Kaesler Vinyard: Shiraz Goes Best with Kangaroo
With three weeks in Australia, it's hard to pin down a favorite restaurant. However, if we had to choose, we would pick the Kaesler Vineyard in the Barossa Valley, just northeast of Adelaide. We ate outside on a balmy day, enjoying top-quality wine with our delicious meal.Eating in a vineyard with grapes over our head and a soothing pond in view added to the enjoyment of the meal.Before your meal, be sure you step into the tasting room to sample the vinyard's production. This will help you choose the right wine to have with your entree. Or maybe right wines! It was tough to just have one glass. Kangaroo! I ordered kangaroo meat four times in Australia, each time prepared a different way. It tastes like a very lean steak, so order it the way you like beef (rare, medium rare, etc.). In 2002, the Australian gov't will allow the culling of 6.9 million kangaroos -- many for food. I think...
