Casa Carboni, an Italian cooking school and enoteca that opened in December 2012 in Angaston, offers a more hands-on experience.

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For something more sophisticated there is a glut of restaurants headed up by passionate chefs, with the chef d'oeuvre being the restaurant at Hentley Farm in Seppeltsfield, 18km west of Angaston.

BBC: Beyond the vines in Australia??s Barossa Valley

Like Anston Fivaz in the Blue Mountains, Edwards enjoys showing off the local food purveyors, most of whom gather on Saturday mornings at the Barossa Farmers Market in Angaston to sell their products and catch up on gossip.

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