Luxe Beat Magazine JUNE 2015 | Page 63

Wine regions with more than 90 “characters” – iconic local winemakers playing exaggerated versions of themselves. Complicating things further, filming took place during harvest time in January through March – which made the schedule harder but made the content absolutely Grange quality. “There was a lot of collaboration between us, the winemakers and the production team about what went into the script and what rang true,” Earl said. The crew captured up to 30 different locations for each of the six 30-minute episodes but it wasn’t as arduous as imagined. Most of the regions are just 45 minutes’ drive from the capital city of Adelaide. “Really, we didn’t have to go very far. It’s like going around the corner to buy bread and milk,” said Earl. Busting myths about the physical and intellectual accessibility of Australia’ 2v