Swan Valley is home to many wineries, distilleries, breweries, food producers and cafes. My expectations of this "destination" is that it's full of factories with hands on things we could do but all the places we visited were really quick cause there really wasn't much - still, it was a nice area to explore!
Our first stop was House of Honey.
What I expected of this place is that it's a factory.. where we could see how they made their honey etc but all they had was a honey tasting section which was probably the highlight and nothing fancy.
Our next stop was the Cheese Barrel, also another underwhelming spot because they had the tiniest tasting area and was more like a restaurant than a "destination". Their selection of cheese is amazing though but super overpriced!
We then visited Sandalford Winery (which is also available at Margaret River)! Went for their wine tasting and they have the best sweet red. Tasting fees are waived if you purchase any bottle of wine, pretty worth it I'd say. We skipped the wine tour since we already went for a similar one in Khao Yai the year before. Nonetheless, we enjoyed the experience at Sandalford thoroughly!
This was the start of our insane wine buying because #Australia!
Took a peak inside their dining hall and there was a wedding happening, so insanely pretty!!??!
My mum was also obsessed with how huge and nice their land was so she forced me to take a picture. My sisters were so done so they went to the car first, haha! On a side note, my mum takes way better pictures than my sisters...
Our last stop was FUNK Cider - a cidery boasting 12 taps of preservative-free, natural ciders made from cold-pressed juice! We ordered a tasting paddle of 6, all were unique in their own ways. Super awesome pre-dinner drinks!
Headed back to the city for dinner! Spectacular sunset and view during the journey ^_^
We had Ciao Italia for dinner! They don't sell alcohol but they allow BYOB (and I realise a lot of restaurants in Perth does that, love it). Dad and I went to the liquor shop nearby to buy a bottle of wine for dinner = $10 for a decent bottle of red. Crazy!
They are known to have insanely huge serving portions so we ordered 1 x Calamari as a starter, 1 x Squid ink pasta, 2 x Pizzas for 5 of us and we had half a pizza left HAHA. Nonetheless, my family was up for the famous tiramisu because.. it's famous. Tasted amazing though, no regrets though I was so full I could vomit after our meal at Ciao Italia.
Super packed first day but so fruitful!
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