Santa Cruz is coming to town

There is no one quite like Randall Grahm on the wine planet. That is possibly a good thing. The wine world needs someone who stands apart in the wings, who sees things not only as they are but also as they might be, who keeps his feet on the ground and his head in the clouds, who is provocative, highly articulate and comments on wine’s banalities as well as brilliance. The laid-back Californian is known equally for his “vinthology” Been Doon So Long and Twitter musings as he is for the wines he produces at Santa Cruz vineyard Bonny Doon, writes Jeni Port in The Age.