As well as being an accomplished winemaker, and a partner in managing Whicher Ridge Wines with Neil, I also enjoy writing, and every blog on our Whicher Ridge website is my own!
In 2014, I received the award of Best Technical Wine Writer from Wine Communicators of Australia, so I guess I also write well about wine related topics.
Favourite Pastimes – owning horses and dogs, gardening, farm life, bird watching, reading books, feeding our pet sheep.
Beyond the Big Names: Margaret River’s Small Family Winery Trail Behind every bottle produced on the Margaret River Small Family Winery Trail is a family story. In an increasingly globalised wine world, small family wineries offer something rare — authenticity. Most of the wineries on the Small Family Winery Trail are single-estate vineyards, meaning the […]
Ten years on from planting the wine sensory garden in 2014 at Whicher Ridge, our garden has grown upwards and spread out! The entire sensory garden is now mature and full of plants. It is an eclectic mix of carefully chosen fruit trees, flowers, herbs and seasonal vegetables all year round, ensuring that it is […]
The Noongar people are the traditional owners of the South West of Western Australia, and for the Wadandi dialect group, the Busselton- Margaret River region where Whicher Ridge Wines is located, is known as Wadandi Boodja (Saltwater People’s Country). The Noongar people follow an ancestral six seasons calendar which guides them to live in harmony […]
The Margaret River region is vast in size and equally as generous in it’s range of offerings for visitors to the region. A road trip to the region is really the best way to see and experience it for yourself. Whether you are driving to Busselton from Perth or flying into the Busselton-Margaret River Airport, […]
📷 Photo Credit Zac White – Photographer Booking in for a vineyard stay at your favourite winery is one of the best ways to experience a wine region! It’s a truly immersive experience that gives you a glimpse of what life is really like on a vineyard and making wines from the grapes you grow! […]
Whicher Ridge acknowledges the people of the Noongar Land and recognises their connection to culture, community and Country. We pay our respects to their elders, past and present. Whicher Ridge supports the Uluru Statement.