Drove into the main street of Auburn in the Clare Valley, South Australia, and one of the first things I saw was this magnificent scene. South Australia is my favourite State in which to photograph, and it is because of timeless scenes like this. Hot sun, statuesque buildings, colour.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
