Even though I have a fondness for tasting wine, at each cellar door stop, during my recent Margaret River trip, the thing I wanted to taste the most was not from the bottle, but from the vines outside.Though it diminishes the final harvest, I wonder if there are any cellar doors, who offer their customers a glass of wine and a few freshly harvested grapes?
Image: Cabernet sauvignon grapes @ Edwards winery in Margaret River.
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Had the same thought myself before. I actually did this when I visited the Clovely Estate cellar door in South Burnett. I asked first (of course) and picked a beautiful bunch of merlot grapes off the block nearby and shared them with everyone there.
Sean,
I think it's the best way to work out where the different flavours in the glass come from. Plus it's an interesting way to differentiate one cellar door from another.
Interesting point Edward. When I traveled through Marlborough and Central Otago a couple of years ago I ran into quite a few vineyards with bunches of Pinot Noir and Gerwurtz on the table to try (Fromm in Marlborough being the most notable of having a whole range).
It immediately struck me that I really didn't know a lot about what the grapes of the different varieties I'd been drinking actually look like.
Would definitely like to see more of it.
Matt,
It could of course be that all of my cellar door visits are at the wrong time of the year, and that this is already common practice!
Re - identifying grapes from their appearance - there must be a way, but it can't be foolproof. Remember the whole albarino / savagnin episode from 2009/10
I've honestly never seen it in WA and as an enthusiast it would definitely be something that interests me.
As a child..my grandparents and great Aunts had Grape vines in their backyards. They tended to these grapes for their ultimate donation to the "church's" wine. I so remember my cousins and I pilfering the grapes and getting in so much trouble..LOL It was sooo worth it.
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