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PETER DREDGE: FUELLING THE FIRES IN TASMANIA
Cruising through Year 12 at St Peter’s College in Adelaide, Peter Dredge had the world at his feet. He was a strapping young athlete eyeing a career in Aussie Rules and a physiotherapy degree “to fall back on”. But his life took an unexpected turn when a wayward discus hit him in the head in a freak accident, causing horrific middle-ear injuries including permanent hearing loss in his left ear. He couldn’t walk for weeks and it took him several years to recover after having to recalibrate his balance. 

So when Dredge, 34, was recently appointed winemaker at Bay of Fires in Tasmania’s Pipers River – part of the Accolade Wines stable and a dream gig with kid-in-a-candy-shop fruit – he was extra grateful for the opportunity. “I feel honoured to be here in Fran Austin’s shoes, I pinch myself every day,” says Dredge, who filled in for Austin when she went on maternity leave in January 2010 but was appointed to the role full time recently when she resigned to join her winemaking partner at Delamere winery. Dredge’s mates reminded him it was an industry treasure too precious to stuff up. It had been right in the zone, too, with Austin’s 2009 Pinot Noir winning best red wine at the National Wine Show in Canberra – the first Tassie red and first Pinot from any state to win the award.

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