Blogs from Coonawarra, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

In our third day in the district we finally got to go wine tasting in the Coonawarra. After enjoying a Riesling from Patrick at the caves café we definitely put them on our list. As it turned out that kind of set the trend for the day as for no reason we focused on P’s. First it was Penley in the morning while heading south, then lunch in Penola. On the return it we visited Parker and finally Patrick. All of the wines that we tried were very good, but as expected it was the Cabernet Sauvignons that really stood out. Fruit characteristics were predominant generally and oak was used with a sensitive touch. All in all we were very impressed. An interesting touch was the Apple Cider at Patrick. This was a winemaker’s cider; more ... read more

Surprisingly after the stresses of the evening we had a good nights sleep, but Hilda still wouldn’t start in the morning. We tried hitting the starter motor with a hammer and even had a couple of attempts to push start her (she heavy) but still no luck. It then started to rain so we couldn’t get everything outside to get to the engine - this was not fair! We somehow piled everything at one end of the van so we could get to the engine best we could. After some fiddling Andy tried again and much to our relief she started! It turned out to be a loose connection on the starter motor, an easy fix, and if it happens again we will know what it is. We were finally on our way to Pinaroo for ... read more