Partly for this reason, some of the next generation of Australian wine icons may come from Western Australia, in particular the Margaret River area.

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With the day waning, Jeanne and I parked our Mitsubishi Outlander, grabbed a blanket and a bottle of Margaret River wine and walked to the beach.

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More than just a pretty location, however, Vergelegen makes exceptional wines, particularly the Bordeaux-blend reds, which hold their own with Napa's Harlan Estate and Margaret River's Moss Wood.

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Knowing we'd be turning our backs on civilization, we first visited Cape Lodge near the Margaret River (see box, p. 172) to soak up as much five-star nourishment as we could.

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Knowing we'd be turning our backs on civilization, we first visited Cape Lodge near the Margaret River (see " A Taste of Luxury") to soak up as much five-star nourishment as we could.

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The surf of Western Australia's Margaret River is often described as "epic" while the other 12, 500km of the Indian Ocean coast has surreally un-peopled reef, point and beach breaks giving way to shimmering 10m tides up north.

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Margaret and I were sprawled out on the grassy bank of the Mississippi River, taking a break from the French Quarter Festival, when I noticed, a few feet away, a familiar, homeless-looking guy with an eight-inch red beard and a piratical soldier rag tied around his head.

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