In 2008, Wine Australia decided to hold a special tutorial in Australia in order to show that Australia has a rich wine heritage and a diverse range of regional styles. This was the inaugural Landmark Australia Tutorial and Hundreds of people from all over the world applied to be one of the twelve attendees - and I was one who got in!

In June 2009, along with the other eleven disciples, I spent a week in the Barossa Valley at the luxurious Louise Hotel, and took part in what was, for me, the best wine week of my life.

Full details can be found on my blog but I strongly recommend (this is the change from disciple to apostle!) that anyone with a serious interest in wine apply for the 2010 Tutorial, to be held in the Yarra next September. If you don't apply, you can't go!