25/01/2019
Your Margaret River Region Summer Bucket List
50 ultimate things to do in the Margaret River region before summer's out. Read on to win a two night stay in one of the region's most bucket list worthy homes.
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09/01/2019
New Year, New Experiences
It’s here. A new year full of possibility, goals, plans and dreams. If you’re like us, a fair whack of those dreams include holidays, travel and creating memories to take you through those endless weekly meetings. The Margaret River Region is full to the brim…
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11/12/2018
Sparkle Your Way Through the Festive Season
A tasting experience of Howard Park’s sparkling wines is a serious undertaking: three labels encompassing three distinct styles made in two countries, the program headed by Australia’s 2018 Winemaker of the Year, Janice McDonald. Across their four sparkling wines, there’s flavours ranging from ringing pear,…
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19/11/2018
Margaret River Region the True Star of Gourmet Escape
Small town but not small time. It’s been a Gourmet Escape weekend of big name chefs, beach barbecues, gourmet get togethers, live cooking demonstrations and slow winery dinners. The consistent star across all platforms? The Margaret River region, its environment and its produce. We spend…
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07/11/2018
From The Ground Up
Step into the vineyard at Cullen Wines and it is immediately clear that things are different here. The bees are buzzing, the sun is shining, the soil is humming. Wait. The soil is humming? Well, you can almost hear it; it’s full of life and…
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07/11/2018
Sculpture by the Vines
Howard Park Wines are breaking the mould again, in a year of firsts, they continue to challenge perceptions of the traditional cellar door experience. This month, they unveiled a new art installation - Margaret River's first vine sculpture. Entitled Transcience, the work created by two-time Sculpture…
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17/10/2018
The Good Life
Sasha McDonald had a background studying fine arts in Melbourne before wine took over. "I developed a passion for the dirt," she says, reflecting not just on her love for wine, but also the importance of the vineyard to her philosophy. After further studies in…
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29/08/2018
Winery Dogs
Wine dogs. They’re the unsung heroes of the wine industry. Their humans get the glory for the scrumptious chardonnay or shiraz, but it’s the wine dogs who quietly keep things running smoothly. There’s dozens if not hundreds of these handsome, hard working hounds in the…
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15/08/2018
The Rise of Organic and Biodynamic Wine
Five years ago, organic and biodynamic winemaking might have seemed left field or faddish. But jump forward to 2018 and you see an increasing number of converts to sustainable agriculture in the Margaret River region. Fergal Gleeson spoke to three of the regions wineries in…
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Off the Beaten Track Wineries
At 50 years of age, the Margaret River wine region now has many wineries that are globally recognised such as Vasse Felix, Leeuwin Estate and Cullen Wines. But that’s only part of the region’s story. There are close to one hundred cellar doors in the…
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