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Number of millions of square miles that comprise Australia. If it were superimposed over Europe, Australia would stretch from London to the Black Sea. The Australian continent is part of the Indo-Australian plate, and is the lowest, flattest, and oldest landmass on Earth. Australia includes some 333,590 acres of vineyards and 2,394 wineries.

Ashes & Diamonds

“Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life I would not care about it so much.”

– Kermit Lynch
American Wine Importer and Author

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