After the bushfires and drought, you need to change the way you drink

A young South Australian couple hopes to change the wine varietals you drink and how Australian spirits are made.

Given Australia’s unique terrain and climate, it makes senses to switch from shiraz varietals to whites such as zibibbo that can cope better with local conditions. Shutterstock

Lee Tran Lam

Mar 16, 2020 – 10.49am

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After Applewood Distillery was built in 2014, co-owner Brendan Carter realised the bulkheads were so low that no forklift could pass through the Adelaide Hills building – a problem when you must shift crates of gin to stay in business.

Fixing it required a proper blast of power, not just a dainty sanding back of the beams. Out came the demolition drill, then the jackhammer, but Carter still needed more force to break through the bulkheads. “That’s when I hit the gas on the forklift and ran at them with speed to get through, Dukes of Hazzard-style!” he says.