The wine tour bus picked us up in front of Her Majesties Theater. When we got there, we found several other people waiting as well, but we were not sure if they were part of our tour or not. Funny how we’re all sizing each other up. As we talked together about it later on in the day we all laughed at how funny we were since we all there for the tour. We had an interesting mix of people on the tour. Some folks from Carmel CA, a man from Tokyo, single women from South Korea, Auckland, and the Netherlands, couples from Melbourne, Singapore, South Africa, and Iowa. Our first stop was Greenstone Winery for a tasting. We liked a couple of their wines, but the bus did not have storage for many purchases, so we held off to see what might be ahead. Our next stop was Balgownie winery where we did a tasting and then had lunch with a wine pairing. After lunch, we cornered the sommelier to taste some of their private reds. We walked away with two of their reds and two bottles of their Sparkling Shiraz. Next stop was Yering Farms. A small private label winery. We did not care for their wines. Next, we stopped at Tokar Winery. By now, our tastebuds were numb from all the wine tasting. But they did have a Tempernillo that Leslie liked so we picked up a bottle of that to take as well. Then it was back to Melbourne with a little side trip to see some Kangaroos in the wild (on a golf course!) and a colony of large bats hanging in the trees along the freeway.
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| Greenstone Vineyard |
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| Balgownie Vineyard |
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| Seeing up for our first tasting at Balgownie |
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| Tour group lunch at Balgownie |
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| Yering Vineyard |
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| Yering Vineyard |
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| Tokar Vineyard |
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| Tokar Vineyard |
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