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Wine Gifts
Wine Gifts for Father’s Day»Father’s Day 2009 is approaching. It’s on the 6th September here in Australia.
Wine and wine accessories are very popular gifts for Father’s Day. We’ve picked out the best wine gifts that can be ordered online and delivered anywhere in Australia or New Zealand, the UK and the USA.
2 bottles of White Wine, Red Wine [...]
Wine Regions
Heathcote Wine Region»
Heathcote in central Victoria is famous for producing exceptional quality Shiraz wine. The recognition is worldwide and winemakers in the area have achieved international success with their wines. The high quality of the shiraz produced in the Heathcote region is partly down to the ideal terroir. This is the combination of soil, sun, rain and [...]
Grape Varieties
About Shiraz Viognier»
Shiraz Viognier is a blend of red and white grapes. The shiraz grape variety is the most popular red wine variety in Australia. Viognier is much less known but the blend of the two varieties has become popular in recent times.
The blending of wine usually occurs after the wine has been made. However, in the [...]
Food and Wine
Mulled Wine Recipe»
As the weather gets a bit colder, it’s a great time to relax with some warm, spicy mulled wine. You can experiment with different recipes and adjust the quantities of wine, water and sugar depending on whether you want a stronger or sweeter drink. This is how I make it.
1 bottle of medium to full [...]
Wine Accessories
tchillbag: the funky, smart, ice bucket»
The Tchillbag is a new, funky, clever, wine accessory. It’s a sturdy, reusable bag made out of treated PVC. You add ice and water, put in your bottle of wine and enjoy a great looking and useful ice bucket. When chilled, the bag becomes rigid so it’s stable and won’t topple over. It’s also environmentally [...]
Merchants
Brewtopia: The people’s company!»We’re profiling Brewtopia today. They describe themselves as “not your average company”. In 2002 they created the people’s beer. Thousands of people from all over the world had a say in the development and production of a product. It was something different and it paid off for Brewtopia.
They’ve expanded into wine and have a fantastic [...]
Wine Industry News
Top 100 Wines, James Halliday 2008 list»James Halliday has published his top 100 wine list for 2008. It’s an interesting read and we’ve selected a handful of the wines from the list that you can buy online at fantastic prices.
He also gives an overview of trends in the Australian wine industry. These are some of the points he highlights:
There is a [...]
wine and food pairings
Christmas in July»
A big part of Christmas, and every celebration for that matter, is the food and drink. We’ve gradually developed our own Christmas food and wine traditions in Australia which are more in keeping with what we can expect in the middle of summer. In other words doing things which make sense when the weather’s [...]
Wine Education
Corks or Screwtops?»
It’s getting harder to find corks in wine bottles. Screw tops are dominant now which is an interesting development considering that wine bottles have been sealed with corks since the 1600s.
So what are the arguments for and against and what has caused the shift?
Wine History
A Very Short History Of Wine»
Wine making goes back 8000 years and is thought to have originated in Persia. It is almost certain that wine was discovered by accident due to the natural fermentation of the grapes.
Wine was known in all the ancient civilisations around the Mediterranean region. Ancient Egyptians are credited with developing pruning methods and stored wine in [...]
