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The hunter valley is australias oldest wine region, so its history and heritage are integral to understanding how australian wine has evolved. He has worked in the hunter valley, margaret river, hastings valley, macedon ranges and puglia in italy. Making good wine has become the classic text on australian and new zealand winemaking, read and treasured by professional and amateur winemakers, students, wine lovers and buffs alike who want to know more about wine. The 2014 man free run chenin blanc or steen, as that grape is known in south africa is from old untrellised bushvine.
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