Barossa Valley Wines
The wonderful Barossa Valley area is located in the state of South Australia, about 60 km from Adelaide. German settlers were the first to set up in the Barossa Valley in 1842, in a quaint town named Bethany. Some of the first settlers from Germany brought some vine clippings with them to Australia and quickly discovered the quality grapes that could be grown in the region due to its excellent Continental climate and its deep red clay soils. Award winning red wines, particularly Shiraz variety, is what the Barossa Valley is most famous for. But not only does the area produce strong reds, but also is known for its fine whites. The higher level hill locations of the Barossa Valley is where the white grapes grow best, and on the lower Barossa floor sites where the reds grow best, where the soils are rich deep red clay soils.
There are a large number of wineries within
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The Barossa is famous for its red wine and it is in this region where Shiraz reigns supreme. Large proportions of Barossa Shiraz is used in Penfolds Grange (Australia’s most famous wine). Henschke Hill of Grace also uses Barossa Shiraz for their wine.
The famous Barossa wine region is a little over an hour by car north of Adelaide, South Australia’s capital. Something that surprises many people is that the Barossa actually encompasses two regions – the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley.
Stretching all the way from Williamstown in the South all the way up to Kapunda in the north, the Barossa Vally covers quite a sizable area of land. The red-brown soils are more fertile than those of the Eden Valley but rainfall here can be up to 50% less. The temperatures in the Barossa are usually 2ºC warmer than the surrounding regions.
Eden Valley includes the country from Truro in the
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