One hot Saturday in February 2025 I stopped in Euroa, with my camera, and walked. The conditions were bright, washed out and stark. That is, conditions were perfect. I took many phots this day but the house above was the one that looked the best, through the viewfinder. The blue sky, the pale house, the orange-brick chimney, the dry, yellowed grass. The palm. I love this house, and love this picture.
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.
