Australian Wines

This footage is reproduced courtesy of the State Library of South Australia Foundation.

The State Library has the best wine literature collection in the Southern Hemisphere, including the Thomas Hardy Wine Library and the Cellarmaster Collection of Rare Wine books, as well as collections of wine labels, company archives, drinking songs, and other ephemera connected with wine and wine making.

This 1999 promotional video launched a fund-raising appeal by the State Library of South Australia Foundation. It is introduced by media identity Keith Conlon and includes commentary from past librarian and wine buff, Valmai Hankel.

This excerpt starts with a short section about the Library’s Bradman Collection.

For more information see http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au.

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Wolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 Jimmy Watson Trophy Winner, (Best Australian Wine)

Simple

http://www.wineappraisals.com/index.htm

http://www.winebarrel.com/appaisal.htm

A quick tour of Australia’s most famous wine region, the Barossa. Try making your own blend at Penfold’s. Winemaker Peter Lehmann talks about his trade. And browse through the gourmet local produce at the South Australian Company Store – perfect ingredients for a flavoursome picnic hamper while you’re travelling through the Barossa.

The Barossa – the Australian holiday spot for wine tasting, dining and relaxing.

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I fear looking like an uneducated tourist! I am well versed in Australian wine but have little knowledge of the labelling system in France. So am unsure what to look for.

First idea.

Buy a copy of the current Hugh Johnsons Pocket WIne Book. It is a mini encyclopaedia which you can use to check the rating of wines on the wine list in the restaurant.

Second

Labelling system in France is primarily by region, thus you’ll see on a wine list categories such as Bordeaux, Burgundy etc. Be aware that red Burgundy is Pinot Noir and Bordeaux is Cab/Merlot blends, and respective whites are Chardonnay & Sauvignon Blanc.
Sauternes is a sweet wine, and Red Rhones are Syrah (Shiraz) based

Of these, good value is most often found with Rhone wines (e.g. Cotes du Rhone)

Third

Just ask for the house wine (Vin du Maison)

Four

If your French is up to it, or the restaurants English is good enough you could have a nice chat with the sommellier, but you are only going to find sommelliers in the most expensive restaurants. In most restaurants the food waiter wil take your order and he won’t be in a mood to have a long chat about an inexpensive wine.

Five

You could do a lot worse than to just find a wine in your price range and point to that on the wine list. If you like it, remember the name so you can order again, if you’re not so keen, remember the name so can avoid it. In this way you’ll have some excitement , quickly learn about French wine and taste wines you might not otherwise have the chance to.

Note — outside Paris most restaurants will have little other choices than the wine of that region.

Have fun. Wine is just a drink, there’s nothing to get wrong.

In this episode we get to the heart of why there is sometimes mention of fish on the wine labels. Get to really see what effect fish (and egg and milk products) fining agents can have on your sparkling wine. Warning: don’t try this at home. To see more go to http://www.winearoundoz.com

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We’re in Hunter Valley in a area famous for its wines, we are in the cellar of Phill and after showing us how to attach the labels on its bottles of wine, leave the rest of the success of our friend prove.
Best rate which is commented by Phill with “Excellent, this is mine, sell!”
Hunter Valley wine testing cellar Australia red white sticky label alcool trip holiday visit

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I had a friend describing to me a bottle of wine while shopping. He said he’s "pretty sure" it was in the "Australian Region" of the store. He described the wine label as having a Large swooping "R" that was red. The tail end of the R curled around itself in a type of a loop. Also believe there were embellishments on the bottle with the same type of design. I’ve tried searches, and looking at various wine labels but haven’t had much luck. Outside of hitting up a few local places I thought it would be good to ask here as well. Any help would be appreciated, or a photo of the label to confirm.

It could be Hardy’s Royal Reserve, a very nice tipple

In this clip, the Wineman shows us how to read an Australian wine label.

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doing a graphics project for an australian wine label – need to come up with a name

please help

cessiah vale