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Darryl Pratt

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  1. Madeleine Bonnin

    Madeleine Bonnin

    From my first gig as a glassy at the legendary Crown and Anchor here in Adelaide to my current wine-obsessed life at winedirect.com.au, I’ve always been hooked on the hospo world. Long gone are the days of inhaling lunch on a milk crate next to the bins mid 14 hour shift (glamorous, right?). Now, I’m living the dream—talking about wine all day and enjoy the glorious Monday-to-Friday life—a true "holy grail" for ex-hospo heads like me.


    My journey into wine wasn’t so much a leap as a tipsy stumble. I’ve been fascinated by the magic of wine since day one—how it can bring people together and make everything just a bit more fun (or dramatic, depending on the glass count). These days, I’m all about helping others find their perfect bottle and nerding out on the endless wonders of the wine world.


    When I’m not spreading wine joy at work, I’m usually stirring up trouble with wild wine pairings. My current favourite? A bold, textural orange wine with steak (yep, I said

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  2. Darryl Pratt - Wine Guru

    Darryl Pratt - Wine Guru

    I’ve always worked in hospitality, my first job was running plates and cleaning out bars at a hotel in the Adelaide foothills. I saw how much fun the bar tenders had and knew that was the job for me. From there, it has developed into a career, if you think you can call drinking wine a career! The interesting thing to me about wine is no two bottles are exactly the same, and there is always something new to experience.
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  3. Staff Cellar Door Capers - Daz

    Staff Cellar Door Capers - Daz

    We often get asked for our favourite wineries and cellar doors to visit across SA.

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  4. Grenache - the oldest new world wine ever!

    Grenache - the oldest new world wine ever!

    You gotta love the classics - a true classic will be a true classic forever! It will ride the waves of trends and bide it’s time until the next generation discovers it in their Mum and Dad's record collection or cellar - who then go on to painfully tell their parents how they discovered it and how cool it is.

      Those who have been enjoying Spanish wines or Rhone blends for years will already know of the classic varietal I’m taking the long road around to. It, like so many classics, has been rediscovered over the last little while and is enjoying a resurgence in popularity that is seeing it bust out from cult hero status at the local pub open-mic night to front and centre in stadiums, thrusting and twerking on its own headline tour. The humble varietal Garnacha or Grenache as we know it.
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  5. Darryl Pratt - Sales

    Darryl Pratt - Sales

    Three things in my life I love, family, beautiful food & wine and great music. Sadly for me but luckily for you I can neither sing nor rip a face melting guitar solo to change the world of rock 'n' roll.

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  6. Chalk Hill

    Chalk Hill

    How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man?...
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