Margaret River Wins
Prestigious US Wine Tourism Region Award
The Margaret River Wine
Industry Association was chosen to receive US-based Wine Market Report's award for Best Wine Tourism Region at the Mastercard International Wine & Travel Summit in November 2006.
The award was given for "showing its (the Margaret River wine region) support for a broad base of the local tourism economy."
WMR author Richard Cartier said the award was also for "demonstrating,
despite some usual and thus
unavoidable internal conflict
and minority dissent, commitment
to the benefits of private/public
partnership and purposeful
cooperation, including with the oft overlooked intellectual resources of academia."
"
Perhaps because of its remoteness
(it’s closer to Indonesia
than to the South Eastern
Australian wine regions), the
industry seems to rely upon a fierce independent streak to create their own styles of wine," said Mr Cartier.
"As such, the
wines are far more food friendly than traditional Australian offerings."
