Bobar

Tom and Sally Belford have worked for vineyards and wineries in the cooler hilly parts of NSW, Macedon Ranges and Heathcote, and more recently in the Yarra Valley. Along the way they also managed to spend 15 months in France, dividing their time between Champagne, Beaujolais, Provence, Cahors and Sauternes. In '10 they decided to 'make a little wine for the hell of it', and purchased shiraz from the Yarraland Vineyard at Chirnside Park. It comes as close to natural wine as is possible, with whole bunches in an open fermenter, no crushing or destemming, no pigeage or pumping over, and no yeast. -JAMES HALLIDAY