Compared to the Barossa or the Hunter Valley, say, Canberra District is a nascent wine region, with the first plantings made by CSIRO scientists in 1971. The “Canberra District” name is also something of a misnomer, given most of the 400-plus hectares under vine aren’t in the ACT but further to the north and east in New South Wales.
Yet, despite its youth and geographic peculiarities – or indeed perhaps because of them – there’s a creative, collaborative and…

