If you want to taste some of the best Australian wines, then you should head to Mudgee. Located a 30 minute drive from Sydney, this small town is renowned for its world class wines and fresh local produce like cheese and honey. Though Mudgee isn’t as loud and bustling as big Australian cities, it can [...]
White Wines In Australia
March 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you need information on white wines in Australia, then you have come to the right place. White wine accounts for around 60% of the country’s wine production with the rest being the wonderful reds that have significantly contributed to the rise in Australia’s winemaking industry. It is impossible to talk about white wines in [...]
Australian Red Wines
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you want information on Australian red wines, then you have come to the right place. Though Shiraz is considered the leading red wine variety in the country, numerous other varieties too are gaining popularity lately. But Shiraz still is the main component of the flagship Aussie wine label, Grange. It also accounts for the [...]
Margaret River Wine and Wine Varieties
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For wine lovers visiting the south western corner of WA, make sure that you don’t leave without tasting the world-renowned Margaret River wine. Since the first major vine plantation in 1967, the region has flourished to become known as potentially one of the world’s finest wine producing areas. Be it luscious Shiraz, vibrant Semillon and [...]
How Does Northern Hemisphere Wine Differ From Australian Wine?
November 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As the majority of Australia’s wine producing regions are situated in the southern hemisphere, the summer/winter seasons here are the opposite of summers/winters experienced by the wine regions in the northern hemisphere. Thus, when it is summer in the northern hemisphere, Australia’s wine producing regions are experiencing the southern hemisphere’s winter, and vice versa. The [...]
Wine Drinking In The Western World
November 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Wine has been an important part of the Western history ever since the Neolithic era (8,500 to 4,000 BC) when fruit juices fermented accidentally, leaving behind an amazing beverage for people to enjoy right up to the present. During the last two decades, the global wine market has become highly sophisticated and internationalized. In 2011, [...]
