Try “Tour de Foodies” for an eclectic experience

Up market, Adelaide-based operator Taste of South Australia  has launched its new “Tour de Foodies” range featuring seven different wine, culinary, spa and golf experiences.

These educational and informative tours, which range for one-day to five-night tours, include celebrity chefs, wine makers and other selected experts, offering authentic and sometimes adventurous experiences.

Those involved include Andrew Fielke, innovative founder of the Red Ochre Grill who pioneered gourmet Australian native cuisine, and Rosa Matto, a major influence on Adelaide’s culinary scene with her focus on Asian and Mediterranean foods.  Others include foodie Mark Gleeson, chef Andrew Hudson and winemaker Paul Lelacheur.

Tour de Foodies experiences include:

Collect, Create and Cook, a day tour which begins with a trip to Adelaide Central Markets for a ‘chef’s eye’ to selecting fresh produce to be used in Rosa Matto’s cooking class later in the day.  The focus is on cultural diversity so unfamiliar ingredients are a feature.  The class ends with a meal, the results of the day’s efforts, served with local wine. A$743 per person.

Collect, Create and Cook Consistently, from two to 5-days, this tour combines the market visit and Rosa Matto’s cooking class with meetings with some of Adelaide’s up and coming chefs, and explores Asian, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food trails.  There are cooking schools at Chapel Hill and Thornpark Country House and wine tours in the Clare and McLaren Vale. Per day cost vary depending on inclusions, but 2 day/1 night is A$2,132 per person.

Wine Icons, a one or 3-day tour. South Australia is the wine capital of Australia, the majority of the country’s wine icons are found there.  This tour encompasses Penfolds Grange (the first non Californian, non French wine to be named best red wine in the world), Barossa’s Wolf Blass and Jacob’s Creek labels, Shaw & Smith and Petaluma.

Royal Golf, from 2-7 days, this tour includes rounds on selected Royal golf courses in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth, as well as golf clinics, private winery visits and fine dining. Australia’s Royal Golf courses are renowned for being exclusive, beautiful and challenging.

Golf and Gourmet Celebrity Chef, a one or 3-day tour, begins with a round at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club, ranked in Australia’s top five, and features a master class in Australian native cuisine with Andrew Fielke. Touring and gourmet lunches included. Prices start from A$967 per person for one day.

Wine and Wellness, a one or 4-day tour, starts each morning with a bush walk through the picturesque Adelaide Hills followed by simple, healthy gourmet breakfasts.  Aquador Retreat is a Wellness Centre specialising in hydrotherapy with a signature bathhouse treatment.  Days are spent being pampered in the spa or relaxing in the gardens, whilst evenings are spent enjoying contemporary Australian cuisine by Bernard Oehrli and fine cool climate wines from the Adelaide Hills. Prices start from A$1,024 per person for one day.

Best of everything South Australia has to offer is a 6-day tour which incorporates the Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and McLaren Vale wine regions, a cooking school, spa treatments, local produce markets and gourmet dining. Highlights include accommodation at Thornpark Country House, lunch at the award winning Bridgewater Mill restaurant in the Adelaide Hills, a visit to Maggie Beer’s shop and dinner in the renowned Appellation restaurant in the Barossa and a walk or cycle along the Clare Valley’s Reisling Trail.

• Prices are per person, minimum 2 pax
• For bookings greater than 2 pax travelling, discounts apply
• Price includes: experienced wine tour guide/driver, wine & tourism information kit, pre & post tour assistance, wine tasting, refreshments en-route and gourmet lunches
• Over night tour rates include luxury accommodation and breakfast.

Visit: http://www.tastesa.com.au/