A Guide to Margaret River
When setting out on a tour of the Margaret River's dozens of wineries, a good place to start is the Margaret River Visitor Centre, home to the award-winning Wine Tourism Showroom.
This is the place to gather extensive information on the region's wineries.
And, they also hold regular tastings.
It was only in the last 30 or so years that the Region was discovered as perfect for vine growing and is now famous for its prize-winning cabernets.
A tour of Margaret River's many and varied wineries allows you to sample, not only those beautiful cabernets, but also their marvellous, refreshing range of whites.
Many of the wineries have first-class restaurants for lunch at the start of a day's tasting or for a relaxed dinner at the end of a hard afternoon's work.
Getting around, you have the choice of car-hire, which requires at least one person to miss out, but allows the freedom to explore the other attractions of the area including the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and swimming at pristine beaches and to take things at your own pace A variety of Tours are on offer from, not only of the wineries in anything from a bus to private limousine, but also Off-Road Tours, Bush Tucker with Wine Tours and dive tours.
A bus tour, costing around $95 would typically include visits to four wineries and a brewery.
Often included are visits to chocolate and cheese factories and a lunch at a winery.
Indulge yourself and a few friends in a personalised tour in anything from a stretch limousine to a 50 seater bus and design your tour to take in the wineries, galleries and restaurants of your choice and perhaps treat yourself to a longer lunch at one of the scenic vineyards.
Your tour may include Margaret River's oldest vineyard, Vasse Felix with its subterranean cellars and restaurant offering first class food from the freshest ingredients, matched with Vasse Felix premium wines.
Another choice might be the recently refurbished Xanadu which has seen the expansion of the restaurant and a new cellar door in a contemporary setting.
Xanadu offers great wines, restaurant and the added bonus of an Art Gallery and a Boardroom.
One of the first vineyards in the Margaret River region along with Vasse Felix is Cape Mentelle.
Now with over 200 hectares under vine, Cape Mentelle is not only famous for its iconic reds but its full range of award-winning wines.
Many of the vineyards offer accommodation and the range of accommodation goes from camping, through apartments, Bed & Breakfasts to 5-star luxury, depending naturally enough on your budget.
Touring the Margaret River Wineries offers the visitor not only the chance to taste some of Australia's best wines but to take in the breathtakingly beautiful Lake, Jewel and Mammoth Caves.
Adding mainland Australia's tallest lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin, the dramatic meeting point of the Southern and Indian Oceans, to your vineyard tour is a perfect place to watch the sunset after a day of hard touring.
This is the place to gather extensive information on the region's wineries.
And, they also hold regular tastings.
It was only in the last 30 or so years that the Region was discovered as perfect for vine growing and is now famous for its prize-winning cabernets.
A tour of Margaret River's many and varied wineries allows you to sample, not only those beautiful cabernets, but also their marvellous, refreshing range of whites.
Many of the wineries have first-class restaurants for lunch at the start of a day's tasting or for a relaxed dinner at the end of a hard afternoon's work.
Getting around, you have the choice of car-hire, which requires at least one person to miss out, but allows the freedom to explore the other attractions of the area including the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and swimming at pristine beaches and to take things at your own pace A variety of Tours are on offer from, not only of the wineries in anything from a bus to private limousine, but also Off-Road Tours, Bush Tucker with Wine Tours and dive tours.
A bus tour, costing around $95 would typically include visits to four wineries and a brewery.
Often included are visits to chocolate and cheese factories and a lunch at a winery.
Indulge yourself and a few friends in a personalised tour in anything from a stretch limousine to a 50 seater bus and design your tour to take in the wineries, galleries and restaurants of your choice and perhaps treat yourself to a longer lunch at one of the scenic vineyards.
Your tour may include Margaret River's oldest vineyard, Vasse Felix with its subterranean cellars and restaurant offering first class food from the freshest ingredients, matched with Vasse Felix premium wines.
Another choice might be the recently refurbished Xanadu which has seen the expansion of the restaurant and a new cellar door in a contemporary setting.
Xanadu offers great wines, restaurant and the added bonus of an Art Gallery and a Boardroom.
One of the first vineyards in the Margaret River region along with Vasse Felix is Cape Mentelle.
Now with over 200 hectares under vine, Cape Mentelle is not only famous for its iconic reds but its full range of award-winning wines.
Many of the vineyards offer accommodation and the range of accommodation goes from camping, through apartments, Bed & Breakfasts to 5-star luxury, depending naturally enough on your budget.
Touring the Margaret River Wineries offers the visitor not only the chance to taste some of Australia's best wines but to take in the breathtakingly beautiful Lake, Jewel and Mammoth Caves.
Adding mainland Australia's tallest lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin, the dramatic meeting point of the Southern and Indian Oceans, to your vineyard tour is a perfect place to watch the sunset after a day of hard touring.
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