Spotlight on Barossa
A debate that the Barossa is Australia's greatest wine and food region made for a highly entertaining evening on September 20 in Sydney.
The Fairfax and South Australia Tourism event included Barossa food legend Maggie Beer and wine writer Nick Stock, who spoke for the motion, while Fairfax's Joanna Savill and Hunter winemaker Mike De Iuliis took the negative side. Yours truly was master of ceremonies.
Savill questioned the appeal of German food, the Barossa's prevailing genre, which gained traction for the ''no'' team, until Stock lasciviously chanted the word ''bacon''.
The ''no'' team also landed a punishing blow when De Iuliis revealed an old tweet by Stock that had bagged Barossa wines, until he was forced to confess he'd made it up.
The ''yes'' team won the day by a slim margin on a show of hands.
The food at Sydney's Glass Brasserie, by resident chef Joe Pavlovich and the Barossa's Lachlan Colwill, was excellent and Barossa wines by Teusner, Spinifex, Peter Lehmann and Dandelion Vineyards were a delight.
