Last weekend my sister came to stay and we decided to venture to the Yarra Valley for the day. Our first stop was Dominique Portet Winery Cellar Door. It's a beautiful winery with lovely friendly staff and well worth a visit - we stayed for a tasting, bought some beautiful wine and then drove next door for lunch.
Next door is the Bella Vedere restaurant, with chef Gary Cooper. It had been recommended to us and was absolutely divine. The photos below show a little of what we ate. I also ordered an amazing chocolate, caramel and raspberry cake for dessert. So good!
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| The desserts! |
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| Dave's pork belly |
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| My lamb with spiced salad - fantastic! |
Emma and Dave loved their wine over lunch so we decided to find the winery and buy some more. It was a Yarra Yering Pinot Noir, apparently fantastic (I was the driver for the day and left all alcohol consumption to them as I'm over 6 months pregnant). We found the Yarra Yering Cellar Door close by, but weren't able to buy any of the vintage we were after. So instead Emma bought a special bottle of their 2007 Pinot Noir for us all to share when the baby arrives!
Our next stop was Yerring Station - a much large Cellar Door and set up to the others. It had a bar, shop, gallery etc - plus tastings. Bought some more reds...!
A fantastic day out of Melbourne - it's only 50 mins away, so easy.
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