by Judy Pridmore | Sep 9, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
A digression along my 65-year employment way led me to work with one of my closest friends, an investment banker, with multinational shareholders. He was a free spirit, apt to spend more money that was wise. Thus he purchased a property on the Monaro plains of...
by Judy Pridmore | Sep 2, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
The Taylor family clan has demonstrated exceptional loyalty since Bill Taylor Senior established the first vineyards in 1969. He chose the Clare Valley and cabernet sauvignon at a time when fortified wines dominated all sectors of the market, and cabernet was still...
by Judy Pridmore | Aug 26, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
The $18 million, 10,000-tonne Stonehaven winery and storage facility was built by Hardys in 1998. The logic seemed obvious: the Limestone Coast region had a long history of grapegrowing and winemaking via its most distinguished of Coonawarra, but the other five...
by Judy Pridmore | Aug 19, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
The Grant Burge story begins in 1978 when a youthful Grant joined forces with business partner Ian Wilson to acquire the Krondorf winery from Dalgety Wine Estates. Dalgety was one of a number of international business with no knowledge of wine that came to Australia...
by Judy Pridmore | Aug 12, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
Duke (Ian) Ranson had a long-held retirement dream of establishing a small vineyard in the heritage-listed Porongurup sub-region of the Great Southern. The dream, shared with artist wife Hilde, took shape in 1998 when they sold their clothing business, and purchased a...
by Judy Pridmore | Aug 5, 2023 | The Weekend Australian Magazine
Over the years, I (and I suspect my fellow winewriters) have received wines labelled with the names of famous sports stars; cricket, football (any of the three codes) and so forth. Chefs have also been in the game, and in the early ’80s, racehorses and suchlike...