellar door.  There is about 35 wines available so I do not recommend trying them all in one go (even when I was spitting the wine … Continue reading

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McLaren Vale Wine – d’Arenberg Wines (Part 1)

This cellar door and restaurant have a deserved reputation for quality of service, great regional food and McLaren Vale wine plus a glorious view of McLaren Vale. The winery and the Osborne family are local icons and from a purely … Continue reading

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McLaren Vale Wines – Lloyd Brothers

Lloyd Brothers is a wine and olive company.  The company property has 30 acres of Shiraz vines (20% of production is kept with the remainder sold) plus mainly Kalamata olives with holding areas for Alpaca’s close to the cellar door … Continue reading

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McLaren Vale Wines – Vasarelli

I heard that a new cellar door was on it’s way.  I heard it was for a local identity family – Vasarelli.  I got a message on Facebook that a new restaurant had opened just before Xmas day called, you … Continue reading

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McLaren Vale Wines – Battle of Bosworth Wines & Spring Seed Wine Company

Joch Bosworth took over the Edgehill Vineyards from his parents in 1995 and started to convert them into organic vineyards and now, after alot of work, he and his family have a certified organic vineyard.  The Edgehill vineyard was established in … Continue reading

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McLaren Vale Wines – Genders McLaren Park Wines

 Genders McLaren Park Wines (Genders) is what should be termed a micro winery (no more than 2000 cases of wine produced).  It has 2 generations of history from the 1960’s where the current property was purchased in 1948 by Keith Genders and … Continue reading

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