Champagne drinkers know that the wines they like are amongst the best in the world. Your senses will appreciate the enjoyment from the exceptional smell, taste and fizz of a fine champagne. The name champagne is restricted to wines from the champagne area of France. Vintage wines are from one year’s harvest only. It’s expensive [...]

There is no better way to enjoy great wine than by taking a trip through our fabulous wine regions. There you can sample, normally for no charge, the many fantastic wines to be found at cellar doors around the country. An often rewarding experience is conversing with a very passionate winemakers while sampling their wines. [...]

Dinner party time can send almost everyone into a bit of a spin. Perhaps the in-laws or the boss and his wife are coming over and you want to impress them with a masterful display of entertaining prowess. Adding to the stress of what to cook is wine-matching, or the art of finding just the [...]

The appearance of fake Australian wines in China could hurt trade with one of the largest export markets, worth an estimated $143 million. Chinese producers have been discovered counterfeiting Aussie wines, including fakes of renown brand Penfolds, and promoting these wines in stores and trade shows across China. Counterfeit wines is not limited to only [...]

Are you wondering how you can make wine? So the pre preparation method includes arranging a jar of five gallon capacity, roughly 10 kilograms of similar fruits. Now you must take away the stems and then peel the fruits and extract the seeds if possible. Now try and extract the pulp but be careful that [...]

Skillogalee, a small but award winning boutique winery run by a father and son team in Southern Australia, takes its name from a somewhat unusual source. Having suffered illness, injury and bad weather (as well as running short of provisions) while looking for land suitable for settlement in the early 1840s, things were looking grim [...]

Riesling is one of those love or hate grape varieties. For some Riesling just brings back bad memories of cheap, sickly sweet plonk from years gone by. On the other hand, for it’s fans, Riesling is a beautifully pure and refreshing white wine full of juicy, youthful fruit and there is no greater white grape [...]

Australia is well known for producing splendid white wines. Some of its masterpieces when it comes to dry white wine are the Pinot Gris, the Sauvignon Blanc, and the Chardonnay. Those hailing from the vineyards of the Barossa Valley are especially given extra appreciation. But the best white wine to buy is not yet among [...]

Wine enthusiasts from different parts of the world have various taste in wine, red or white. But when it comes to choosing the finest, they all have a mutual understanding, especially with regards to dry white wine. When speaking of white wine, people prefer those with a crisp, citrusy, acidic taste that’s fruity enough to [...]

They say Chardonnay is the world’s favorite white wine.  This could be right as the Chardonnay grape is the largest variety in the world. Many wine lovers will debate on this. However, no one will argue if you say that this Australian white wine is the favorite of Americans. A New York Times report stated [...]