Who are we?

We are Dan and Becks. Just over 5 years ago we both individually arrived in Australia on a backpacking adventure. Within a few weeks we 'hooked up' in Sydney and spent our year-long working holiday visa falling in love with Australia.

When our visa expired, we returned to London where we settled for a couple of years. However, within a few months of getting back to the UK we both realised that Australia was calling us back... We looked into migration options and after a grueling two-year process we returned as permanent residents. The Great Escape tells of our migration experience and first year in South Australia.

Year two of our time in South Australia was focussed on building our new home in the beautiful wine region of Mclaren Vale. Wine has always been a joint interest and the excitement of moving to a wine region is undescribable.

We are now embarking on a new chapter in our lives together - a chapter that we have nicknamed "Living the dream". This blog will aim to capture our time spent in Mclaren Vale - the places we go, the things we love and our general musings of life as it currently stands!

Enjoy,
Dan & Becks x

PS. By no means is this blog meant to provide a review of Mclaren Vale or any kind of critique. We love everything about this place and simply want to capture the stuff we do. If we don't like something, it won't feature on the blog - it's as simple as that!

Friday, July 31, 2009

Bikes and Booze

We had friends round last Saturday and after lunch we decided a bike ride to a couple of local wineries was in order.

Our first stop was Kangarila Road Winery. Huge cellar door in with a lovely outlook over the vines and they were particularly proud of their McLaren Vale Zinfandel.

Our second stop for the afternoon was the beautiful Hoffman's Wines, tucked away down Ingoldy Road. A lovely little place with a nice cellar door and I really fancy trying the Currant Shed Restaurant sometime soon. We loved the 2006 Shiraz and 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon so bought a couple of bottles - all be it a bit of a challenge carrying them home on bikes!

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