Venture Wine Tours Australia

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA _____________________________________________________________________________________

MARGARET RIVER

The Margaret River coastal wine region, three hours south of Perth, is blessed with a temperate climate, high rainfall and good soils. It also has some of the best surfing beaches in the Southern Hemisphere! Vines were first planted here in the late 1960s by Dr Tom Cully of Vasse Felix, Dr Bill Pannell of Moss Wood and Dr Kevin Cullen of Cullen’s, all of whom have gone on to produce some of the best wine in the region, and Australia. There are about 40 wineries in the Margaret River region now, focusing on Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, as well as Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc.

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PEMBERTON

Pemberton, an exciting new wine region, is just over an hour’s drive to the south-east of Margaret River. It consists of about 20 vineyards/wineries spread between the timber milling towns of Manjimup to the north and Pemberton to the south. Visually, the region is stunning and unique, with many of its wineries nestled among the karri, jarrah and red gum forests. Pemberton’s wineries are gaining a solid reputation, with the soil well suited to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. A visit to the south-west of Western

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THE GREAT SOUTHERN REGION

The Great Southern Region, almost 400 kilometres south-east of Perth, on the Southern Ocean, spreads from the coastal towns of Denmark and Albany to the high-altitude towns of Mt Barker and Frankland in the north. The climate is near perfect for growing vines, being generally cool, with dry summers and wet winters, while producing Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Caberne Sauvignon and Shiraz wines of complexity and intensity. The scenery in this area is also stunning, with the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges providing a grand backdrop.