The low yielding 2012 vintage in the heights of Orange has given birth to a zesty and focused sauvignon of blackcurrant bud, mint leaf, grapefruit zest and guava fruit, underlined by taut, cool, high altitude acidity, layers of lingering fruit concentration and a crisp finish. A well crafted wine of subtle texture and pleasant balance. […]
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How many Queensland wineries could you name? Most locals might have difficulty listing more than a handful. It may come as a surprise that the sunshine state is now home to no less than 177 wineries.
readTrevor Mast, longstanding winemaker at Mount Langi Ghiran and legend of the Victorian wine industry in Australia passed away last night, following a five year battle with younger onset Alzheimer’s.
readWould sparkling wine be as popular without the pop?
readThe race is on to create the most expensive wine in Australia.
readWhile exploring France, Steve Webber and Leanne De Bortoli discovered that fine wine was made by understanding the land. “We realised we didn’t have an amazing understanding of what fine wine was…That was a revolution! We did a lot of soul searching in what fine wine was and what the Yarra could do.”
readAlice Springs may seem an unlikely place to produce one of Australia’s more important red winemakers. But if the Red Centre hadn’t been home to Sue Hodder, she would likely have never ended up in Coonawarra. And she would certainly have never had the spirit to transform the most fabled and historic estate of Australia’s other red centre, as Chief Winemaker at Wynns Coonawarra Estate.
readThis is quintessential party fizz for the masses. I took more than a dozen bottles of Aussie bubbles and champagne to a Christmas party on Sunday afternoon and the cheapest bottle in the ice bucket was the first to be emptied! Little wonder, with such a refreshing froth of strawberry and red cherry fruit and […]
readWine Taste highlights come to you from all manner of places, and this one was discovered over wood-fired pizzas on a sunny Sunday afternoon in McLaren Vale. It’s refreshingly medium-bodied, stylishly crafted and deliciously priced. It tastes like young shiraz in all of its white pepper, spice, blackberry and black plum glory, with an attractively […]
readTim Adams Gris frequents that rare place where textural structure, zesty zing and fleshy lusciousness co-exist, creating a wine of immense food-pairing versatility and crowd-pleasing appeal. It’s fresh and crunchy, beautifully textured and defined by excellent fruit expression of nashi pear, grapefruit, lemon blossom and fleshy white nectarine, finishing with a tweak of juicy sweetness. […]
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