{"id":6517,"date":"2010-02-25T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/macedon-ranges-hanging-rock-mystery-solved\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T15:32:00","slug":"macedon-ranges-hanging-rock-mystery-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/02\/macedon-ranges-hanging-rock-mystery-solved\/","title":{"rendered":"Macedon Ranges: Hanging Rock Mystery Solved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object height=\"265\" width=\"320\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ed-I4F3JAP0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ed-I4F3JAP0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows the 100-year-old mystery surrounding eerie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitmacedonranges.com\/hanging-rock\/hanging-rock\">Hanging Rock<\/a>  in Victoria&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitmacedonranges.com\/\" title=\"Macedon Ranges\">Macedon Ranges<\/a>,  just outside of Melbourne. One mystery however was solved when I visited  there recently. Hanging Rock, at 500m elevation, is apparently  Australia&#8217;s coldest wine growing region and produces some stunning pinot  and chardonnay.<\/p>\n<p>Travelling with Trevor Armstrong&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winetours.com.au\/\">Victoria Winery Tours<\/a> was a breeze as we leisurely visited the wineries and sights around Kyneton and Woodend with a professional driver and tour guide rolled into one.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/macedonrangeswine.com.au\/\">Macedon Ranges Wine Region<\/a> is unique within Australia&#8217;s expanding wine landscape and you will find unusual wine varieties in commercial production and under experimentation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"192\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitmacedonranges.com\/images-folder\/kyneton.jpg\" style=\"cursor: move;\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"200\" \/>Lagrein, Nebbiolo, Chambourcin, Prosecco, Norton (Cynthiana), Garganega and Pinot Gris are just some of the new varieties you&#8217;ll discover as you wander through the wineries.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macedonrangeswine.com.au\/content\/view\/13\/42\/\">Hanging Rock Winery<\/a> (to-die-for Riesling), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macedonrangeswine.com.au\/content\/view\/93\/42\/\">Cobaw Ridge<\/a> (fascinating organic Lagrein), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macedonrangeswine.com.au\/content\/view\/92\/42\/\">Chanters Ridge<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macedonrangeswine.com.au\/content\/view\/87\/42\/\">Big Shed Wines<\/a> (great sparkling) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macedonrangeswine.com.au\/content\/view\/64\/73\/\">Mount Towrong Vineyard<\/a> (delightful Prosecco).<\/p>\n<p>Break up your day with lunch or stay for dinner at <b>Star Anise Bistro<\/b> located in the intriguing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piperstreet.com.au\/foodandwine.html\">Piper Street of Kyneton<\/a>. Lunch Thu-Sun, Dinner Thu-Sat inclusive. 03 54 222 777. Bookings essential.<\/p>\n<p>Diary Notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyneton Farmers Market in St Pauls Park every 2nd Saturday of the month<\/li>\n<li><span>Gisborne Olde Time Markets<\/span>        1st Sunday of every month <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macedonrangeswine.com.au\/content\/view\/173\/68\/\">Sunday Picnic at Hanging Rock<\/a> &#8211; March 14, 2010<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macedonrangeswine.com.au\/content\/view\/33\/68\/\">Budburst Festival<\/a> every year in late spring<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitmacedonranges.com\/festivals-events\">more<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Roderick Eime travelled as a guest of Macedon Ranges Shire Council Tourism<\/i><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows the 100-year-old mystery surrounding eerie Hanging Rock in Victoria&#8217;s Macedon Ranges, just outside of Melbourne. One mystery however was solved when I visited there recently. Hanging Rock, at 500m elevation, is apparently Australia&#8217;s coldest wine growing region and produces some stunning pinot and chardonnay. Travelling with Trevor Armstrong&#8217;s Victoria Winery Tours was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}