Australian Wine Articles

Great articles and information on Australian Wine.  Guest authors like Gavin Trott and Darby Higgs give their take on the wonderful Australian wine industry.

Gavin is the owner of the Auswine forum and has many years experience in the Australian wine industry. He currently syndicates the WINE OF THE WEEK for the BRW (Business Review Weekly).

Darby is the founder of Vinodviersity.com an information service spreading the word about exciting new winegrape varieties being used to produce wine in Australia. He lives in Melbourne and regularly vists Australian wineries.

• Barossa Valley - Article
  There wouldn't be much doubt that if I asked people around the world to name just one Australian wine region, most would say "The Barossa Valley". Why is this? Well, some excellent promotion over the years has helped, it is the home of Penfolds Grange, plus there are a myriad of other reasons.
  
  
• Shiraz - Article
  Shiraz is Australia’s highest profile wine style, and arguably its best red wine. The grape is believed to have come to Australia first from its home, Hermitage in the Rhone area of France many years ago. Some believe, again arguably, that due to extensive re-planting in France due to Phylloxera, our older vineyards are more like Hermitage used to be, than that region is today.
  
  
• Cabernet Sauvignon - Article
  Australian Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's finest wine grapes. From Bordeaux to California to Italy and Chile, Cabernet makes great wines. Australia is no exception making great Cabernet.
  
  
• Yellow Tail Australian wine - Article
  The [yellow tail] range of wines have taken the world by storm. And so they should. They are excellent Australian wines which are consistently good. They have clearly won the battle for everyday wines at their particular price range.
  
  
• Australian Wine Industry - Article
  The Australian wine industry has boomed in the past ten years. Employers have had to triple their staff numbers to cope with the demand for Aussie wine.
  
  
• Why Australia for Fine Wines
  Australia, the land DownUnder, has become a major and exciting force in international wines. Australian wine is taking the world by storm, due to the quality of the grape stock combined with the skill and experience of our winemakers. This enables us to produce a superb and wide range of Australian wine styles.