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Tuesday 14 February 2006

First Australian Wine Club Launches in the US

NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb. 13, 2006--GreatAustralianWines.com, an Internet-based wine distributor, today announced the launch of America's first Australian Wine Club. Wine lovers who join the Great Australian Wine Club receive a quarterly selection of fine Australian wines delivered to their door. In addition, consumers can order their favorite Australian wine or send a wine gift or Club membership to someone special. Shipping is free for the Club and for all orders of six or more bottles, and there is a 100% money back satisfaction guarantee for all the wines.

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Pinotage gives SA an edge - Michel Rolland

Famous in the wine world - and made infamous outside it by the film documentary Mondovino, the Fahrenheit 9/11 of the wine world - über consultant, Michel Rolland, is proud of what he does. 'No one else does what I do. No one. No one has 100 clients in 12 countries. I am an archetype of a consultant.' Rolland's claim cannot be said to be unfounded. Over the last 30 years he has expanded his business to include clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, the US and of course South Africa - where he consults for the Rupert and Rothschild partnership, and more recently L'Ormarins and Marianne, formerly named Mont Destin. L'Ormarins is owned by the Rupert family, and Marianne was bought by a friend of Rolland's, Christian Dauriac, in October 2003. In Stellenbosch Rolland and his wife, Dany, an oenologist, also have a joint venture with Murray and Juliet Boustred at Remhoogte Estate.

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