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Inducted into SA Great Hall of Fame
The team at Rich & Lingering have been at it again. We recently received accolades from both the regional and state tourism awards. Rich & Lingering received a silver medal at the South Australian tourism awards in the Tour Operator category....
Adelaide Hills Crush
Crush 09 will continue to build on the success of this key Adelaide Hills Festival. In addition to providing a wonderful showcase for the very best the Region has to offer on the Australia Day weekend, Crush 09 is taking an innovative direction in o...
Regional Tourism Award Success
The 2008 SA Great Regional Tourism Services Award was recently awarded to Rich & Lingering by Catriona Rowntree, presenter of Channel 9’s travel program “Getaway”.Catriona presented the award to Jason Miller of Rich & Lingering at the o...
Barossa in Top 10 Wine Regions of the World
The Barossa has been named one of the world’s top 10 wine destinations by the world’s largest online travel community, TripAdvisor. The iconic South Australian wine region was the only Australian destination to make it onto the prestigious list, ...
World Food Exchange in Adelaide
The inaugural World Food Exchange is a unique, must attend event for South Australia's food and wine producers and the culinary tourism industry. The event will bring together leading international and Australian experts in the development of high qu...
Tempranillo: A Classy & Luscious Red
New to Australia: A young, classy and juicy individual of Mediterranean origin, desperately seeking a quiet dinner for two. Will mature to be a beautiful rich and luscious foodie partner, no walks on the beach necessary. Spain's classy indigenous Tem...
Barossa Valley Wine Tour
No matter where in the world you travel, you can be certain to find a bottle of wine from the Barossa Valley in a bottle store. Whether you are in Giggleswick, (North Yorkshire, England) or Greymouth (New Zealand) the Barossa brand is internationall...
Autumn in McLaren Vale
Well, its now officially autumn, and vintage is almost over in McLaren Vale.The cooling summer breezes from the Gulf St Vincent and the often quite strong gully winds that come down off the Willunga Hills in the afternoon and evening. These both comb...
Viognier extinct!
20 years ago the Viognier white grape variety was almost wiped out. With as little as 35 acres in France remaining it was another unloved variety about to disappear. That would have been a great shame as people had only started to be able to pronounc...
10 Key Wine Terms to Help You Bluff with the Best
So you DO know the first thing about wine, but need to know the second. Well, try slipping these terms into you next wine discussion – preferably not all in the one sentence.Acidity - Acidity is like the ‘pucker level’ of a wine, or how much it...
Rich & Lingering Receives Another Tourism Award
The 2007 SA Great Regional Tourism Services Award for the Adelaide Hills was recently awarded to Rich & Lingering by Catriona Rowntree, presenter of Channel 9’s travel program “Getaway”. Catriona presented the award to Jason Miller of Rich ...
Sherry for Summer
Sherry is disappearing, not evaporating, it is just not being purchased by consumers. The super sweet sherry which Great Aunt Nora used to consume from the early afternoon onwards doesn't really count. True sherry takes its name from the town of Je...
2007 South Australian Vintage – the good, the bad, and the interesting
The good news with this years vintage was that most areas had rest over Easter. The fruit was picked and in the winery a good three or four weeks early in most regions. Volumes were down significantly, down to almost a third of the average. It was...
Wine tasting 101
Wine tasting is rigorous gruelling work! When you do it for a job, you sometimes forget that what you now do as second nature had to be learned in order to get the most from the experiences. So here’s a quick introductory lesson on maximising you...
Sparkling Red Wine - what the!
So what do you do when as a State you already make some of the best red wines in the world? Make a sparkling red! This underlies the fact that as with any great product a fantastic base product, or ingredient, is essential. By using great fruit, wh...
Adelaide Hills Wine Region
Who would swap a view of Sydney Harbour, with the Harbour Bridge on one side, and the Opera House on the other, for a view of the Adelaide Hills? Only someone passionate about great food and wine. The Adelaide Hills is an environment that easily surp...
