Australia's While Gold Mine - Yarra Valley (Melbourne)

Melbourne was known for its Gold rush in the old days, but in present its well known for its White Gold (& Red too). If you are dreaming about the liquid gold with alcohol content then you would have guessed it right, yes I am talking about the Wine Fields in Yarra Valley.

To experience the same, I was on-board for the one day trip to the Yarra Valley. The tour bus picked me around 9:30 AM from the St Paul Cathedral near the Federation Square. There were around 20 odd number of people, even being on a weekday. The tour instructor was quite funny and made sure everyone felt like home.

It took around 45-60 minutes to reach the first winery stop - 'Punt Road'. We were given the first few tips about the wine tasting, surely it sounded much better than the history classes back in the school days.

We were given the first instruction to have a small sip and try to swallow without keeping in the mouth as there are more taste receptors in the back of the throat. You need to make sure you hold the wine glass through its stem to avoid transferring the body heat to the wine. Once you have the first sip to identify the wine taste and texture, you can try second sip and give it some time before you swallow it. Other thing to be considered while tasting wine to inhale through the nose, don't be afraid to make some noise like u are sipping the cup of tea :) We were loving the wine tasting experience as we got the chance to try 2 white and 2 red wines.

After the first winery, we head out for the second winery at the Balgowne estate. Its a delight to see the affection and passion of wine makers towards the liquid gold (well its not the black liquid gold as world is going crazy for)

We also got to taste the Sparkling wine and was amazed to know so many minutes details about Wine. We were given lot of options to choose the lunch menu, which included dishes containing Lamb or Chicken or Fish or Risotto. I quickly made my mind to go with the famous fish and chips along with the red wine suggested by the host.

We had the third stop at the Yering Farm where we had some special wine, pardon me for forgetting the names and details as i was tipsy ;)

For the last and the special one, we were hosted by the Chandon wine where we get to see the process behind the wine making machines and storage area. The popping sound of cork form sparkling wine bottle is just a delight music to the ears.

After we finished the tour, we called off the day and head back to the city around 4PM. I would strongly recommend to book this trip if you are visiting Melbourne :)

Adios....

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