Quiz - Fri 12th ... won

[Quizmaster]

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[Quizmaster]

I quite liked the format last week, ok, I admit it, it was easy, you put in most of the effort and I was able to do some work and get to the footy early. Anyway, I thought I'd do something similar this week.

I’ll give a couple of clues now, you discuss amongst yourselves (to help each other?) or have a stab at the answer. I’ll come back in with more clues later if there’s no progress or to confirm the answer if it’s given.

Clues are ‘Stuart Anderson’ and ‘Paul de Burg-Day’.

Good luck

ps
Given clues are provided, I not only want the answer, I also want an explanation.

[Alex F]

Well I vaguely know who Stuart Anderson is, and there is a winepros article on Paul de Burg-Day at http://www.winepros.com.au/jsp/cda/auth ... thorid=124.

It mentions a house in Mount Macedon that was sold to another wine devotee?

[Craig(NZ)]

Is it the heart of Par Lap??

[dlo]

The only association between the two that I'm aware of is Michael Dhillon - he worked for Day at Fine Wines of Europe for a while in the 90's which allowed him to try quite a lot of Burgundy and Stuart has been Michael's mentor in most matters relating to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

[Andre]

42 ?

[Quizmaster]

The only association between the two that I'm aware of is Michael Dhillon - he worked for Day at Fine Wines of Europe for a while in the 90's which allowed him to try quite a lot of Burgundy and Stuart has been Michael's mentor in most matters relating to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Correct dlo, well done.

I was inspired to put Michael up this week by the latest Bindi Winegrowers newsletter. Not so much because of the wines, which are great, but by the approach Bindi are taking regarding the environment, their vineyard and its sustainability. I won’t retype the newsletter, however in summary:

 They have over 100 acres of rare indigenous grassland (99% in Victoria destroyed) which they are protecting and encouraging bio diversity.
 Bill’s established hardwood plantations.
 There is over 100 acres of remnant bushland they are allowing to recover from decades of grazing.
 They are removing synthetic applications from the vineyard.
 They are focused on promoting life in the earth and plants rather than applications to kill.
 They are moving to wind power.

They do this not through government support, but from their own pocket because they feel it is incumbent upon them to protect and encourage bio diversity. Bravo. Makes the decision to purchase Bindi wines even easier don’t you think.