This is the first in an occasional series about the wine regions of the Western District. In this instalment I look at the wines and winemakers of the Henty region, in and around Hamilton. Why is it that the area in which grapes were first planted in Victoria is the Continue Reading
Farming
Walking the Barwon River – not exactly produce but just as important
Good quality produce has many constituents but the Western District has a head start in being blessed with fertile land, located in a temperate climatic zone and, in spite of droughts, comparatively good rainfall. The hard work and skill is in sustaining that quality. Sadly there is no magic Continue Reading
Busy bees at Buukaar Waaruung near Camperdown
The bees over at Buukaar Waaruung Apiary, in their Manhattan of hives on the ‘middle lip’ between Lake Bullen Merri and Lake Gnotuk, were given an early Bees Day gift by nature: autumnal days of sunshine wrapped up in a wide ribbon of blue skies. Anna Carrucan, owner and apiarist, Continue Reading
Lethbridge Wines: the science of simple drinking
Travel east or west out of Geelong and in the first twenty minutes you are likely to come across one of many signs for a vineyard. They are now a prominent feature of the Geelong regional landscape, but the vines that produced some 45,000 gallons of wine by 1867 were Continue Reading