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Semillon

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

Hunter Valley Wine Region

December 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

From Mudgee, we continued to the Hunter Valley wine region. This hot valley with its long growing season is the largest, most well-known wine region in New South Wales. It is especially known for its semillions, its big, juicy shirazes and its dessert wines. We normally dislike Semillons, which we have found too citrusy and […]

Filed Under: Activities, Australia, Destination Type, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Oceania/Australia, Restaurants, Travel, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Brokenwood’s, Broke’s Promise Estate, Constable Estate, McLeish Estate, Nightingale Vineyard, Petersons Wines, Scarborough Wines, Semillon, Thomas Allen Wines, Vinden Estate