GT WINE spoke with Ian Jones and Shane Ferguson of Victoria's Future Mountain about their farmhouse-style brewing and their use of locally sourced ingredients from across Victoria.

With interest in sake increasing around the country, we’ve called on renowned sake expert Yukino Ochiai of Deja Vu Sake to help us understand this beverage in all its guises. Here is her regular column to feature in GT WINE. Kampai!

When given a choice of drinking an unknown indigenous varietal from somewhere like Hungary or playing it safe with a Pinot Noir from France, most people would choose the latter. But a tremendously rich wine culture exists in “The Other Europe” and these lesser known wines definitely deserve some attention.