Clare Valley Wine And Food

Clare Valley Wineries

Clare Valley's wine, specifically the Rieslings and Cabernet Sauvugnons, have been rated by international wine judges as among the world's best. The valley's wine have made it to the wine lists of five-star restaurants around the world and to the First Class compartments of Qantas aircraft.

Winery tradition in Clare Valley began in 1851 when the Jesuits priests first planted grapes in this valley. The Jesuits continue to this day to make sacramental wine at Sevenhill Cellars.

The valley's vineyards are nestled alongside the wild Australian bush land. The first-rate quality of Clare Valley wine is attributed to the continental climate with long hot days and cooling nights in summer-- giving wine excellent flavors.

To date, there are 41 wineries and 36 cellar doors in Clare Valley. Many of the valley's wineries are small-scale boutique producers. Cellar doors are operated out of stone cottages, sheds, modern structures and heritage buildings.

Famous wine labels like Tim Adams, Barry family, Jeffrey Grosset, Stephen John, Brother John May S.J., Andrew Mitchell, David O'Leary, Neil Paulett, Neil Pike, Paul Smith and Kerri Thompson call Clare Valley their home.

Have a look through the Clare Valley's many wineries and add them to your travel planner for your next holiday.

Clare Valley Restaurants

Clare Valley's land produces not only the best wine in the world, but it also produces some of the finest flocks, herds and crops in all of Australia.

Restaurants and food outlets in Clare Valley ensure that products and ingredients that are locally-made or locally-grown are used.

Gourmet food producers in this valley have also made use of the time-honored means of food processing such as the use of antique presses, real grindstones and the ever realable, the hand.

Clare Valley has a wide array of places to dine in, from top end historic hotels to picnic grounds at panoramic fields. Many cellar doors and farmhouses in Clare Valley also have restaurants with scenic views of the vineyards, bush land and rolling fields.