Setting up House/Putting in Wine

We picked up a car on Monday and made a shopping circuit of Cheap as Chips, Costco, LIDL, and Coles (local grocery chain).  We've laid in food for a week and supplies for longer.

Tuesday morning we drove to the Barossa for a bit of tasting and purchasing. Eight or nine years ago we stopped at Langmeil.  Back then when we informed the lady pouring that their GSM offering wasn't as good as another we'd had recently, she asked which one it was.  When we told her she laughed.  The one we liked was made by her husband and his partner.

 

 

Tracey was still there and we shared a good tasting; four cases worth of good tasting.  For the record the Langmeil GSM is much better this time.

She put us on to lunch at the South Australian icon, Maggie Beers.  When we lived here, her farm shop didn't have much of a lunch.  Maggie's daughter now has a restaurant next door and the food was very good. Pictured are a kingfish ceviche with smoked yoghurt, green strawberries and dill; chicken & tarragon fritters with remoulade sauce; spuds with black garlic and vache curd.

 

The next stop was at Teusner, the winery of Tracey's husband. They don't have a cellar door.  We were walking all about the winery. All of the wines were available for our sampling.  In the interest of driving home, we left out a couple.

 

 

 

The final stop of the day was at Rockford. It is an Australian classic and this is the first time we've walked out without a case or two, let alone a single bottle.  Their entire line was disappointing; even our favorite cab, Rifle Range.

Returning at rush hour, the 'no left turn' signs drove us nuts.  A block from our apartment we had to negotiate half way around Adelaide to get the turns to work out and get us home.

Let's hear it for spring dinner in Adelaide with a temperature over 90F.