2007 is quickly shaping up as the year of natural disasters for winemakers down under. Drought, frosts, bushfires, unseasonal rain and even locusts have wrought havoc across Australian vineyards. Last weekend the Hunter Valley was hit by the most significant floods it has seen in more than 35 years.
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Why does it seem that Sauvignon Blanc is a four-letter word in the Australian wine trade at the moment?
readThe annual taste-off for Taste Food & Wine is the most intensive event on my tasting calendar. This year, Matthew Jukes and I short-listed some 3200 wines for consideration in our 2009 guide.
readTake a long, hard look at the way that oak is being used in the Australian wine industry at the moment and you could be in for a surprise. Changes are at hand that have radically altered the landscape of oak in this country in recent years.
readIt started as a crazy marketing idea, but in less than a year it’s transformed wine tourism in the Granite Belt. Visitors are flocking into cellar doors on the hunt for alternative varieties they’ve never tasted before.
readIn just seven years a Brisbane computer programmer, who admitted to being naïve about winemaking, went on to make the highest-scoring red wine at the Royal Sydney Wine Show. This is the story of Ewen MacPherson, the man who took Queensland wine to new heights.
readLanghorne Creek is at the end of the line when it comes to water allocations. Its innovative water management initiatives have been lauded as exemplars for the entire Murray Darling basin.
readThe closure discussion may have shown signs of subsiding in Australia, but it continues at full steam in our key export markets, and the implications are significant. Research which has emerged in recent months indicates that there is still much uncharted territory ahead.
readIt was shiraz that first rocketed Australia to the attention of the wine world, and it is shiraz that continues to power its reputation.
readIf your wine journey hasn’t yet led you to the shores ofSouth America, there’s a whole new world to be discovered.
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