Barossa Gourmet Weekend saw us buying a ticket to their lunch and tasting event.
Recommended by a close friend that this is the place one comes for fortified liquid gold, I truly was looking forward to visiting this place.
It is a quaint little winery south of the famous Barossa Valley. Family owned and run by Janet and Ron Liebich for the past few decades, this clearly is held together by love spanning three generations and counting.
Liebich Wein literally means "Love I Wine" in German for the trivia enthusiasts.
Greeted by a French backpacker who is helping out the family, we were encouraged to try their wines and fortifieds while they put on the finishing touches to the lunch.
The fortified wines I had was delicious, starting from young to old vintages. I learnt that you can come and purchase fortified in bulk for a very very reasonable price. For example, 1 litre of muscat is only $10.00, $7.50 for the Ruby Grenache.
Wines starting from $15.00 a bottle! I can't believe how awesome this place is for value.
Moving on to our lunch, we were ushered into their barrel room. We were surrounded by walls of wine barrels which gave an otherwise cold feel to this tin shed.
The place was run very casually to the point where the adjective unorganised might pop up more than once. We found it amusing and charming.
Foodwise, I had the pork and rabbit brawn, a falafel and a vego pattie, while the girls who ate meat had the lamb kibbi and beef and pork sausage roll. All was presented on a wooden platter with our flight of wines.
It was all lovely, but didn't hit the spot on a cold spring afternoon. I guess we were hoping for more hearty offerings. Nevermind, the generous wines and tastings more than made up for it.
We left slightly tipsey and me, with a rare bottle of semillion. Off to our next destination! read more