Elegant yet affordable

Who produces the best-value Yarra Valley Chardonnay? As tough times encourage more producers to come out with a budget-priced bottling of this keenly sought wine, it’s becoming a competitive market. Hoddles Creek Estate would have to be at the top of my list. It makes three levels of Chardonnay and its standard-bearing Hoddles Creek Estate label, at $19-$20, takes the honours, writes Huon Hooke in the Sydney Morning Herald.