by Judy Pridmore | Oct 28, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
Andrew Margan’s introduction to the Hunter Valley came in his school days: father Frank Margan was part-owner of a vineyard in De Beyers Road adjacent to the Tyrrell winery, and Andrew accompanied his parents to the Hunter on weekends. My contact in the late...
by Judy Pridmore | Oct 21, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
In 2008 Coriole purchased Desert Sands, a 8ha vineyard in Blewitt Springs that had fallen on hard times. It had been planted in 1995, and been run on a diet of herbicides, lots of water and ineffective fertiliser. Coriole’s arrival saw the removal of chardonnay...
by Judy Pridmore | Oct 14, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
DogRock, replete with the capital ‘R’, is the venture of Allen and Andrea Hart, both with honours degrees from the University of Adelaide, his in oenology, hers in viticulture. Prior to establishing DogRock, both had worked extensively across the...
by Judy Pridmore | Sep 30, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
Angus and Sam Wardlaw are Barossa-based brothers who 10 years ago started a winery called Brothers at War. They added sauce to the names of many, but not all, of their wines such as Our Mum’s Love, Nothing in Common, Fist Fight, I’m Always Right, The Old...
by Judy Pridmore | Sep 23, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
Today, 23 September 2023, Alan and Kathrin Varney open Varney Wines’ revamped Tasting Room at 62 Victor Harbor Road, Old Noarlunga SA 5168, culminating a hectic 25-year journey. When 18-year-old Alan bought a one-way ticket from his native New York to Sydney in...
by Judy Pridmore | Sep 16, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
When I first became involved in Burgundy in 1981, and undertook my first vintage in 1983 with Domaine Dujac, I was firmly of the view that Burgundy’s lesser chardonnays were to be ignored (on the basis of the ‘life’s too short’ aphorism). The...
