Wines of Australia from the Hunter

The Hunter Valley Wine Journey is over.  We had 3 days in the Hunter Valley staying at the Crown Plaza Resort that were fantastic.  Only the weather did not cooperate - rain showers - and I did not get to lay out at the pool.  But oh well, it gave us more wine tasting time!  We officially toured & tasted Tyrell, Wyndham, Tamberlaine, Rosemount/Lindeman's (owned by Fosters Beer), Draytons, and Ivanhoe Wines.  By far the very best wine of the lot was a Shiraz by Wyndham called Black Cluster.  It was like drinking butter grape juice.  It sells for $65/bottle and is only available at the Winery in Australia. 

The other wineries were spectacular and each had their stars but all that I liked were not exported to the US.  We are bringing back a bottle of Black Cluster and some incredible Ports.  But we are limited to what we can import into the US duty free so decisionshad to be made.  Our bus tour was great fun.  We startoutas 17 strangers and by sunset we were 17 tipsy friends from all parts of the world - Ireland, Lebanon,Australia, England & Korea.  Of course we toasted the Royal Wedding at every wday inery.

When we returned I watched every moment of the Royal Wedding.  I thought  it was awesome & Cate was beautiful.

Yesterday (Sunday) we returned to WW to do our last laundry, wash Wayne's car, clean up the house & pack up our suitcases.  We did find a few moments to go down and feed the Kangaroos in Morriset.

So I am typing this my last Australian Adventure post while in my Sydney Airport Hotel.  Monty & I fly out in the morning to LA.  We are sad to leave Australia but know that our 7 weeks here have been a lifetime dream come true & we are ready to return to see our family & friends, our TV stations, our newspapers, and really good dirty martini.

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