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DIVERSIFICATION IS KEY

MIKE ZEKULICH

IT DID not take long for Graeme Yukich, emerging star of the WA wine industry, to realise there was more money to be made from coffee than wine.

The 57-year-old chartered accountant runs a family operation with a range of interests including coffee, cheese, gourmet foods and of course wine. He and younger brother Kim, backed by semi-retired father Mark, work under the labels Oakover and Nikola Estates – situated in the heart of the Swan Valley, just 18 km from the Perth CBD. The latest

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