Turkey Flat Vineyards

One of the things that stands out with this winery is that it happens to have some of the oldest vines in the Barossa, not that you could probably work it out simply by driving through. Then again, I'm not much of an expert in the age of plants. The cellar door is rather small, but they do have a nice area outside where you can sit and enjoy some wine. In fact, the wine itself isn't all that bad either. While it is close to Tanunda, it is still a bit of a hike from the town, but then again you pretty much need a car to get anywhere in the Barossa.

came here on a weekend trip to the Barossa. It's got a quaint and rustic feel to it which makes it all the more enjoyable to sip wine in :D Lovely selection of wines and interesting backstory to the whole place which used to be a butchers!! Left here with a dessert wine which I will be coming back to get more of - awesome.

This was the first winery I visited years ago that actually gave me palletable information on the ins and outs of the winery's various vintages and complexities. It is such a heaving, complex beast, the winery, if you ever get a chance to check out the guts of one on your travels. Everything from planting, protecting, feeding and nurturing (I'm not kidding, Turkey Flat sprayed sunscreen on their vines last vintage! Who woulda thunk it!?) the vines, to the picking, producing, fermenting, bottling, marketing etc etc etc, there are a LOT of moving parts! And to try and understand them is why some people spend years at university learning the craft. However, most wineries won't give you all of their dirty little secrets (alright, some of them might, but they don't want to ruin their chance of a sale so it's unlikely!) that most of the winery workers know. Turkey Flat is the exception for me here. Not that there were any dirty little secrets to be told this time around, but the cellar door attendant, despite only doing 1 day a week, was extremely knowledgable about all of the wines and provided us with some great info on the various vintages, grapes and also general goings on in the area, following the Annual Barossa Vintage Festival which was held last weekend. Go check out the website for more info on the wines, and do yourself a favour and pop in here while you're up in the BV. It's a worthwhile experience and you will taste some truly magic wines.

In my humble opinion, this is one of just a handful of the most worthwhile Cellar doors to visit in the Barossa. I enjoy the boutique wineries that have a small selection of really high quality wines that they have built their reputation around. This style of producer has a real drive to maintain a consistent product of exceptional quality, just like the wines made at Turkey Flat. The cellar door is housed in the old family butcher shop, so it's not big... The rose is hands down a favourite for sunny days and walks that line that is just sweet enough for my friends and just dry enough for me to enjoy it. As is typical of the region they also make excellent examples of wine from Shiraz, grenache and mouvedre grapes. They do a delicious sparkling shiraz and a handful of fortifieds, as well as the well priced 'butchers block' bottles.