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Bordeaux-based flying winemaker Jacques Lurton has completed 21 vintages in Australia, but his first back in 1984, at McWilliams winery in Griffith, was his most memorable – not for any wines he made but for his introduction to the Australian bush lifestyle. He lived with a winery worker’s family who treated him like a son, even taking him to lawn bowls on weekends.

“I loved that bowling playing and going to the bar afterwards,” Jacques says. “I was with this large guy, you see, and he drank 16 beers in one evening – I didn’t even know what a beer was, I’d never drunk one before because in my family it was forbidden. I know people who would have said, ‘Oh they were rough over there in Australia, they were not so sophisticated,’ but for me it fitted my mentality, they were humble people and I love that kind of attitude. I saw the real Australia and I’ve loved the country ever since.”

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