Winery rises to the challenge

MERBEIN winemaker Chalmers Wines has won a national award for its 2014 Montevecchio¬ Moscato at the Australian Inland Wine Show at Swan Hill. The award-winning wine produced from an imported Italian grape variety, Moscato Giallo, was made at the Chalmers family’s Heathcote vineyard. Kim and Tennille Chalmers said they were thrilled to have won the award in the National Moscato Challenge section of the wine show – held earlier this month – which attracted 50 entrants.