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.
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Trevor 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.
readWhat makes a bottle worth such a figure? What does it really cost to make? If you set out to create the most expensive bottle in the country, what is the most you could pay for raw materials?
readThe march of refinement in Australian white wines has left no variety untouched, but in the wake of the rise of new varieties there’s no question the quartet of chardonnay, sauvignon, riesling and semillon retain their monopoly on the upper echelons.
readAn eerie familiarity filled the room when Tim McNeil Riesling 2010 made its first public appearance. How could the first vintage ever made possess such profound echoes of wines the audience had tasted many times before?
readTasmania’s vineyards are among the most idyllically placed in the country, perfectly located to
nurture premium, cool climate wines. The fabled house of Taittinger holds a privileged position among the large, independent, family-
owned champagne houses.