Mail-order wine pioneer becomes Australia's biggest environment donor

Bequest of $35m makes Cellarmasters founder David Thomas the country’s leading environmental philanthropistDavid Thomas, who became wealthy by pioneering mail-order wine, has become Australia’s biggest philanthropist to the environment, announcing a bequest that takes his donations to about $70m.“Barbara, my late wife, and I – it was always our intention that we’d give about 50% of our wealth away during our lifetime and then we’d give the other 50% away when