Home Grain Bakery
Founded in 2011, in Aldinga’s old general store, Home Grain Bakery has expanded to four locations, but locals maintain that the Aldinga store is still the best. A great source of lovingly baked sourdough bread and pastries, as well as somewhat legendary house-made pies and pasties.
A: 13 Old Coach Rd, Aldinga SA 5173
Ph: (08) 8556 5056
W: homegrainbakery.com.au
Shifty Lizard
Combining their disparate skills, Lee Stone (brewer) and Danny Strapps (brand manager/designer) founded the Shifty Lizard Brewing Company in 2017. Their initial success led to them swinging open the doors on their modest taphouse in the picturesque town of Willunga. Everything here is brewed in genuine micro-batches for both freshness and to aid in the process of endless experimentation. You’ll get all the beers as fresh as possible on tap, and you can soak it all up with their extensive range of toasties, paninis and “loaded chips”, or order pizza from the nearby Redwood Oven.
A: 33 High Street, Willunga SA 5172
Ph: (08) 7079 2471
W: shiftylizard.com
Swell Taphouse
Swell Brewery was first conceived on a two-year snow and surf odyssey, with the first tentative brews of Dan Wright’s vision being realised in the shed of the family winery. That winery is Oliver‘s Taranga, where Corinna Wright makes wine on her family’s near 180-year-old property. Nestled amongst some pretty significant vineyards and cellar doors (making it an ideal post-tasting pitstop), Dan’s beers can all be sampled at the Swell Taphouse, with a full menu accompanying the frothy stuff.
A: 168 Olivers Rd, McLaren Vale SA 5171
Ph: 0439 209 389
W: swellbeer.com.au
Willunga Artisans Market
Held on the second Saturday of the month, between 9 am–1 pm, the Artisans Market sells locally sourced handmade ceramics, jewellery, printmaking, wood, textiles and illustrations.
A: Willunga Town Square, Willunga SA 5172
Ph: (08) 8556 4297
W: willungafarmersmarket.com.au
