It is a place of extreme beauty, of constantly changing light, of colour and mood. It offers landscapes on a heroic scale with the same profligacy as it offers intimate vistas. Once you have seen it, you cannot help but love it. JAMES HALLIDAY
It's the birthplace of the Victorian wine scene with a 170-year legacy home to some of the most progressive and dynamic producers in the world. A region that almost didn't make it but was revived by a group of trailblazing winemakers. Today, that spirit lives on and is driven by some of the country's most passionate and accomplished producers with a rebellious instinct to push boundaries still burning strong.
The consistency and quality of the wine made there today is second to none. While the spotlight of the 1990s and 2000s was thoroughly on the fruit-driven monsters wowing critics at the time producers from the Yarra happily embraced the elegant and complex styles made from its cool reaches. They set about creating wines that reflected their unique vineyard sites and diversity of terroirs, experimenting with different winemaking techniques and leading the way in cool-climate Australian wine inspiring a new generation of winemakers on the way.
Today, that pioneering spirit drives a new guard of vignerons and a bold new era of contemporary winemaking that sits happily and easily along the classic wine styles the region has built its reputation on.
