Fortified wines remain a tough sell, but there are remarkable treasures to be discovered among the Barossa’s most historic barrel halls, glorious remnants of those heady days of old.
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It’s always perplexed me that the world has never fallen in love with Barossa sparkling red. Is Lambrusco to blame for scarring another generation? “I don’t like sparkling red,” is the typical response when I offer a sparkling shiraz. One sip and that changes forever.
readThere’s a new buzzword in the Barossa. Once upon a time, the regional identity of a wine was simply “Barossa.” Now winemakers are honing in on “subregionality”. It’s a sign of coming of age for a region to celebrate the subtle uniqueness of each of its zones.
readI’ve never seen a vintage quite like 2008 in the Barossa. There have been plenty of dismal vintages and the occasional triumph, but never one that has shown both extremes in the same season quite like this.
readLet’s be honest, robust reds aren’t everyone’s bag.
The wine world is increasingly prizing diversity and subtlety.
If there’s a word to sum up our food and wine tastes of the past decade it has to be “experimentation.”
readThe Australian Wine Industry’s most prestigious award, the 2012 McWilliam’s Maurice O’Shea Award, was last night awarded to the Australian Screwcap Initiative.
readMore than one-sixth of Australia’s vineyards are unprofitable and supply exceeds demand by more than twenty percent, according to a frank new report from the nation’s leading peak bodies.
readPlans for a highway bypass that would threaten vineyards in South Australia’s Coonawarra region have been delayed indefinitely.
readSouth Australia’s oldest commercial vineyard site has been sold to developers to be subdivided for housing. The Stony Hill vineyard at Old Reynella in McLaren Vale was first planted to Cabernet Sauvignon in 1838 by the district’s first settler, John Reynell.
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