The seasonally changing colours of the Barossa create a vibrant patchwork made up of gently undulating hills with rolling vineyards, farms, pastoral land and forests quilting the countryside. Golden sunlight falls across the landscape, creating a relaxed atmosphere that pairs perfectly with long al fresco lunches enjoyed with wine and friends or a loved one.
With The Louise as luxury base, guests make their way between cellar doors, restaurants, farmers markets and art galleries. Visitors can float over the patchwork landscape in a hot air balloon, enjoy a sunrise picnic breakfast with ‘the locals’ or try being winemaker for a day on a behind-the-scenes experience.
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Breakfast and an up-close encounter with the ‘locals’ is a wonderful way to start the day in the Barossa. Kangaroos are often spotted hopping between vineyards, or in the pristine surrounding bushland.
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The historic Seppeltsfield estate is home to the world’s largest collection of fortified wine dating back to 1878, and offers guests the chance to taste their birth year wine direct from the barrel.
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Izway winemaker Craig Isbel describes his approach to viticulture as ‘bucket chemistry’. Join Craig on a personal tour of some of the valley’s prized vineyards during the very busy harvest season.
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Running each Saturday for around 150 years, the Barossa Farmers Market has been a weekly gathering for the community and visitors to meet local producers, ensuring food is seasonal and singing fresh.
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Discover a whole range of attractions in the valley on two wheels on a tour with Bike About Barossa. From a tour of Yalumba's cooperage to tastings of local cheeses, chocolates and wines.
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The Henschke Hill of Grace Experience offers guests at The Louise exclusive access to one of Australia’s most revered vineyards, Hill of Grace. A tour of the working winery and private tasting is included.
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Two Hands Wines invites guests at The Louise on a private, personalised experience of tasting the acclaimed single vineyard wines in situ, in the very vineyards from which they were produced.
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Translating as ‘our home’, Casa Carboni is an Italian Cooking School and Enoteca in the beautiful Barossan town of Angaston, operating since 2012 by Italian chef Matteo Carboni and his Australian wife Fiona.
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Surrounded by sundrenched vineyards and golden farmlands, The Louise is an ideal location for a wellness retreat. The Louise partners with local company Barossa Beauty to offer spa care and wellness activities.
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For generations, the close-knit Barossa community has fostered the success of its artists and artisan makers, musicians and writers. Cultural centres and galleries including the nearby JamFactory host exhibitions by local artists and creatives.
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Set within the picturesque grounds of Seppeltsfield, Vasse Virgin is a skin and spa care company using Barossa botanicals for a natural beauty product range. Workshops offer guests a chance to make their own.
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One of Australia’s best known wine labels, Yalumba has its heart in the Barossa Valley. The historic, family-owned winery features tastings, tours and events. At The Louise, The Signature Tour is a popular choice for guests.
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The Barossa region, with its Mediterranean climate and familiar landscape, was a popular destination for European settlers, establishing a rich heritage and real blend of Australian and European cultures over time. The Barossa Valley was first settled by German Lutherans in 1842 and German language, culture and cuisine is very much at the heart of the Barossa community.
The people who live, work and create in the Barossa make up a rich, diverse and close-knit tapestry that makes the region such a warm and rewarding place to visit. The community works together, supporting each other and working with each other’s produce for shared benefit. Chefs and artists work alongside food producers, winemakers and specialist tour operators, creating a community of thriving personally owned, small businesses.
Aside from its range of wines, the Barossa is renowned for its gourmet foods – often sustainably grown, with small-scale producers embracing the artisan techniques of their European and English forebears to create specialty goods which are a delight in everyday menus. A visit to the Barossa Markets each Saturday reveals goodies including small goods and preserves, organic milks, yoghurts and cheeses and singing fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables. Read about our Dining Philosophy.
The Barossa Valley is home to some of the world’s most treasured grapevines including the earth’s oldest, continuously producing Shiraz, Grenache, Mataro, Cabernet Sauvignon and Semillon vineyards. Today, visitors’ shoes, clothing and car tyres can spread diseases, including phylloxera.
These pests could devastate the Barossa’s ancient vineyards and the broader wine growing region. Protecting the Barossa’s vines and its heritage is simple and a vital cause for us all to own: please don’t walk, ride or drive amongst the vines. Cheers to that!
A Mediterranean climate best describes weather in the Barossa, with its warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters ideal for viticulture as well as fruit and vegetable and livestock farming. Its warm sunshine makes its viticultural temperature slightly warmer than wines regions Bordeaux in France and the Margaret River Western Australia. The busy harvest season runs from mid-February to late April. A community of producers, Barossans are in tune with the seasons and in keeping with tradition continue to keep an eye on the nature’s cycles, moon, the harvest and the long-term forecast. A Mediterranean climate best describes weather in the Barossa, with its warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters ideal for viticulture and farming. The busy harvest season runs from mid-February to late April.
Summer days are long and sunny, with warm to hot daytime temperatures and slightly cooler evenings. The landscape is lined with green vineyards laden with ripening grapes, orchards are heavy with stone fruit and the patchwork of farmlands turns a light gold. The wine harvest begins late in the season.
Daytime temperatures range from 26-29°C in summer.
Autumn days are easy in the Barossa, with mild days and cooler evenings. The grape harvest continues and orchards yield crops of apples, pears, quinces and figs, and mushrooms spring up in forests making rewarding foraging. The annual Tanunda Agricultural Show is a season highlight for locals and visitors.
Daytime temperatures range from 17-26°C in autumn.
Winter is chilly in the Barossa, making it a perfect time to relax by a crackling open fire with a glass of the region’s signature shiraz. The landscape is wintry, with vines pruned and the many deciduous trees bare. It’s a wonderful season for brisk walks, wine tasting and long, decadent dining.
Daytime temperatures range from 12-16°C in winter.
Spring in the Barossa is fine, with warmer days signalling buds to burst on the vineyards, bright green leaves to spread along the wines and fruit trees to blossom in pinks, whites and reds. It’s a season to enjoy outdoor activities alongside wine tasting and long, al fresco lunches.
Daytime temperatures range from 17-24°C in spring.
There are many ways to reach the Barossa Valley. From Adelaide, a hub for international and domestic flights, travellers can make their way to the Barossa by car, private transfer or even by bike!
Generously spacious and offering relaxed luxury with a chic Southern Europe vibe, villa-style suites open on to sun-dappled private courtyards and look out to the vineyards criss-crossing the country landscape.
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The culinary experience for guests at The Louise and its destination restaurant Appellation has been essential since first opening in 2006. The local, seasonal, and artisan-produced ingredients reflect a genuine sense of the Barossa and its people.
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Experience first-hand the journey from vine to vino with guided winery tours; float high about the valley in a hot air balloon or get the wheels rolling on a bike tour and cruise at your leisure.
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