Australian Wines

Destined to take its place as one of the greatest Grange vintages from the last 40 years, praise is being heaped upon this superb wine that can be cellared for decades.

You can buy Penfolds wines including Penfolds Grange, Penfolds 707, Penfolds RWT, Penfolds St. Henri and the Bin range from:

http://www.winetastes.co.nz/Penfolds.cfm

Wines can be delivered around the world to Australia, USA, UK, Europe (Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands), Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand.

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To mark our milestone 100th episode we thought we would have a special episode where we look at the four best wines in Australia. To narrow it down a little we decided to break it up into four categories.

The first category is a white, and unusually for us the top wine is a chardonnay, and not a riesling. It’s a great drop from the Margaret River region and will be no shock to anyone being named Australia’s best white, especially given the current vintage.

Our next top wine is a cult wine, from a relatively new producer. It’s a big, powerful, red from a Barossa producer who has a legion of fans across the globe thanks to some great reviews from the top wine writers. But it’s not all about power with this red, as a splash of viognier adds subtlety and grace to the super old shiraz vines.

Of course no list of Australia’s top wines would be complete without our next wine. A true icon of Australian winemaking, the name is known across the world. People who don’t drink wine know this wine’s name and know it’s reputation as Australia’s finest drop. This red is ideal for cellaring for the long term, and is the wine that so many Australians have celebrated important milestones by opening.

To round things out we thought we would include a wine that is uniquely Australian. The fortified wines of the Rutherglen region are truly distinctive and recognised as singularly exceptional when at their best. Some producers from the region have stock of old wine dating back many generations. Our pick has dipped into some incredibly old wine to offer a blend that is exceptionally rare and worth every dollar of it’s high price tag.

Duration : 0:8:7

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

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