I am very proud to launch my Australian Sparkling Report 2018, the most in-depth report I’ve ever filed on this dynamic category, a 77 page trawl through all the hot topics in Australian sparkling, featuring full reviews of my 120 best sparkling wines of the year of every price and style. As always, I am pleased to offer you this extensive document as a free download.

Highlights this year include…

• Sparkling is Australia’s fastest-growing export category, mushrooming at six times the rate of still wine exports in 2016-2017
• 2017 was the year the world discovered Australian sparkling
• A prominent Champenois figurehead declares Tasmanian sparkling is on the level of champagne
• Australian prosecco production has trebled in the past three years
• Australia has the potential to replace Italian prosecco as the global benchmark for high quality, affordable fizz
• House of Arras and Seppelt are Australia’s top sparkling houses this year, closely followed by newcomer Bellebonne
• It’s time Tasmania’s subregions are officially recognised
• Piper’s River has stepped forward as Tasmania’s effervescent epicentre
• Tasmania is Australia’s hero sparkling state, topping the charts again this year on every measure
• Cork taint is back to the same alarming levels of fifteen years ago
• Of the hundreds of Australian sparkling wines I’ve tasted in the past year, only 120 made the cut
• Thanks to one cuvée, my Sparkling Wine of the Year Under $20 is back
• Announcing the best sparkling wine under $20 that I have ever tasted
• My Sparkling Wine of the Year Under $30 is on the streets right now under $18
• A newcomer takes out my Sparkling Wine of the Year under $50
• A brand new label eclipses all others for Sparkling Rosé of the Year
• A grand comeback for my highest pointed Australian sparkling ever
• Why Australian prosecco needs our support

Download Tyson Stelzer’s Australian Sparkling Report 2018