Leasingham: Riesling Trail and Wine Experiences

Leasingham combines the Riesling Trail with wine tastings, views of the Clare Valley, and seasonal cuisine featuring local produce. When choosing your destination, you can weigh up outdoor activities and different wine experiences. Before looking for a holiday rental in Leasingham, consider what you and your fellow travellers want your stay to focus on.

Explore the Riesling Trail on foot or by bike

The Riesling Trail runs through Leasingham and is suitable for walkers and cyclists of all ages and experience levels. This makes different ways of getting active potential interests for your trip: you can explore the trail on foot or make a bike ride the focus of your visit. For families and generations travelling together, its appeal to a broad range of ages and experience levels is a specific point to consider when deciding whether the trail suits your preferred activities.

The trail’s surface is another feature to consider when planning your trip: the Riesling Trail has a well-constructed surface that allows for safe and comfortable use. If you enjoy walking or cycling during your stay, you can take this into account alongside your preferred way of getting around. The trail represents an active side of Leasingham, clearly distinct from the town’s wine offerings.

Tastings, views and regional cuisine

Claymore Wines has a tasting room in Leasingham. It adds to the options for travellers who want wine to be an important part of discovering the area. O’Leary Walker Wines’ cellar door offers a different perspective, with views across the Clare Valley. Visitors can enjoy them from the glass-enclosed tasting room or the outdoor lawns.

O’Leary Walker Wines’ restaurant also serves a seasonal menu showcasing local produce. This lets you combine an interest in wine tastings with a desire to discover regional cuisine. The cellar door team guides visitors through tastings of the winery’s signature wines. This guided tasting offers a different experience from a visit focused primarily on the views or seasonal menu.

Another point of interest for wine lovers is Tim Gramp Wines, which has a winery and cellar door in Leasingham. The winery’s history is linked to a wine family that made the Barossa Valley’s Orlando company well known: Tim Gramp is a direct descendant of the family in the fifth generation. Tim Gramp Wines has also won the ASW National Wineshow’s “Champion Dry Red Wine of Australia” award three times for Shiraz. The family history and awards give a visit here a different focus from the views and seasonal menu at O’Leary Walker Wines.

Choose the right focus for your stay

Leasingham appeals to travellers with a range of interests: the Riesling Trail is an option for walkers and cyclists, while tasting rooms, the cellar door and local cuisine offer other ways to enjoy wine and food. If you’re looking for a holiday rental, you can base your choice on which side of the area matters most to your travel group. If outdoor activity is the deciding factor, the trail is an obvious point of reference; if you’re interested in wine, you can choose from different tasting experiences and historical perspectives.

More places to explore: Meadows, Nangwarry, Lenswood, Padthaway, Stepney, Sevenhill, Stockwell, Point Sturt.

For the broader travel overview: South Australia.