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Iconic and Ageworthy Australian Shiraz

February 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Shiraz is Australia’s best-known and most widely planted wine grape. The country ranks second (behind France) in the production of this grape varietal. Some of its oldest vines date back to 1843. Shiraz is the same varietal that other countries call Syrah. It thrives in both warm and cool climates in Australia. This red grape […]

Filed Under: Australia, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Destinations, McLaren Vale, South Australia, Wine Events, Wine Region Tagged With: D'Arenberg, Kay Brothers, Penfolds, Seppeltsfield, shiraz, Torbeck Winery, Wakefield

Australian Wine Winter Trade Tasting

April 9, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Australian Wines The annual Australian Wine Winter Trade Tasting recently came to San Francisco. It took place at the pretty, The Pearl in the Dogpatch area. The event provided a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about and sample a wide range of Australian wines from most of the country’s dozens of wine regions—many of which are […]

Filed Under: Adelaide Hills, Australia, Barossa Valley, Barossa Valley, California, Coonawarra, Destination Type, Destinations, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hunter Valley, McLaren Vale, Mornington, Mornington Peninsula, New South Wales, North America, Oceania/Australia, San Francisco, South Australia, Tasmania, Travel, United States, Victoria, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries, Yarra Valley Tagged With: Angove Warboys, Angove Warboys Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dessert Wine, Grenache, Henley Farm, Hewitson, Hewitzon Winery, Jim Barry Wine, Langmeil Winery, Moss Wood Winery, Nocton Vineyard, Penfolds, Peter Lehann, Pinot Noir; Shiraz, Semillon, Thistledown, Torbeck Winery, Viognier

Australia’s Adelaide Hills Wine Country

August 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Adelaide Hills Wine Country Australia’s Adelaide Hills is a warmer wine region that produces primarily Shiraz (53 percent, to be exact). But the region also produces Cabernet, Pinot Noir and a number of whites, including Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Riesling. The large region, which has always been home to a particularly large German population, has […]

Filed Under: Activities, Adelaide Hills, Australia, Destination Type, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hahndorf, Hotels, Hotels, Oceania/Australia, Restaurants, South Australia, Travel, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Artwine, Ashton Hills Vineyard, Barratt Winery, Penfolds, Petaluma Winery, Shaw+Shaw Winert, The Haus, The Lane, The Manna Of Hahndorf