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    Champion of the Underdog

    Oct 07, 2020 4 minutes
    NIGEL HOPKINS

    AS a champion of relatively unloved grape varieties, winemaker Jo Irvine gives the impression she might be just a bit contrary.

    “Just a bit?” she responds. “That’s in my nature, just like my father.”

    Father is, of course, Jim Irvine, famed for his Grand Merlot and acknowledged as Australia’s master of that grape variety which, even his daughter acknowledges, is still a hard sell in the Australian market, though much less so overseas.

    So, it should be no surprise at all that Jo’s 2016 merlot from her label Lévrier was the only merlot to be awarded five stars in Winestate’s

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