Renowned Margaret River wineries evacuate

Some of Australia’s best-known winemakers have been forced to evacuate as a bushfire raging in the Margaret River area of Western Australia approaches. The southwest tourist hot-spot, about 280km south of Perth, is one of Australia’s most renowned wine-producing regions. So far at least five vineyards around Margaret River have been evacuated, including the internationally awarded Leeuwin Estate, Xanadu Wines, Cape Mentelle, Voyager Estate and Redgate Wines, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.