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Sunday, October 13

Local knowledge informs clever new Barossa tasting room

With its sophisticated wine and food presentation echoing chic European style, Vino Lokal in Tanunda offers a completely different vibe that visitors to the Barossa may not expect – and this is exactly the reaction that its proprietors, the Artisans of Barossa winemakers collective, want to achieve with its innovative new cellar door offering.

Gumpara offers a different taste of the Barossa

Mark Mader has always known there’s something special about a part of the Barossa where his family first planted vines on Gumpara vineyard 90 years ago. Now he has a major award for his shiraz to prove it.

The d'Arenberg Cube cellar door and restaurant has helped attract thousands of visitors to the South Australian wine region of McLaren Vale since it opened in 2017.

Australian cellar door survey provides clues to direct wine sales success

The opportunity for matched food and wine flights and the perceived value of paid tastings are among the key early findings of Wine Australia’s first cellar door and direct-to-consumer survey.

Yorke Peninsula boutique winery stacks high against the rest

Vineyards and rustic cellar doors are not usually associated with the towns that line the traditional barley belt of South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.