Rosemount started in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, and grew into a big company. Yet it is taken over by Fosters that gets it fruit from different parts of Australia to make a huge range of wines, of which some you can find in Dutch supermarkets. In McLaren Vale there is a huge Rosemount winery and even the cellar door screams: BIG!

Many of the wines you taste are not typical McLaren Vale, but especially show how broad Rosemount is: a Chardonnay from the Limestone Coast or from the Adelaide Hills, a Cabernet Sauvignon from Coonawarra...

Yet there are also some local wines, including a nice GSM (Grenache, Shiraz, Mourvedre) and the flagship Balmoral Shiraz, made from decades-old vines in the vicinity. For the rest the Rosemount cellar door is especially fun for those who love gadgets and gift packagings.

Cellar Door  open: Mon-Sat 10-17 hours, Sun 11-17 hours

This article was created in July 2010 by journalist Remke de Lange. For more wine articles: www.remkedelange.nl. This article is copyrighted