Pick a winery, any winery

At the first winery on our Margaret River tour
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We spent the day in the Margaret River area hopping from winery to winery.  Mike & I know NOTHING about wine.  Alyssa knows a bit more than we do.  Ray is the wine expert.

I've never liked red wine, but seeing as how we're in Australia's wine country, what better place to give it a shot.  I tried a handful of red wines at various wineries.  The verdict? I still don't like red wine.

I've never liked red wine, but seeing as how we're in Australia's wine country, what better place to give it a shot.

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The winner for "Best Winery Name" goes to .... drumroll please .... Swings & Roundabouts.  How fun is that?  They had all kinds of cheesy stuff hung up on the walls -- and the wine wasn't too bad either (the white that is, *wink*).

Our last stop (tasting at most ended between 4-5pm) was the Sandstone Winery.  They hadn't had many tasters that day (perhaps more people were drawn to the winery across the road with the, ahem, "Chick on a Stick") and since it was after 4pm when we were leaving, the taster lady (also owner of the vineyard) gave us each a bottle to take with us -- FOR FREE.  They'd been opened the previous day & wouldn't be good the next.  All four were basically full -- and each retailed for around $25 at the cellar door.  How nice was that!  One fun fact -- the label on the wine was a picture of 4 flat stones.  The owner told us each stone represented one of her children.

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Dinner tonight was a BBQ cooked by chef Ray.  We had steak, lamb, and hot dogs (which tasted like american breakfast sausage).  He also made some curry couscous.  For dessert - nectarine & peach crumble (they'd stopped at an orchard on their way to Mandurah).  How nice is that?