We headed south bright and early the next morning as we had a radio interview with Glynn Greensmith on ABC state wide and wanted to get in a good afternoon of wine tasting in Margaret River but alas on the way down the highway was closed due to a bushfire and then our trusty van started screaming at us, apparently not happy with it’s new air conditioning belt, so we only just made it to the interview and then had to rush to a mechanic to get the belt tightened. So we didn’t make it to Margaret River until after 5pm and manically drove from vineyard to vineyard hoping we’d find at least one that might sell us a bottle of wine. We were just about to throw in the towel, cut our losses, call it a day when we saw an open sign swaying happily in the breeze. We pulled off Caves Rd into the drive of Guinea Run vineyard, a gorgeous little family owned winery and were greeted by one of the owners who informed us that, actually they were closed and the family was sitting down to dinner, but she’d be happy to sell us some wine anyway. The vineyard was run as a biodynamic farm and we were assured that their wines were chemical free and wouldn’t cause hangovers. This was definitely up our alley so we tasted some yummy wines and ended up buying a bottle of Guinea Run Cabernet Sauvignon. We said our goodbyes and thankyous and mentioned that she’d just made our night complete as we were going to find a camp site and have a good old wine and cheese session and to top off the already wonderful hospitality she said if we were having cheese we really had to try their locally made stuff and gave us a nice chunk of caraway seeded cheddar free of charge.
We found a camp ground at Yulingup right near Caves House and set up for the night and with a glass of vino we nibbled on cheese as the night set in. We were intending to go over to Caves House and check out the place but were far too comfy in our folding chairs and decided it would have to wait til morning…
