29 Jul 2023
Athol our driver was lovely, very knowledgeable and friendly!! the bus clean and always ready and waiting for us, Athol was only to happy to help ! the visitor center with coffee and muffin (delicious) was perhaps a tad too long and if we had cut off time here and the D'arenburg cube i think other winemakers we visited would have not felt so rushed.
the cube whilst a great novelty was "all fur coat and no knickers" didn't understand the random video they showed and the wine tasting was very clinical and not at all friendly, there was no deviation to the tasting at all (if they had offered a sparkling i would have considered buying) but the girl who did it was brusque and rude. (a view evidenced by not one of the entire group bought here)
Chalks Hill by contrast was warm friendly and the ambience was next level, they asked us what our preferences were and bought out other wines we may like to taste out, the pizzas were delicious as too were the wines (i joined their wine club ????????♀️) Onto Beresford -again great host and wines/gin.... would have loved a bit more time here for tasting) and finally Wira Wira - great tour and lovely friendly hosts, really would have loved spending more time here!!!
Whilst i know the cube is a novelty the other wineries were much more friendly and frankly i thought much better wines, definitely would recommend a McClaren Vale wine tour, and will be visiting all (bar D'arenburg) again