Robert Hill-Smith is one of the great names from the Australian Wine industry. He is the fifth generation in charge at the Yalumba Winery and has just been joined by the sixth – his daughter Jessica.

The Hill-Smith family is a founding member of the prestigious Australia’s First Families of Wine.

Yalumba is a winery at Angaston in the Barossa Valley of South Australia. It is also a world respected label bringing us wines from the Barossa and Eden Valleys and Jansz from Tasmania. Everything from Yalumba is quality, value and innovative.

Robert (on the left) joined me at the WinePod on a his recent visit to Ireland. We recorded at Whelehan’s Wines . Yes, he tells a good story!

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