McLaren Vale Wineries

Australia is pretty famous for wine. Well, the weekend before the holidays, the work crowd went down to McLaren Vale. It's about a 30 minute drive south of Adelaide. It's smaller than the Barossa Valley, the really famous place to our north -- but that's about a 1 1/2-hour drive. Here we are at D'Ardenberg just kicking back.

This is the mob at the Coriole winery. Left to Right are: Matthiew (husband of), Pauline -- they are both from Paris & Pauline is a post doc with me, Stacey (in the back & obscured) -- she's a recent graduate who's a research assistant, Vanessa (in white) is the fiance' of, Peter who is also a research assistant. Thanks for organizing, Peter!

BEFORE
Peter was kind enough to bring some snacks along -- and also beer. Good Lord! More booze! Coopers Pale Ale is probably my favorite beer here so far -- AND! they apparently sell it at Central Market in Austin. RECEPTION. YES!

AFTER
I like being a "gent." It sounds very stately. "Yes Sir. Would you like another glass of wine?"

If you get tired of being called a gent, you head to The Bloke Shop. A "bloke" is kinda like a guy or dude. And here they can get traditional bloke wear. None of those fancy clothes. Just workwear and workboots.