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Article: How do I like my wine? Steaming All aboard for a trip up Australia's Murray river by paddle steamer. Tim Heald feasts himself on fabulous food, drink and scenery
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2003
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Two tinny toots, a puff of steam from her wood-fired engine and
the paddle steamer Marion cast off from the docks at Mannum, South
Australia, and began to nudge her way up the mighty Murray river,
leaving a chorus line of pelicans circling disdainfully in her wake.
Twenty-nine passengers were aboard, as well as a volunteer captain
and crew. Most important of all, the boat carried a sommelier, a
maitresse d' and three chefs. This was not just any old river
excursion; this was a gastronomic weekend afloat under the auspices
of Robert O'Callaghan's Rockford Wines.
The Barossa valley, an hour's drive north-east of Adelaide, is
full of passionate and eccentric winemakers, but none more so than ...
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