Brendan Black

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Hither & Yon

Brothers Malcolm and Richard Leask were born in one wine region – the Hunter Valley – and then moved to another – McLaren Vale –

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Vinea Marson

Mention the name “Heathcote”, and “Shiraz” invariably follows. So it was quite refreshing to find a winery in the region that was bucking this trend,

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Mount Towrong Vineyard December

Mount Towrong

To the southeast of Mount Macedon is the less well-known but equally picturesque Mount Towrong, home to a beautiful vineyard of the same name. George

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Barrel Sampling

Caught Purple Handed

Purple is such an evocative colour, particularly in wine, where it represents youth, vitality, and richness. Anyone who’s spent time at a winery during vintage

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Quealy – Mornington Gold

Quealy is the Mornington Peninsula venture of Kathleen Quealy, husband Kevin McCarthy, their son Tom McCarthy, and viticulturist Lucas Blanck, producing some incredibly compelling wines.

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Jackson Brooke

Jackson Brooke is an affable bloke who successfully turned his love of drinking wine into making it. While studying a science degree at University of

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Wheeler

Dale Wheeler is a Brisbane native who’s been living in Melbourne since 2012. After working in an ad agency, the pull towards winemaking was unstoppable

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A Purple Patch

Patch Wines is the joint venture of Kirilly Gordon and Matt Talbot, who met and worked together in a Yarra Valley vineyard in those days

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Brands Laira

72 Hours in Coonawarra

Coonawarra. The name evokes images of swaying gum trees, ancient terra rossa soils and, of course, rich and age-worthy Cabernet. The area is incredibly isolated

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MT Wines New Releases

MT Wines is the brand of winemaker Marco Tovazzi and his wife Portia. Marco originally hails from Trento in the north-eastern Italian region of Trentino-Alto

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