More grape picking in Barossa / Mehr Trauben
Trip Start
Nov 29, 2005
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Trip End
Sep 08, 2006
Barossa Valley, Australia
Saturday, April 8, 2006
As we enjoyed grape picking so much....no, as we needed a bit more money we decided to head to the next grape region in South Australia in search of more wine, I mean work.
Actually we should admit that grape picking work wasn't actually too bad and we were both getting into the whole grapes, vineyards, drinking nice wine thing. With a bit of help from our friends Terry and Sue we were getting to grips with the different wines and grapes and all that suff and we were and still plan to enjoy it.
Barossa Valley is a famous winemaking region with wines such as Jacobs Creek, Wolf Blass, Penfolds being made there and these pretty important wines which we have since found out. It is really a beautiful area there and we kinda fell for it despite the rain! It is very much about good wine and food there so lots of markets and nice shops just great for us.
We managed to get work quite easily for a small winery called Gibson, where it was only myself, Daniel, another guy Heyguan and our boss that did the picking so it was very different from McClaren Vale where we worked sometimes with 40 other people. It was also very different in that in McClaren Vale there was no contact with the winery and in Barossa we were working for and with them. This was great as we got to see how the wine was made and of course try some of their wines.
Another job opportunity then came up for us to work with Rockford winery, another famous winemakers in Australia which produce some of, if not the best wine I have ever tasted. It was again a really great experience working for them as we got to try the wine and see close up how things were made. We also got to do a pump-over of the wine, which is when they get the wine from the bottom of the barrell and our it over the top so it all mixes together. I also tested the temperature and bomain (sugar) of the wine. It was all great fun and really interesting for us both.
For Easter we had a great weekend with our friends Terry and Sue at there home at Fisherman's Bay - a lovely seaside town north of Barossa. We enjoyed some lovely wine and food and they even got us to try Blue Swimmer Crab (famous to South Aus) which was lovely and Oysters which was not so lovely but good to try. They were cold and slimly and it took us about 20 attempts to actually eat them.
All in all South Australia for us was just great and we were genuinely sad to leave.
--DEUTSCH---
8ter April bis 30ter April - Weinlese im Barossa Valley
Da wir die Weinlese Arbeit so liebengelernt haben, haha, und wir das Geld brauchten entschlossen wir und noch ein paar Wochen in einer anderen Weinregion dranzuhaengen.
Die Arbeit war nicht so schlecht und wir fingen ans uns fuer Wein und Weinbau zu interessieren. Mit Hilfe unserer Freunde Terry und Sue fingen wir auch tatsaechlich an etwas mit Wein auszukennen.
Barossa Valley (Tal) ist die beruehmteste und wohl auch beste Weinregion Australiens, mit ein paar der groessten Weinerzeuger der Welt und auch mit ein paar sehr sehr teuren und hochklassigen Weinen. Es ist eine wunderschoene Gegend mit deutschen Wurzeln und daher auch deutschem Essen, Maerkten und Weinstuben etc. Also eine super Gegend fuer ein paar schoene Wochen.
Wir fanden ziemlich schnell Arbeit fuer einen kleinen Winzer namens Gibson sehr nette Leute und spaeter dann hatten wir das Glueck einen Job bei einem der besten Weinerzeuger Australiens, Rockford Winery, zu landen. Gut bezahlt, nette Leute und super Wein jederzeit.
Das Osterwochenende verbrachten wir mit unseren Freunden Terry und Sue in deren Haus in Fishermans Bay am Meer. Wir hatten wie anders zu erwarten super Wein, tolles Essen und auch etwas neues fuer uns beide, Austern und riesige Krabben. Wir brauchten einige Anlaeufe um die schleimigen Austern runterzubekommen Martha fands nicht schlecht aber ich fands fuerchterlich. Wir hatten jedoch ein Super Wochenende.
Nach Ostern arbeiteten wir noch eine Woche Weinlese, ein super Abschiedsfest mit viel teurem Wein von Rockford und dann mussten wir leider Abschied von South Australia nehmen.
South Australia ist einer der schoensten Flecken auf der Welt mit wirklich unglaublich netten, hilfsbereiten und unkomplizierten Leuten.
