In early 2012, it added the famed Hickinbotham Vineyard in Australia's McLaren Vale to its holdings.

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Blessed Cheese provide bike hire and cheese boxes to the winos taking the walking and cycling track from McLaren Vale to Willunga, 6 km south.

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In 2001, Mr. Botham joined with Mr. Willis to launch a Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz made by Mr. Merrill's winery in the McLaren Vale.

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The town of Onkaparinga, in the heart of McLaren Vale, shows little pretense but the locavore movement has taken hold along with the craft winemaking.

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But arid Adelaide recycles over 30% of its water, and to its south, the vineyards of McLaren Vale are irrigated with the city's waste water.

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This is my challenge in McLaren Vale, a coastal valley of South Australia that has gained, or regained, cachet for its red wine in recent years.

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South Australia is synonymous with good vino so why not sample the local drops at a hospitable wine region like McLaren Vale, 37 km from Adelaide, and the gateway to the easy-on-the-eye Fleurieu Peninsula.

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