Pranzegg is an historic vineyard in Kampill, on the outskirts of Bolzano in Italy’s Alto Adige wine region. Here, in the spectacular World Heritage area of the Dolomites, monolithic limestone formations rise majestically a kilometre or more from the valley floor. This is ski country, home of the 1956 Winter Olympics. But it’s also wine country, where multifaceted terraces of vines cling precariously to the base of these mountains, angling for their share of the sun.<p> Martin Gojer is the third generation of the Gojer family to grow grapes on this tiny 2 ha series of precipitous terraces. Since 2009 he and his wife Heidi have renovated the vineyard, following the Simonet & Sirch pruning methodology and expanded the immaculate cellar under the farmhouse. All the wines are now made, matured and bottled on site. No herbicides or fertilisers have been used in the vineyards for over 30 years and today the vineyard is in conversion to biodyn

The Rivetto family wine business began in 1902 when Giovanni Rivetto opened a wine store in Asti. Twenty years later he moved to Alba and then in 1938 acquired Tenuta Loirano in Serralunga d’Alba. A new winery was built by third generation Sergio Rivetto in 1970 and today the winery is in the hands of the fourth generation, Enrico Rivetto.<p> The winemaking philosophy is one of minimum intervention and maximum respect for the vineyard. No synthetic chemicals are used in the vineyards and the vine rows are planted with native grasses and legumes to keep the soil vital and reduce compaction.<p> Under Enrico’s leadership, Rivetto is going from strength to strength. The wine quality across the board is excellent and a No. 16 in the Wine Spectator Top 100 for the 2006 Barolo is testament to that.<p> From the vineyards surrounding the Loirano hill, Rivetto produces several crus of Barolo and Barbera d’Alba, along with Dolcetto and the excitin

<p>Named to symbolise the great leap of faith that winemakers Bernice Ong and Julian Forwood took to begin this venture, very few wineries have managed to impress so much and achieving almost cult status in such an incredibly short amount of time.&nbsp; Julian Forwood and Bernice Ong were originally marketers in the wine industry, and it shows&hellip; yet it&rsquo;s the quality of the wines that are praised and continue to be.</p>

<p>Damien Coquelet is part of a generation breathing new life into Beaujolais; now one of the most dynamic and exciting wine regions in France. Coquelet started young, working in the cellars of his stepfather, Georges Descombes, from the age of ten before starting his own domaine in 2007 when he was just twenty years old. Descombes, who is based in Morgon and makes excellent Beaujolais himself was a disciple of the late great Marcel Lapierre - one of the original, Beaujolais Gang of Four &ndash; and was inspired by Lapierre's philosophy of organic viticulture, hand harvesting, native yeasts, zero intervention in the cellar and little if any sulphur at bottling.</p>

<p><span>Paul (he&rsquo;s English) and Gilli (she&rsquo;s from Brisbane) Lipscombe met in England in 2004 before embarking on a wine journey that would take them from the Languedoc in the south of France to Oregon in the US, New Zealand and Margaret River in WA before arriving in Tasmania&rsquo;s Huon Valley in 2010.&nbsp; It didn&rsquo;t take them long to settle down and they soon purchased the dilapidated Huon Valley vineyard which they have slowly transformed into one of Tassie&rsquo;s shining jewels making a string of pure, finely crafted and highly sought after wines.&nbsp; Along the way, they have also found the time to make nine vintages of nearby Home Hill&rsquo;s award-winning wines as well as assisting Jim and Daisy Chatto in the early days of their own exciting project in the Huon Valley!</span></p>