It was more than just a wine tasting and great food at Hentley Farm. The cellar door is warm and inviting from the moment you enter the front door, and each tasting room offers a seated intimate one-on-one tasting with passionate and knowledgeable staff. Local artists adorn the walls of this old farm cottage and shearer’s quarters, as well as original tallies and markings from the shearers all those years ago, the oldest found dating back to 1901. The award-wining Hentley Farm Restaurant, housed in the lovingly restored 1880’s horse stables was incredible. The food menu is created and prepared with the same pursuit of excellence, thought for sustainability, regional focus, and modern approach as is carried out in both the vineyard and winery. Dishes are designed around the core of what Hentley Farm does – making exceptional wines reflective of their single estate vineyard. Each dish is created to enhance the individual flavours, aromas or textures of each wine. Service is warm, articulate, knowledgeable and authentic, from the very chefs who have prepared the dishes upon which we dined.

Try, an earthen bowl of raw trevalla in a tangy lemon and parsnip cream finished with a nutty, puffed wild rice crust. The courses were so unusual it is hard to describe them, but on leaving we were given a beautifully presented menu addressed to each of us by name individually showing the dishes we enjoyed and the date we enjoyed them.

Oh well, back to the caravan for a sleep. Tomorrow we head to Flinders Ranges…BBQs and campfires !