Given the sheer number of acres 'under vine' around Adelaide, there are surprisingly few good wine bars in the city – something to do with the synergy between 40°C days and cold beer, perhaps. But sweet Mother Vine is a good 'un, nooked into Vardon Ave off Rundle St and with a broad vinous remit from the Barossa to Burgundy.


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1. Adelaide Gaol

1.46 MILES

Only decommissioned in 1988 after housing 300,000 inmates since 1841, this old Victorian lock-up has a grim vibe, but its displays of homemade bongs,…