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Apex Bakery is 4th generation family owned and run Barossa Bakery. We still use the original bread recipes from 1924 and bake in our 95 year old wood fired oven. Our breads are true old school breads with a big crumb and hearty flavour which come from the 12 hour fermentation time and wood oven bake. Barossa born and Bread.”
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The Autumn Adventures package is all about unwinding, slowing down and having a good relaxed look around. That’s why you will be travelling by horse and cart! We have teamed up with Barossa Carriages to take you back in time, Rob and his beautiful pair of horses will transport you in his carriage to guided wine tastings and a delicious lunch. The gentle clip, clop of the horses hooves, the beautiful autumnal day, the relaxed conversation all helps you to delight in the fabulous scenery. It’s all about unplugging, unwinding and enjoying what the Barossa has to offer.
The Autumn Adventures package is available for stays from 1 June to 31 August.
Find out more https://stonewellcottages.com.au/…/autumn-adventures-19/
Has the start of the year already begun at a frenetic pace? Has work already become all consuming with no time or energy left to connect with your partner? Stay with us this autumn to relax – recharge – reconnect…and no we’re not talking about re-charging your mobile device or re-connecting to wifi! Find out more https://stonewellcottages.com.au/…/autumn-adventures-19/
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Angaston is the focus of today’s post. Situated on the eastern side of the Barossa. It was originally known as German Pass, but was later renamed after the politician and banker George Fife Angas, who settled in the area in the 1850s.
As you approach Angaston there are a couple of excellent lunch venues,Vintners Barossa and Saltram Wine Estate & Salter’s Restaurant.
Once you get into Angaston itself it is a great place for an amble up and down the main street, with beautiful historic buildings lining each side. There is great shopping with homewares, organic foods, women’s and children’s clothing stores. For those interested in blacksmiths there is an operating Blacksmith (open on weekends and public holidays.)
Dining options include Casa Carboni Italian Cooking School & Enoteca where Chef Matteo offers cooking classes and a traditional enoteca, right next door to the Barossa Cheese Company where you can taste a selection of locally made cheeses.
There is the newly opened Hive Barossa Cafe & Co Work Space, D&M’s Bakery Cafe – Angaston, Soul with Zest, Barossa Siam, 40s Cafe and Wanera Wine Bar & Restaurant to name but a few options for either a sustenance recharge or a longer lunch.
If wine tasting is something you are interested in you can visit the iconic Yalumba, Taste Eden Valley or Thorn-Clarke Wines.
Angaston is a beautiful little town and well worth a visit.
Looking for a tasty bite to eat, maybe morning or afternoon tea? The Barossa has some great options, here is a few to get you started:
El Estanco Greenock has an ever changing menu serving seasonal produce from many local producers, it is licenced and offers BYO for a corkage fee.
FINO Seppeltsfield has tantalizing share plates, with a beautiful courtyard for AL fresco dining, weather permitting. A relaxing environment for lunch.
The Farm Eatery & Experience Centre is a modern, casual eatery with a purpose built experience centre. With the freshest ingredients showcased by their talented chef Tim Bourke. It is located right next door to Maggies Farm Shop, so you can have lunch and pick up some tasty nibbles for later.
Darling’s Food with Passion Cafe in the centre of Tanunda has an ever changing menu serving an excellent range of locally sourced products, they also serve fantastic coffee.
Shortly, harvesting the grapes will commence and then they will be processed at a winery. One of the wineries that the grapes from Stonewell Cottages and Vineyards go to is Soul Growers. Our friends from Soul Growers – Barossa Valley Winemakers are the providers of this months complimentary wine, the Equilibrium GSM. They are in the midst of their pre-vintage preparation, emptying last years barrels of wine for blending, then cleaning them ready for Vintage 2019. If you are staying at the Cottages during this time and would like to follow the process from ‘vine to wine’, let us know. You can ride on the harvester, hand pick some grapes, or, go on a delivery of grapes with Evan in his truck. You can also visit Soul Growers Winery and cellar door for a behind the scenes tour and an informative chat about the fermentation process and what else may be happening in the winery at the time of your visit. Let us know if you would like to be a part of Vintage 2019!!
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It’s all about sampling in the vineyard. Dan has been selecting bunches from both sides of the vines (sunny and shady) to get a representative sample of the crop. He then crushes the bunches by hand and uses a refractometer to measure the amount of available sugar in the juice. The sugar roughly equates to the amount of alcohol a wine will have once the juice has been fermented. Grape estimates are also reviewed at the same time, these are calculated by using the average bunch weight x average bunches per vine x vines per hectare x area.
Phew, glad I’m not working any of that out!!
Want to embrace the Barossan lifestyle whilst staying amongst the vines? Treat yourself to a long lunch – relaxing, social, enriching for the mind, the belly and the soul.
Plan ahead and visit Flaxman Wines for a Long Leisurely Lunch. They are held on the 1st Saturday of each month. Lunches take place under the Pergola overlooking their vineyard or if the weather is not great for outdoors, in the Cellar Door. Col designs a menu based around what is fresh and in season each month and their museum & current release wines are paired with each course. This is a unique intimate dining experience, where guests get to enjoy lunch cooked by the winemaker and experience true Barossan hospitality.
To balance the wine and food intake with a little health and wellness, why not try yoga? True North Yoga has a range of qualified yoga teachers delivering a variety of classes in a purpose built yoga studio. Join a class, or, have them tailor a unique Barossa yoga experience at an iconic location for you: yoga followed by a champagne brunch, yoga in the conservation park, wherever you choose to have your yoga session, you will truly unwind and find ease and clarity of body and mind.
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In the vineyard Evan and Dan are putting the finishing touches on the harvest equipment. Dan has finished painting the inside of the truck tray with food safe paint.
Grape sampling has commenced to ascertain the sugar content (Baume) and gauge when picking may start.
We envisage it will commence about the third week of February, so not long now.
If you are staying with us during the harvest period, let us know if you would like to take part in the harvest process. You can ride on the harvester, travel along with Evan in his 1974 Kenworth truck to deliver grapes, or hand pick a bucket of grapes (or more), depending on what’s happening with the vintage schedule. To let us know use the ‘send message’ button below.