“Franelle first visited the winery as a guest and ended up buying the hills ide property in 2005.
When Janelle Marsden graduated from high school in Wangaratta and high-tailed it to Melbourne to study architecture, she never imagined she’d end up returning to north-east Victoria to live. However, that’s precisely how the cards fell and she’s very happily spent the past 22 years living and working in the region.
“I’ve always loved a new project,” she says. “Plus, I like the fact that the path in life is not always straight.” While a series of health scares in her extended family may have brought her home to be closer to them, it’s led to an extraordinary career, which