The Great Southern: Ultimate Western Australia road trip
Year-round enjoyment in the wild West…
Danielle Costley is a freelance food, wine, spirits and travel journalist based in Margaret River, Australia. She has spent 25 years work across international publications, including Decanter, Gourmet Traveller Wine, AUDI Magazine and Your Margaret River Region magazine. Her book, Beyond the Farm Gate: a culinary journey through Australia’s South West was published in 2015. While researching her book, she developed a taste for local botanicals and she founded SouWester Spirits, an artisan distillery in Margaret River.
Year-round enjoyment in the wild West…
More than 20 wineries are taking part...
Wineries to discover and a selection of great places to eat & drink in the Swan Valley...
Cabernet Sauvignon will be the region's 'greatest on record'
This 5km drive is an ideal starting point to explore Margaret River...
The capital of Western Australia has transformed into a food and wine mecca
To increase production of Chardonnay...
Grapes washed away before harvest...
New technology claims to soften tannins without fining...
Margaret River's true origins date back to the 1920s...
See which obscure Balkans variety has arrived...
The Margaret River wine community is mourning the tragic loss of Willow Bridge Estate winemaker, Simon Burnell, who lost his life in a windsurfing accident last week.
Cape Mentelle winemaker Rob Mann has left Australia to become director at Newton Vineyard in the Napa Valley as owner LVMH seeks to improve quality at the Californian estate.
Margaret River winemakers have voted overwhelmingly in support of retaining the Wallcliffe name as a sub-region, in a challenge to LVMH-owned Cape Mentelle.
Margaret River winemakers are to hold an emergency meeting in response to threatened legal action against Flametree Wines by LVMH-owned Cape Mentelle over use of the Wallcliffe name on wine labels.
Winemakers in Western Australia's Margaret River region are becoming increasingly confident that 2014 will be one of their best vintages yet for white wines.
While Western Australian winemakers have been sweltering in soaring heats, Margaret River winemaker Clive Otto from Fraser Gallop Estate has been working in freezing temperatures to create his own 'ice wine'.