Wine! Wine! Wine!

So I awake feeling refreshed and revived from my travels the previous day and am ready to go exploring. 

I decide to head down the main street and put Mudgee to the real test – a good coffee. I decide to see what the locals have to do and wander past many a café to find where the local hang-out may be… The Butcher Shop Café with its groovy ambience, Alley Cats for its charm, Eltons Café with its beautiful lead-lighting décor…I settle myself in a Market St Diner, not as showy as some but it appears to be packed. Delightfully satisfied. No watery and bitter coffee here.

I open my tourist booklet and decide to book in for the day on a wine tour with ‘On The Bus Tours’– no point risking anything, and why drive when you can be chauffeured – this town is here to serve and entertain! I phone Mudgee Tours and book in for pick up in 45 minutes.

My driver is friendly, warm and keen to share his knowledge – that appears to be one of Mudgee’s strengths – everyone is willing to share around the visitors, keeping the supply chain of information and resource around. He tells me the Farmers Markets are on tomorrow and cant be missed, best local produce around he says. Jot that down. 

We have four wineries to visit today, Di Lusso Estate for the Italian varities that no one else in town does, Logan Wines for their cellar door experience, Lowe Family Wines for the organic vines and Robert Stein for the history. 

It’s going to be a great day.

doing a winetasting at lowe family wines
with friend, Simon Gilbert