Sydney family buys Tasmania’s Barringwood Vineyard

WHILE some of us watch television, play sport or learn a new language to escape our busy city lives, Vanessa and Neville Bagot had much bigger ideas. The Artarmon couple, who both work in corporate careers, bought a $1.49 million vineyard in Tasmania three years ago – despite knowing next to nothing about winemaking. “We knew a lot about drinking it and what we liked but we didn’t know a great deal,” Mrs Bagot, 45, said. “It was really about wanting to create and grow something from scratch.”