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Yarra Valley

The Yarra Valley’s bucolic, vine-lined hills have deservedly earned it a reputation for high-end wine dining. But chardonnay isn’t the only gold emerging from those rich soils. And while Healesville remains the most blessed by provedores, distilleries and cellar doors, as you trace the valley’s arteries, you’ll find world-class bakeries, caffeine dealers to rival the CBD’s most elite, and places pimping so much of the region’s bounty, you’ll never be able to look at the valley through purely rosé-tinted glasses again. Come for the wines. Stay for deliciously good times.

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