No country for old shiraz
A changing climate and evolving winemaking styles only serve to stoke the debate about what a typical Heathcote drop should be.
Paul Massey from Wild Duck Creek collects wine from the basket press. Cormac Hanrahan
I have been visiting the central Victorian region of Heathcote and writing about its wines for almost 25 years.
I’ve watched as sun-bleached paddocks have been transformed into verdant vineyards, as new wineries and cellar doors have opened down dirt roads and on highways, as countless new Heathcote labels have appeared on bottle shop shelves and wine lists.
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