Pioneers mark decade of shiraz

Greg Gallagher is known for sparkling, but he came to Canberra for Shiraz, Chris Shanahan writes in Sydney Morning Herald.These days, Canberra and Shiraz is a no-brainer for aspiring vignerons. It’s our most successful grape variety thanks, initially, to Clonakilla, but now thoroughly bedded down across the district. But when Greg and Libby Gallagher planted Shiraz at Murrumbateman in 1995, Canberra’s reputation for fine wine was a fraction of what it is now – and Shiraz had barely emerged as a contender for top spot.