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Margaret River

The notion of a great wine region conjures up visions of opulent chateaux in Bordeaux or medieval turrets amongst the vines of Tuscany.

It’s a world a million miles from Margaret River.

This a place where surfies eat hamburgers for breakfast and a drive through the region is scented with the sweet tang of road-kill wafting through the air vents.

But there is no denying that Margaret River is one of the world’s great wine regions.

This is a place where cabernet sauvignon from producers like Moss Wood, Cullen, Cape Mentelle and Voyager only seen in a handful of places in Bordeaux or Napa. This is where chardonnay does amazing things as anyone who’s ever had their brain blown by Leeuwin’s Art Series will tell you, and the region’s distinctive blend of sauvignon blanc and semillon lubricates legions of ladies who lunch.