The Confessional, a new cellar door in McLaren Vale, which is home to La Curio, Pieri & Skin Deep, plus a host of other small batch wine producers such as Rusty Mutt, Sew & Sew, Land of the Vines, Islander Estate, The Good Doctor’s Tonic & McMurtrie Wines, was born of innate human need.
Sitting high on the peak of Mount Thebarton, Brother Adam was struck by a vision.
Time stood still and yet all time was revealed. Ghosts of drinkers past – Plato, Maslow and Dido skated and echoed through his vacuous and tormented mind. Then there came a crystallisation of thought “What do I seek ; what do I find; How does that define me? is at the core of every winemaker and wine drinker alike!”
Trembling, spent and yet elated, Brother Adam questioned the wild mushroom risotto he had dined on earlier. Was it merely the genus or the I within that sparked this divine thought. The vision was too strong to be a mere Laetiporus Horribillis.
‘We will build a Confessional booth, 4 cubits by 8 cubits, and employ a local blacksmith to wrought us with gates of iron. We will hang budget curtains from Ikea and adorn them in tassels of gold.’ exclaimed Brother Adam.
The Sisters and Brethren soon began to sway and with wild eyes and flailing tongues. And the rest is history.
While they’re serious about making wine, a motley troop of vitners in the Vale are a little irreverent, and in addition to having some ‘out there’ personalities, they’ve had the foresight to create a destination for their vino, which (of course) includes a Confessional Booth the cellar door. Best of all, this intriguing landmark has it’s official opening this Saturday, the 30th of April at 287 Foggo Road, McLaren Vale.
The collective figured (and probably rightly) that without sin, winemakers would be out of business. So rather than throw stones, the hoard at The Confessional prefer to think that there are little white sins, and juice brooding red sins, that you are thirsty to tell them. Drank Grange with KFC or killed a man in Reno, or maybe just a simple faux pas. You’re not alone. Just repent in to their camera – this mob absolutely love gossip.
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