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South Eastern Australia’s unique terroir helps the moskato grapes to be more concentrated before harvesting. Delgithful pink color, fresh flavors of peach, nectarine and orange blossom on nose and juicy fruits bouncing on palate. It’s a wine that has good acidity to balance the sweetness, also a long finish of jasmine and rose taste in the end. This wine is perfect to pair with most Asian cuisines and rich desserts.
With the abundance of choice available for European ‘Liefhebbers’ wines, Australian wines are often overlooked in favor of wines from traditional European producers – so rather than trying to decide for yourself While deciding between the Australian wines available to choose from, let us sort that out for you as we pull together some local knowledge of the best of Australia.
The selection of wines available here is only a fraction of Australia’s ocean of fine winemakers, so over time we will introduce new wines to share.
History of Australian Wine
Australia began making wine over two centuries ago. This has given us a country rich in old vines, multi-generational winemaking families and an ingrained knowledge and respect of the craft. Add to that a yearning to explore and innovate, a fearless attitude and a diverse patchwork of 65 wine regions across many climates, and you have the makings of an extraordinary wine country like no other.
With over 200 years of viticulture and winemaking, Australia has a rich wine, vine and family history to explore. Australia offers distinguished sites, the wealth of some of the oldest vines on the planet and multi-generational families whose long-standing dedication provides inspiration, leadership and custodial care of Australia’s most precious vines and wines.
Style, variety and region
Australia burst into the export markets in the 1980s and since then has offered the world vibrant, fruit forward wines of exceptional value. Fast forward to the late 1990s and early 2000s, and intense concentrated examples of Shiraz, Grenache and red blends dominated the Australian wine story. In between these two extremes lies the diverse Australian premium and regional offering that has always existed.
Whether its innovative techniques in the vineyards, pushing winemaking boundaries or experimentation with non-traditional varieties, there is a trend toward innovation.
Environment & The Fruit
While dependent on good soil for the vines, ultimately its whats above ground that’s important for Australian wines – That is, the heat and the rain, which will drive the richness and characteristics of the fruit. From the toasty Chardonnays of the Margaret River, delicious Semillion of the Hunter Valley, the deep Shiraz (Syrah) of the Barossa Valley and to the elegant Pinot Noir of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula and Geelong.
Australian wines are known for their variety strength and the richness of the fruit. It’s a large country and the same variety can be grown over a number of regions, thousands of kilometres apart. What makes Australian wines so interesting is the characteristics of the fruit, as a reflection of the local environment in which it is grown, and ultimately harvested, and how thats accentuated in the wine.