MICHAEL HARDEN

writer

Top drops, p112

As Gourmet Traveller’s Victorian and Tasmanian editor for more than a decade, Harden sure knows how to eat and drink well in the southern states. For this issue he travelled to one of his favourite places in Victoria, the High Country in the state’s north-east. “Not only is this a gobsmackingly beautiful region, it’s also home to some of the most interesting and innovative winemaking and delicious eating in Australia,” he says.