TDU - Day 4

After such a tiring day yesterday today’s plan was to chill out and enjoy some wine tasting and that’s just what we did.
After our German breakfast in Hahndorf we headed to one of South Australia’s well known wine regions named McLaren Vale, not only is it the breeding ground for a number of tops wines but several of Kylie’s favourites too.

Wirra Wirra winery (formed in 1840) was the first stop on the trail and lived up to the history. After a few tastes of various wines it was time for a photo holding the massive 6 litre bottle before moving on to our second stop. http://www.wirrawirra.com/












Back on to the tour…..Today’s stage started and finished in Willunga and the route perfectly went along our wine trail, so when we spotted the “5km to finish” sign we just had to stop.

Not long later two breakway riders passed by, with as little as 5km to go these two had a minutes lead and would surely take the stage. Several small groups followed, one of which started emptying their bottle cages so I luckily scored myself a souveneur “Tour Down Under” team bottle!
The peleton soon passed by along with smaller groups who had fallen off the back and although it wasn't particularly long at 140km’s with only climb, a second day of 42˚ was breaking the field apart.

So again onto the wine trial…..with the next stop being Kylie’s favourite, Tapestry winery. As they’d advertised a tapa’s platter, we just had to stop to enjoy some food, wine and the perfect view over looking the winery’s below. http://www.tapestrywines.com.au

With two winery’s down it was time to head home but not before Kylie insisted we do a drive-by passed the hospital where she was born. With her early years spent around this area it was something special for her to share that with us.

Later in the evening we hosted a BBQ with Kylie's family, Leigh's sister & husband. This time spent with them all made me feel part of the family, espeacially when the power went out for three hours – a cause of too many air conditiong units going apparently!