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    CLARE VALLEY

    Nov 03, 2019 4 minutes
    WINSOR DOBBIN

    VELVET TOUCH

    VISITORS to the 33rd Clare Valley Gourmet Weekend in May would have noticed a newcomer in Velvet and Willow Wines, based set in a quaint 1850s-built cottage in Auburn.

    From a fruit and vegetable store to a bakery to a lolly shop, the heritage building on Auburn’s main street is bursting with history, enhanced by its new custodians the Miller family who have put their mark on it as a cellar door and pantry. Maintaining its old-world charm and transforming an overgrown adjoining yard into an 1850s-style heritage garden, the little cottage is a place to visit and taste the local fare at the gateway to the Clare Valley. The venue

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