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| Michael and Annabelle Waugh launch their new release Greenock Creek Vineyards and Cellars wines to friends and regular buyers at the beginning of each spring ... it is always a memorable day .. the cellar will remain open until the wines have sold, which will probably take a few months this year as the 2010 yields were good ... but then again, the wines are under screw cap for the first time - a change which seemed to delight the gathered throng - so they may even sell faster ... my personal favourites? 2010 Cabernet sauvignon (13.5% alcohol) and 2010 Seven Acre Shiraz (14%). |
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| Micha Ilich, food and beverage manager of The Adelaide Club (founded 1863), Tim Gregg, proprietor, Lion Hotel (founded 1872), the author (foundering since 1952), and Michael Schluter, whose family has owned the Greenock Creek Tavern since 1870 |
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| Local wrought iron smith Harry Hennig and Margaret Hennig; Greenock Creek Vineyards and Cellars proprietor, viticulturer and winemaker, Michael Waugh; retired Greenock Creek Tavern publican, Norty Schluter; retired Riesling genius and neighbour John Vickery, the author, and Mary Vickery. |
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| Annabelle's rose garden in the Cabernet vineyard is being replaced by this wisteria arch, which already has the atmosphere of a site conducive to many a rambling long table lunch. Before "retiring" to become a winemaker, Michael was a master stonemason. He built Rockford and the major stone cellar at Henschke before concentrating on his own winery on Roennfeldt Road, and the cellars and their home in the vineyards on Radford Road. The original cottage here is unusual for the Barossa, in that it was built by a Frenchman, who ensured that the cellars beneath were bigger than the house above, which is a good excuse to keep the cellar full. |
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| Smoked trout centerpiece: Barossa hospitality at its best ... catering by Malcolm and Helen Filsell's Barossa Country Kitchen ... photo Philip White; all others by Leo Davis. |
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