Hither & Yon Cellar Door

As if you needed ANOTHER reason to visit Willunga!
What an amazing little place! Well, not so little as it goes!
We were greeted by the H&Y crew as we entered a gorgeous old building which apparently used to be a butcher shop! Malcolm and Richard were our hosts who greeted us with a smile and a table filled to the brim with tasting ‘apparatus’, namely 4 glasses, each filled with a little sample; an empty glass to make our own blend; a couple of handily placed ‘spittoons’ for the errr… ‘unwanted wine’; a scattering of measuring jugs in case we wanted to get fastidious with our measurements and a heap of encouragement to boot!
Much fun was had experimenting with different blends of Merlot and Shiraz etc, enabling us to come up with the perfect blend to suit no-one’s palate but our own!
Although I didn’t participate in this activity (as I was too busy trying out the pizzas at the back of the shop in ‘Pizza Kneads’), I did join in some of the tastings and was deeply impressed by the nuance of flavours and blends attainable from a simple bit of trial and error!
Another awesome venue in what’s rapidly becoming my fave little SA town! We were intending on coming back to Willunga to spend a Saturday wandering around the markets and sampling the local fare — I feel that a week wouldn’t now be long enough!

Hither & Yon is the passion-​project of two local McLaren Vale brothers. Producing grapes for others has transitioned to holding back some fruit to express the flavour of the grape & it’s vineyard in a minimal intervention winemaking style.
The tasting room is in a gorgeous heritage building and has been tastefully renovated with a country style.
When tasting you are invited to sit at the communal table and sample from Melbourne based Plumm glassware.
The Cab Sauv on tasting has dark red fruit and minty eucalypt on the nose, and a long dry grippy finish.
The Tempranillo has bright red fruit, cranberries, on the nose and a light savoury finish — it would be great with a meal.
Easily accessed on High St Willunga it is a little too tempting after a mornjng’s shopping at the Willunga Farmers Market