On Monday, Kendall and I headed out bright and early to the city where we were picked up for a wine tasting tour through the Yarra Valley. James was our tour guide and he was really great and funny. We got to hear all about his travels. He once travelled down the US west coast, across the southwest into texas, down to florida, up the east coast and to New York all by public transport. He also lived on a deserted island with no running water, bed, or electricity for four months all for his girlfriend (things didn't work out) but he had some good stories.
Our first stop was Yering Station. It was really beautiful and I think, in the end, was my favorite wine, particularly the Shiraz. We probably tried around 8 wines there and met a man and his father from California. When I told him I was from North Canton he said he was recently there looking into buying a business. Naturally I asked him, since he likes wine, if he went to Gervasi. He hadn't heard of it and said he just went to an italian restaurant. Just a shot in the dark, I asked if it was Sylvester's and it was! So ironic!
Our next stop was Balgownie Estate, another beautiful winery. We tried another 8 or so wines and then had a really great lunch. We sat with a woman and her father. Again, they had some great traveling stories. He was originally from the Netherlands and now lives in Oklahoma of all places. She was born when their family lived in Perth, she became a travel agent, and for the last 17 years she has moved around to multiple countries but now she is back home in Perth for good... what a life.
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| Yering Farm |
Our third winery was Yering Farm. This winery was much more rustic and quaint. Besides wine, they also make their own cider from pink lady apples grown on their orchards. It. Was. Amazing. Kendall bought a six pack... it's like candy. Last but not least, we ended the our at Domaine Chandon for some sparkling wine. We got to see the vats where the wine is fermented and learned about how vintage wine goes through a second fermentation. The sparkling wine was amazing an the vineyard was beautiful, it's where we took most of our pictures.
When we got back to Deakin we were having a trivia and karaoke night... my two favorite things. Declan and Molken tore up the karaoke all night, just sayin'. We just hung out playing games for a while and then eventually headed to bed. We woke up bright and early for breakfast, of course. We went to Snow Pony with Zach and Rob and it was SO GOOD. Zach and Rob both had us do psychological personality tests during breakfast and they were pretty accurate for most likely being made up off the top of Zach's head. Since breakfast we've pretty much just been sitting at home attempting to write our final essays. We'll be getting up early again to head to Wilson's Promontory, the southern most point of mainland Australia with Zach and Rob.
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| inside the second fermentation room... those are all bottles of wine! |
Molly
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