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  • Jancis Robinson
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  • Jancis Robinson
26 Jan 2016

Beechworth and other exciting Australians

Today is Australia Day, a national public holiday Down Under commemorating the founding on 26 January 1788 of the colony of New South Wales. (At the time, California, for example, was ruled by Spain.) Here in London the annual Australia Day wine tasting is being held today but, for obvious reasons, this trade showcase tends to be dominated by…