Monday, March 16, 2009

Rock Solid claims James Halliday

Following his most recent visit to Stanthorpe and surrounds, Australian wine guru James Halliday reports in the Weekend Australian that the Granite Belt is a solid base for grape growers. And for any southerner who doesn't believe it gets cold enough to grow grapes in Queensland, it actually snowed the day Halliday toured the region last year!

A number of producers get a guernsey in Halliday's Weekend Australian report, with special mentions for Boireann Winery and Robert Channon Wines - the latter he describes as arguably Australia's foremost producer of verdelho.... For the full story click here.