Cheap wine was celebrated at the SA Wine of the Year Awards this year with 15 wines under $20 awarded gold medals by professional judges. The biggest bargain was the Jacob’s Creek 2010 riesling which you can often get for under $10 a bottle. Dan Murphy’s Online currently have it for $6.90 in any six [...]
Tasmania Unbottled 2011 Tasmania Unbottled is coming to Australia for the fourth year running with events held in Brisbane (September 8), Sydney (September 12) and Melbourne (September 14). It’s a fantastic showcase of Tasmania’s famous cool climate wines and excellent produce. Booking is via the Wine Tasmania website. Can’t make it but want to see [...]
Rob Geddes, the author of Australian Wine Vintages (known as the Gold Book) has some interesting comments on the Australian wine industry (via Winebiz). It has been tough for wine producers in Australia due to the strength of the Aussie dollar and the over production of popular wine varieties throughout Australia. While this might mean [...]
Moet & Chandon has launched a revolutionary new champagne product after observing consumer behaviour in St Tropez. In the hot climate, people were ordering champagne with ice. This isn’t how champagne is meant to be drunk and the result is a watery, unbalanced experience. However, people were drinking it anyway so rather than fight it, [...]
The 2012 edition of James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion has just been released packed full of information on Australian wines, wineries and wine regions. James Halliday was interviewed by Michael Veitch for ABC Hobart and the podcast is on the ABC blog. In the interview, James Halliday discusses how difficult it is for consumers to [...]
As reported by WineBiz, the 10th Canberra Riesling Challenge is taking place from 12-17 October in Canberra. This event started off ten years ago as a small Canberra event to find the World’s best Riesling and is now a world class wine event. This year, the competition has broken previous records for the number of [...]
A new marketing initiative will soon be launched in Australia to promote Australian wine. The venture is named AFFW which stands for Australia’s First Families of Wine and it comprises a collective of 12 famous names in the Australian wine industry. The purpose of AFFW is to educate consumers and industry professionals on the characteristics [...]
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 [...]
