Australia 2016 - Margaret River Wine Tasting and Kangaroos!

On Sunday we had a special wedding event. A bus picked up 27 of us to tour three wineries in the region.

 

We had a very pleasant drive around and went to Watershed, Leeuwin and Vasse Felix. Watershed had a superb presenter of the wine there. Leeuwin is one of the oldest wineries in the area. Vasse Felix is the first one, with the oldest vineyard first planted in 1967. This is a young terroire that has become very famous, especially for Chardonnay.

The group at Watershed Winery

A lizzard at Wastershed.

A Kookaburra at Leeuwin. The Kookaburra is not native to Western Australia - very cute, but a bit of a pest!

 At Vasse Felix we also had a splendid lunch in the café. The chef, Aaron Carr, has been there since 1995 and has made the restaurant a destination dining spot. The food was spectacular in every way.

The "kids" table at Vasse Felix.

The "adult" table!

An interesting piece for our group and Vasse Felix is that Claire (the bride) used to be a nanny for the owners! So our meal was accompanied by magnums of their best red and white wines. Pretty special.

We arrived back at our Margaret River house with wine purchases in tow and rejoicing taste buds!