Swan Valley Day 2

32c today, last day on the bikes as the thought of riding in 34-36c wasn't really appealing!

Harris organic wines
First stop 11km bike ride to Baskerville, with 1.5km to go , can you believe we got a second flat from the winery.
Thankfully we were armed and dangerous with a pump and spare.

Greeted by the owner and his very friendly dog , sadly the owner had as much ump as a wet dish cloth.
Thankfully his wine didn’t match his enthusiasm towards his customers, again we were the only people there! We purchased half a dozen different wines including a dessert wine which I would never of chosen if not of had a tasting,

After our wine tasting we got to work fixing our second puncture in the shade under the QUERCUS SUBER Cork Oak.
The bark from this tree is used for the production of wine corks.

We returned the following day in the mystery bus to collect our wine via the house of honey and to our surprise it’s as if the owner had received a personality transplant during the night! A totally different greeting and during the conversation he did say “he wished more of the public were like us!?” but then again we did purchase 6 bottles of wine, maybe that’s a clue! But hats off to him he makes incredible organic wine and his logo is really cool even if he was a miserable fart!

Second stop- Sittella Winery
Wizzing down the HWay we arrived rather wind swept to our next location, walking into a rather flash winery looking like you literally has been pulled though a bush backwards wasn’t the look I was really going for as it was coming apparent that this type of winery was attracting the WW!? ( Wine wankers) if at 50years.
If there is one thing I’ve learnt to be comfortable with is “I don’t give a fuck” I been there got the t shirt , worked and played hard in some really ,what some people would love to label as “refined, exclusive” take me as I am, I’m coming though!

Founded in 1998, Sittella is one of Western Australia’s newest, privately owned wineries. Owners Simon and Maaike Berns have the support of an enthusiastic team of professionals to create and produce high quality traditional wine styles, from both their own and contract vineyards throughout the Swan Valley and Margaret River Region and the Deep South. The winery is named after a small Australian bird, the Sittella, which abounds in the nearby tree-lined Swan River.

Over the two days we must of covered over 50km’s. Even though the temperature was bordering on v hot , with the wind and tastings life was great wizzing around Swan Valley, up and down hills, over bridges , passing working wineries all the time being assisted by a small power pack lodged between one’s legs whilst modeling the latest gonky head wear.Læs mere