Great Places To Visit-Baroosa Valley, South Australia, Wine region.

We are currently spending a week in the beautiful Baroosa Valley in S.A. Our caravan is parked at the Nuriootpa caravan park which is handy to the area's attractions. Wineries!!

I am getting spoilt as Bernie doesn't drink wine, so is being my personal chauffeur. We are both enjoying the history and lovely old buildings in the area also.

One place on my hit list is Maggie Beer's Farm. Contacted some friends who live in the area and met up with them for lunch there. Had a wonderful few hours together. We each picked an entree and then shared them. Great way to get to taste a variety of dishes. Maggie's produce store has a large variety of goods available for sale and the majority are available to taste test before you buy. Made sure I took full advantage of that opportunity. Delicious!!!!! Came home with a little bag of goodies.

Took a tour of Chateau Tanunda, fantastic! You get a glass of bubbly to sip while you listen to your guide. Great tour. Highly recommend it. Beautiful old winery.

That's just a bit of what you can see and do here in the Baroosa. We are going to stay a few extra days, it's so beautiful here, even though it's summer and dry. So much to see in the area, and so many wineries to pick from. Lots of little towns around steeped in history as well. Come and see for yourself.

What you expect to see in a vineyard - grapes!

Boutique Winery. Traditional old machinery, once used in harvesting.


Found a little boutique winery with our surname.


Craft Beer

Local road.


Chateau Tanunda.


Chateau Tanunda - stunning architecture.


Maggie Beer's beautiful Farm.


Some of the lovely produce I purchased at Maggie Beer's Farm.


Chateau Tanunda


Very nice!


Chateau Tanunda Tour


Chateau Tanunda Tour


Chataeu Tanunda Tour


Chateau Tanunda tasting room.


Chateau Tanunda Tour.


Baroosa Valley area.


Tanunda township.

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