Nik Darlington of Pip wines set out to show us that times had changed: grapes were now grown with care in cool areas (for Australia) and their juice was being turned into wine with sensitivity and the careful use of oak. Over the course of an interesting and very enjoyable presentation in which he showed four white and four red wines, he more than made his point and convinced us that the best Australian wines had improved beyond measure over the recent years. He also, as the images show, demonstrated that Australia is a very beautiful place to have a vineyard.
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