Beach Travel Wine Podcast · Leanne McCabe

124. Adelaide Hills Wine Region, South Australia.

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South Australia holds about 2,156 wineries and 80% of Australia's premium wine.

The pair head out to the Adelaide Hills. It is the closest wine region to Adelaide in South Australia, and the episode makes a point of that proximity because it gives the day an easy, unforced feel. They used a hop-on, hop-off bus tour, which they frame as the best way to organise a trip to the Adelaide Hills, and they direct listeners to the website and podcast description for tour and winery links, plus photos and written information. The day takes in four wineries. Shaw and Smith is one of the anchor stops, and they talk about it as the one Leonita especially wanted to visit. Petaluma comes up as well. Nepenthe is the most memorable stop, with lunch there, a beautiful cheese ball, a self-guided tasting, and a tasting room that opens onto a big deck and a room full of barrels. Artwine rounds out the list. The hosts note its Mediterranean grape focus, which sets it apart from the more familiar cellar-door stops and adds some welcome variety. The views matter all the way through. At Nepenthe they keep returning to the outlook over the vineyards, the prettiness of the setting, and the sense that the winery was being readied for an event the next day. They also share a bit of winery background. Nepenthe’s name gets a mythology aside, and the hosts mention that the winery was established in 1994, built on a minimal-intervention approach, and sourced from multiple sites to keep quality and complexity steady. The episode keeps a practical edge too. You hear about what the tastings cost, how the cellar doors feel inside and out, and why a deck, a view, or a bit of atmosphere can matter just as much as the glass in front of them. The tone stays relaxed and conversational. Toward the end, they explain why they have been missing for a few months and tease the huge travel plans they have coming up for the rest of the year.

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A practical Adelaide Hills wine day with strong scenery, winery stops, and useful trip-planning detail.

This episode makes a practical case for a wine day around Adelaide. It covers the hop-on, hop-off bus, how to organize the trip, and the four winery stops, while leaving room for the views, lunch, and the scenery that ties the day together.

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Plan your Adelaide Hills wine day with the hop-on, hop-off bus that makes the route easy.

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