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AMONG THE VINES

AS YOU DRIVE into the charming village of East Gresford in NSW’s Hunter region, you feel a world away from Pokolbin and the busy cellar doors that attract droves of tourists each weekend. But it was here that the wine industry in the area actually began. On the banks of the Allyn River, not far from where Jane and Daniel Maroulis’ home now stands, is where Charles Boydell settled in

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