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( www.sandalford.com ; 3210 West Swan Rd, Caversham; mains $36-45; tastings 9am-5pm, lunch noon-3pm) San-
dalford has the nicest surrounds of any of the wineries, and plays host to weddings and
major concerts. It's also one of the valley's big-time, long-term operators.
TAPAS $$
Lamont's
( www.lamonts.com.au ; 85 Bisdee Rd, Millendon; tapas $11.50-18.50; 10am-5pm Thu-Sun) Now that Lamont
winery's fine-dining efforts are focused in East Perth, it's just lazy tastings and tapas up
here under the open sky. The wine's very good, much of it grown in its Margaret River
vineyard.
o RiverBank Estate
( 08-9377 1805; www.riverbankestate.com.au ; 126 Hamersley Rd, Caversham; mains $36-40; tastings
10am-5pm, lunch) Our pick of the valley's restaurants, RiverBank winery is a wonderful place
to while away a few hours over excellent Modern Australian cuisine. It's a little more
dressed up than most other places and there's a charge for tastings if you're not dining in
the restaurant, but we're willing to let that go when the food's this good. There's live jazz
on the first Saturday of the month.
MODERN AUSTRALIAN $$$
Dear Friends
( 08-9279 2815; www.dearfriends.com.au ; 100 Benara Road, Caversham; degustation menu with/without wine $
185/115, 5-course tasting menu with/without wine $ 139/89; 6pm-late Wed-Sat, noon-3pm Sat & Sun) Get ready
for a culinary adventure at Dear Friends. Innovation and a host of international flavours
are showcased in the restaurant's renowned degustation and tasting menus. Courses in-
clude air-dried ham with Swan Valley free-range yolks and locally foraged herbs, and
dessert combining beetroot with wood sorrel and rich dark chocolate. Naturally, the wine
list is one of WA's finest.
MODERN AUSTRALIAN $$$
o Feral Brewing Company
( www.feralbrewing.com.au ; 152 Haddrill Rd; 11am-5pm Sun-Thu, till late Fri & Sat) Here's your chance to
try some of Australia's finest craft beers. Head brewer Brendan Varis is regularly lauded,
with his always-interesting brews including the mighty Hop Hog American Pale Ale, or
Watermelon Warhead, a wheat beer infused with watermelon (!). Beer geeks definitely
should sign up for a tasting paddle of six beers, and tuck into Feral's robust pub grub
menu.
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