Butcher, Baker, Winemaker Trail

Discover the region's delicious food and wine!

Welcome to the Barossa Valley, a food and wine lover's paradise. The region boasts an authentic culture that has been evolving for the past 170 years. The Barossa is blessed with fertile soils and a Mediterranean climate, with warm dry summers, and mild, wet winters.

In spring the vines are bursting with bright green buds and the fruits in the orchards are in blossom. In summer, there is an abundance of produce - apricots, peaches, plums, tomatoes, cucumbers - delicious fresh, dried, or made in to preserves and pickles, and yabbies in the local creeks and dams.

The air is heavy in autumn with the smell of fermenting wine as vintage begins. Plump quinces, figs, nuts, apples, pears and olives flourish during this fertile season.

To complete the seasonal calendar, harvest continues in winter with lemons, oranges, limes and other citrus fruits growing heavy in limbs of old trees in country orchards.

The food and wine experiences you will have in the Barossa Valley are as diverse as its seasons, enjoy!

The VIP Experience

Want the VIP treatment? Purchase your Barossa Valley Butcher, Baker Winemaker Trail Voucher Book for $65 (worth over $100 value) at the Barossa or Gawler Visitor Information Centres in region or the Corner Bakery Shop in Williamstown.

Redeem your first voucher for a fabulous souvenir hamper (for you to keep!) which contains a stainless steel cheese knife, mini chopping board, napkins and dipping bowl and features the following delectable local treats...

• Kurianda Olive Oil and Bush Dukkah
• Barossa Valley Cheese Company Cheese Round (Baby Bert or St Kits)
• Gully Gardens Dried Apricots
• Barossa Country Biscuits Cheese Discs
• Steiny's Traditionally Smoked Bierstick

Then... you can choose your own adventure by travelling the region picking up a free bottle of wine (to the value of $20) from one of 20 Barossa Valley wineries additional goodies and enjoy plenty of other special VIP experiences just for you!

What are the VIP experiences in the voucher book?

Download the Barossa Butcher, Baker Winemaker Trail brochure!

The goodies in the fabulous VIP Hamper!

Tour Genie® GPS Unit

Sit back, relax in your car and let some of Barossa's most famous characters guide you from Adelaide to the Barossa with a Butcher, Baker, and Winemaker Tour Genie ® GPS unit. the units will be available for hire for $35.00 from a number of leading Adelaide hotels, SA Travel Centre and the Adelaide Airport from 1 March 2010.