Adelaide Travel Forum

My wife and I will be in Adelaide Oct 12-14 and are thinking of taking the Barossa Wine Train trip (1/2 day or full.) Has anyone ever done this?
We know we could tour wine area via tour bus but we're kind of train buffs and enjoy train travel. Any advice would be most appreciated.

Jim

I don,t think that tour is in operation anymore, I live in the Barossa Valley and have not seen the train for a long time. If you decide to do the bus tour I can recommend doing the one that visits Chateau Yaldara, this was built by a German guy, Hermann Thumm, and houses antiques and the largest collection of Meissen porcelain in the world. The winery is still conducted in traditional ways.

Can't help on the Barossa, but as you're "train people" it may be worth a trip to the Pichi Richi Railway http://www.prr.org.au/cms/index.php

No, the wine train is not operating any more.

VT members in Adelaide have done a wine tour. Type an email to Adelaidean (VT member) and she will tell you which one they have done. I know they had a great time.

My husband and I took a Prime Mini Bus tour (http://www.primeminitours.com/tours.htm) which we only booked after arriving in Adelaide. For $70 you got a nice drive with some commentary, lunch, and stops at four wineries (Wolf Blass being the large one, but the three smaller ones were much nicer). I liked that there were only about 16 people on the tour and that you could sample as many wines as you would like and not worry about the driving!