Former ABC rural journalist becomes winemaker
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It's a typically crisp winter's morning in Scottsdale, in Tasmania's north east.
Perched on a ridge, overlooking lush grazing pasture and swathes of pine plantations, you'll find Cameron Wilson tending to his young vineyard, on his grandfather's farm.
It's the only one in the district — known for its rich agricultural and forestry history — and he's pretty proud of that.
"It can work here, why not?" he said.
"It doesn't mean it's not going to be a grazing and potato area, that's fine.
"But it can be a wine area as well."
The winemaker who's based in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula has always had a soft spot for the island state and the people that have put it on the map for premium cool climate wines.
It was actually a previous life rural reporting at the ABC, some 15 years ago, that sparked an interest in growing grapes.
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