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| Taken in the forecourt of Pizzini's Winery, this shot is indicative of the gulf that exists between the vineyards within the King Valley loose consortium. Of the nine wineries we sampled, Pizzini's is the most commercial by a wide margin. This is not to say it has compromised its product in any way, simply that it devotes more time, and therefore money, to the marketing and social hype of a food and wine weekend. Around the KV we also visited Gapsted, Brown Brothers, Boggy Creek, Dalzotto, La Cantina, and Sam Miranda. We also headed over, for my first time, to the Glenrowan Festival where we sampled Morrisons, Baileys, and the Taminick Cellars. I gather next year the push is on for us to venture closer to the border and take in the Rutherglen Festival. Two of us first went there in 1972, when the wines were young, and brash, and simply horrid. Yes, yes I know. Things MAY have changed in the ensuing 41 years. |