Illawarra Wine Reviews

The next winery on the Club46 Winery tour itinerary was the newly established Two Figs winery. This was a smaller winery than the others but the wine definitely held its own when it came to its wines. My favourite was called ‘Sunday Afternoon’ and would have to be one of the nicest sweet wines I’ve had in a long time.





Vat of wine

Today we visited a lovely winery just outside of Gerringong NSW Australia on the winery tour with club46 ( www.club46.com.au ). Our winery tour ticket included three wineries (Coolongatta Estate, Two Figs and Crooked River Winery), a sumptuous lunch including a starter of bread and semi dried tomato butter, a choice of four mains and a cup of coffee. I chose the tasting platter for 2 and was very impressed with the serving size and quality of food which included smoked salmon, chicken lyonnaise, eggplant, pate, salt and pepper calamari.



Crooked River Winery Cafe - Tasting plate with crusty Turkish bread, grilled and marinated eggplant and peppers (not included), petuna smoked Atlantic salmon, lyonnaise chicken, salt and pepper calamari, pate and five-spiced pork

I could not find fault with one morsel of this tasting plate. Everything was delicious and it was heartily enjoyed. My favourite part was the five-spiced pork but it was all delicious.

Other mains enjoyed at my table are pictured below

Twice Cooked Five-Spice Pork Belly with a warm chorizo, kipfler and green bean salad, chilli, palm sugar and apple caramel

Truffled Lyonnaise Chicken with parsnip puree, oven dried roma tomatoes, young spinach and garlic dressing

'Michael's Grilled Beef Burger' with onion jam, bacon, omelette, vintage cheddar and fries

The view was breathtaking. I could have stayed there all day.

www.crookedriverwines.com/

http://www.crookedriverwinescafe.com.au/

A sister site to Illawarra Food Reviews, this blog will explore local wineries and the food and wines they offer.

May 2008 I went on a winery tour with Club46. The four wineries visited were:

1. Coolangatta Winery

2. Two Figs Winery

3. Crooked River Winery

4. Silos Estate