Day trip to Tizzana Winery
Yesterday we joined our good friends Ernst and Sue on a trip to find mushrooms in the Blue Mountains just west of Sydney. It turned out too cold for mushrooms so that part of the journey was quickly given up. Sue took us on a journey through the foothills of the Blue Mountains to a small winery in Ebenezer called Tizzana. What a delightful find! It reminded me of a small winery in the Russian River area of Sonoma where I once found a fantastic Pinot Noir.
The vineyard runs along a lake that feeds the Hawkesbury River and the old sandstone building that houses the winery must be over a century old.
The Auld family have owned and managed this for over 40 years, and they also run a Bed & Breakfast from ere, serving a degustation menu for dinner. They set a table for us outside in the warm winter sun, and we had a delightful cheese and cold meat platter with a bottle of their rose wines.
What made it extra special was that we were the only ones there. None of the usual crowds one finds on a wine trip.
This part of New South Wales is not known for its wines, but the wines weren’t too bad. We tasted a Semillon, an off-dry Rose, and a couple of Italian varieties of red wines. Their specialty was some old fortified Shirazes which were very unusual, something like a White Port.
The Auld family have owned and managed this for over 40 years, and they also run a Bed & Breakfast from ere, serving a degustation menu for dinner. They set a table for us outside in the warm winter sun, and we had a delightful cheese and cold meat platter with a bottle of their rose wines.
What made it extra special was that we were the only ones there. None of the usual crowds one finds on a wine trip.
This part of New South Wales is not known for its wines, but the wines weren’t too bad. We tasted a Semillon, an off-dry Rose, and a couple of Italian varieties of red wines. Their specialty was some old fortified Shirazes which were very unusual, something like a White Port.
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