Barossa Valley – Australia’s biggest wine regionBarossa Valley in South Australia approximately 75 kilometres north east of Adelaide, is one of Australia’s richest and most famous wine regions. Settled in the mid-1800s by German immigrants, the region is home to iconic wine names such as Yalumba, Penfolds, Jacob’s Creek, Seppelt, Henschke, Lehmann, Saltram, Wolf Blass and Dorrien Estate. Shiraz, first planted in the 1840s, is the Barossa’s most famous wine, especially Australia’s benchmark red wine, Penfolds Grange, highly rated by wine critic Robert Parker. The Barossa Valley is also famous for its fine, barrel fermented Semillon, Chardonnay and elegant Eden Valley Riesling.
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