For the first two days we did the whirlwind sightseeing thing.
Friday morning it was off to Zest to have breakfast and view the exhibition (Did I say it was on view until July 20 and you are all invited to go have a look) and then we headed off to McLaren Vale. First we dropped into Rosemount to see Graham Starr the cellar door manager there. He supplied the wine for the exhibition opening (still open until July 20 by the way) and he showed me their gallery space. I might have a show the in the future.
After that we headed to one of our all-time favourite restaurants, Fino at Willunga. Seven courses later, they were small, we headed off to the most beautiful cellar door in the McLaren Vale region, Primo Estate. Forget the wine just drink in the building!
We then headed home and David cooked.
Next day we walked along The Parade at Norwood before having lunch at the Hahndorf Hill Winery, another favourite spot. We then checked out the view over Adelaide from Mount Lofty and headed on home where David cooked. And cooked. From 8pm until midnight out came course after course of Japanese food – tempura oysters, deep-fried tofu, sprout salad, prawns in savoury custard, a fish dish and more.
Sunday was a much more relaxed affair. We went shopping in town and drifted in and out of a dozen menswear shops . . . I was the only one who bought anything.
A fun weekend.
Listening attentively to the wine guy at Primo Estate - you don't want to mix up your Cabernet Sangiovese with your Shiraz Nebbiolos.
David, Craig and Scott at the Mount Lofty Lookout. And below what they were looking at.
Swirly dark clouds and streaming sunlight.
Craig on the jetty at Glenelg after visiting the exhibition at Zest (which closes on July 20)
