For still wines, growers must be more wary of cultivar selection and in some years full ripeness can be a challenge; a problem encountered in very few Australian regions. Most producers in the region are boutique, family-owned outfits.
Peter Fraser, winemaker at Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard and Yangarra Estate Vineyard, in McLaren Vale, Australia. Yangarra Estate New Momentum Ironically, the pendulum has started to swing for Shiraz as well. While plush, juicy styles still abound, it’s more often the entry-level wines that...
that many winemakers from this area aim for a more European wine style than their counterparts further north – or those fromNew South WalesandSouth Australia.Margaret Riverin particular, is renowned for its more-balanced, elegant wines, which contrast with the powerful, fruit-driven wines of the...
said winemaker Dan Redman, as well as a “rare opportunity to see how the wines have evolved” across different winemaking styles and a changing climate. The aim of the sale was to show “how beautifully Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon can age”, ...
Below average temperatures and absence of heatwaves across the October to April growing season allowed grapes that dodged other seasonal bullets to ripen, albeit with significantly lower than normal sugar and higher acid levels. But in the end, the district produced smaller volumes of good wines re...
Australia is revered the world over for the quality of its wines: Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Jacobs Creek to name a few global household names. Yet it’s not only top-notch wines deserving of recognition – the craft spirits and boutique brews do too. ...
Suggested WinesWith food styles such as rockcod baked provenÁale, with the basic flavours of onion and tomato and the wild herb aromas of southern France, the compatible wine style needs to be dry and reasonably forceful, with blends of chardonnay, semillon or other wine varieties....
Beechworth, in Victoria, lies between the famous regions of Rutherglen in the north and Alpine Valleys in the south. It is the smallest winegrowing area in northeast Victoria, but it is home to some of the state's most prestigious wineries, producing consistently high-quality wines from ...
© Penfolds | Australian wine has had a long and adventure-filled journey to get where it is today. By the 1870s it had become an issue: James Fallon, whose wines won prizes in Vienna in 1873 and in Bordeaux in 1882, stressed that "fortification in no instance [is] resorted to"....
"Awesome" Australian pinot – and it's not from the Yarra Valley or the Mornington Peninsula. Rebecca Gibb·Last updated 25-Jul-2013 © James Halliday/Bass Phillip | James Halliday names Bass Phillip 2010 Reserve Pinot Noir his Wine of the Year 2014 ...