Finally the day has arrived! Lovedale Long Lunch!
What is Lovedale, I am sure I heard you all think!! Well its an event held in the beautiful Hunter Valley. The perfect day for wine, food lovers, friends and fun. Groups take buses and experience 3 wineries on the day.
The day started at 9am with breakfast beers and the bus drive out to Lovedale, in which we picked people up on the way.
Our first winery was Allandale, www.allandalewinery.com.au.
My goddness it was packed! The food smelt great to coming in. It took a while to find a seat but finally did and we sat down to enjoy a Sparkling wine and Braised Lamb Shanks. It was divine! This was by far my fave place of the day.
The day was overcast and misty, the rain set in and all the umbrellas and ponchos came out. Made the day even more of an adventure.
We neighbored with many Elmo. Then hung out with the Vikings!
Not only was the food and wine divine at Allandale but the views were the best treat!
After 2 hours we then moved onto the next winery Gartelmann. www.gartelmann.com.au
Best Moscato EVER! Went down so easy.
We had a great time here. The toilet queues were long, but the music was great. Unfortunately the food we had Crab and prawn cakes were not really nice. The stage area was full of Wally's from wheres wally. Its lovely to see so many people go to a huge effort to dress up for the day. Dark rain clouds threaten the afternoon.
We spent 2 hours also at this place and headed back to the bus. Only for there to be one person from out bus missing! So the search was on to find him. I think about half an hour later he was found talking shit to other people.
Then you would not believe it, but on the way out our bus got bogged!
They tried to push her out, but she was well and truly stuck!
After a short wait they bought us in the big guns!
After we finally got out of there we headed to Saltire. www.saltirewines.com.au
After all the stuffing around we got an hour at this place. The moscato was absolute shit! Made us all feel sick and was very hard to stomach. Sorry Saltire!
By the time we got to Saltire most of us were well and trully toasted, thats for sure. The meal we had here was baked Salmon. Delicious! However not something I want to be eating with a belly full of wine. I knew it was bound to end badly. hahaha.
They day soon came to and end. The boys kicked up a stink when we were told it was time to go.
The worst part of the whole day.... the bus drive home! It was a bit hairy. I knew I had a great day when i was behind a tree spewing up salmon & cheesecake!
Lovedale really is a great day out. I recommend anyone try it just once. Make a day full of memories!
http://www.lovedalelonglunch.com.au/
Oh and always remember to drink responsibly... HA!
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