Winestate Magazine

JOURNEY FROM THE OLD COUNTRY TO THE NEW

HIGHLAND Heritage Estate, top five recipient for the Winestate Riesling of the Year in this year’s awards, is located in the State’s fast growing premium cool climate wine region of Orange. Its vineyards, cellar door, restaurant and function centre are located on the Mitchell Highway, 3 km to the south of the city.

After a modest beginning, with plantings of just over 2 hectares of vines and raspberries on the 81 hectare property in 1985, it was acquired in 1991 by the D’Aquino family, and has been creatively developed since then under the direction of this family with

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