BERLINDA CONTI
THE late 70s in Margaret River was a magical time in WA’s wine history.
Although the spiritual home for peace-loving hippies, cheese cloth kaftans, hard-core surfers and beaten-up Combis (layered with nuances of patchouli and sandalwood and notes of a familiar “medicinal” smoky-haze) - there were very few wineries in the deep, forested southwest back then – though, for the visionaries who established a vineyard during this whimsical era, the benefits have rewarded three-fold.
Jeff and Wynn Gallagher, the original founders of Woody Nook Wines (this year celebrating its 40-year anniversary), had the foresight to purchase prime viticultural land within the golden triangle of Wilyabrup during this
