But more winery-to-winery contact is needed, if only to exchange information and foster collegiality, the way Californians, Oregonians and Washingtonians do routinely.
(You can find more wineries and contact details at vinhosdoalentejo.pt).
Over three days we had visited 10 cellars and tasted reds from five more wineries during dinner.
Because the grape name has become so meaningless, more wineries are adding information to their labels to set a wine apart.
With more wineries – the Lane (thelane.com.au) does top-notch paired food and wine in its restaurant – koalas and dingoes aplenty at Gorge Wildlife Park, and culture at artist Hans Heysen's home, The Cedars, it makes a varied day out.
A road trip in this direction provides a good excuse to pick up some bottles from the McLaren Vale wine region en route (see below), or there are more wineries when you get there.
Those are some of the options available, part of a trend that has seen more wineries expanding the visiting experience to include much more than tasting.
Obviously, Cali leads the league/country in grape juice facilities -- it's got more wineries (1,756) than all 49 other states combined.
Rutherford: More superlative wineries, along with amazing barbecued ribs at the perpetually packed Rutherford Grill.
Visitors may attain similar catharsis at the 16th annual Grape Stomp, a two-weekend extravaganza marking the end of the harvest at Becker Vineyards, one of the state's more popular wineries.
