Events Starting Friday 28th March 2014 at BokChoy Tang Restaurant in Melbourne The Heathcote Wine Club is delighted to announce it first official public Melbourne Wine Tasting event on Friday 28 March 2014. Location is Bokchoy Tang Restaurant at Federation Square in Melbourne. Selected Heathcote wines, with our acclaimed Heathcote Shiraz leading the way,…
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Shiraz Wine in Australia – Heathcote is turning heads
It was said to have been Scottish immigrant James Bushy, often called the “Father of Australian viticulture” who, in 1832 returned with vine clippings from Europe and introduced today’s most celebrated Australian grape to the continent. Shiraz, or by its name in France, its country of origin, Syrah is a dark-skinned grape variety that produces…