2 Best Restaurants in The Barossa Wine Region, South Australia

Local winemakers and visitors alike love this cozy restaurant and cooking school run by a married couple. Fiona and Matteo Carboni are united by their love for Italy and moved to the Barossa after living in Matteo's native Italy. Now they share their passion for pasta and wine in the form of wonderful, rustic trattoria meals and classes teaching guests how to make pasta and other Italian dishes from scratch. Each class is peppered with colorful anecdotes and culminates in a four course meal accompanied by wines specially imported from Europe.

The wood-fired oven at this popular spot has been running continuously since it was first established in 1924, and the fourth-generation owners still use many of the same recipes with slow-fermenting dough that were in vogue then. Bread and sweet and savory pastries start coming out early each morning, and locals are split as to whether the hearty meat pies or the custard-and-cream-filled bienenstich is the better hangover cure.