‘There’s barely a blade of grass’: A family-owned winery gone within an hour
- Posted on January 9, 2026
- By The Age
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‘There’s barely a blade of grass’: A family-owned winery gone within an hour
The Longwood fire hit Matt Fowles’ family-owned winery outside on Thursday morning and just 45 minutes later, it had left a moonscape of scorched vines, razed homes and dead sheep.