Australian Dry Red Wine Options
Shiraz is by far the most popular red wine out of Australia and of course, deserves mentioning. The thing is, Australia is a big continent and out of that big continent, comes a variety of different dry red wines.
Australian Wine Guide
From the outside, Australia as a wine-producing nation seems to have come from nowhere.
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Despite most of Australian production is limited to a specific area, this country has proven to be, year after year, one of the leading wine countries of the world ...
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Although the early Australian wine industry faced many difficulties, it also achieved considerable success.
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Pink Knot 2005 McLaren Vale Rose Wine ($10.99)
Coriole 2002 "Contour 4" McLaren Vale Sangiovese-Shiraz ($14)
Plantagenet 2004 "Hazard Hill" Western Australia Semillon-Sauvignon Blanc ($11) ...
Australia being the size it is and with far more geographical and climatic diversity than many outsiders give it credit for, it would be a black year indeed for no one to enjoy a good vintage. 2000 was no exception.
First developed for use with wine in the 1960s in France, screwcaps have become the closure of choice for the majority of premium wine producers in Australia, including Taylors.
Oak: Wines might be stored in oak containers, usually to impart extra and more complex flavours. French, American and German oak barrels are widely used in Australia, but are getting quite expensive as oak trees become scarcer.
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The last decade has been boom-time for the export-driven Australian wine market. Australia produces approachable, full-flavoured and good value wines that have taken the UK market by storm.
Australian wine regions A bit parochial I know! But where else can you find out what grape varieties are grown where in Australia, how much is grown, and what are the regions like climatically? All in one place. You can find out here ....
Australia. After a decade-long surge, the second-biggest exporter of wines into the U.S. by volume after Italy.
Beaujolais. French region producing delightful red wine from Gamay grapes; one of the world's great wine bargains.
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The main regions are found in an arc rimming the cooler southern states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. The Shiraz grape produces fine red wines, as does the Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cowra, Australia
Lively, soft, fruitful wines with weight and a certain presence.
Lower Hunter, Australia
Dark and brisk in its youth, richly soft with age, a very earth warm, animal red of great character and residual toughness.
Australia is making wines at a never-seen-before pace, and its annual wine production now compares to Italy and France. And some of it is actually good! ...
Australian synonym for Syrah, now also turning up on occasion in South Africa.
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Australians call their sweet dessert wines 'stickies.'
Q: Why are different grape varieties blended to make some wines?
Australia a number of cheaper bottled and box wines are produced by Australian vineyards and sold as "Lambrusco". They are typically medium-sweet, around 10% ABV and styled as an "easy drinking" product.
Australian Shiraz has become overly popular - to a fault. Once a secret among wine geeks "in the know" as an affordable alternative to high-priced Syrah-based wines from the Rhone, Aussie Shiraz has become wildly popular among all imbibers, ...
Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Directory. 18th. Annual ed. 2000. Australian Industrial Publications. Adelaide.
BULLEID, N. Alternative white varieties. Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Journal. Vol 13.
In Australia, Shiraz is the most popular red grape, used for making inexpensive, casual wines, as well as Penfolds Grange, the country's most famous wine-and one of its most expensive. South Africa also produces very good Shiraz.
WHO LOVES SYRAH?
The Australian name for the grape Syrah. Most of the vines planted in Australia (where Shiraz is one of the most planted red wine grapes) can trace their ancestry back to France, via South Africa.
Western Australia, and South Australia and New South Wales to some extent, have had success with Verdelho as a dry table wine, although less than 300 acres are planted altogether "down under".
Billy
An Australian term describing a tin pot used for boiling tea over an open fire.
Biscuity
A term describing tea that has been well-fired, often associated with Assam teas.
DORADILLO: Australian alias name for the Jaen variety used for red wine production in central Spain and also Portugal. The grape is also confusingly known as the Blanquette in the Hunter Valley.
Chardonnay (Australia or California)
Huîtres de Marennes
Muscadet / Bourgogne Aligoté (White Burgundy) / Alsace Sylvaner / Chablis / Beaujolais Primeur Rouge ...
Tea made by Australian bushmen in billy cans.
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Tarrango Australian hybrid red grape (a cross of Touriga Nacional and the white Sultana), which was designed to offer a fruit style that gave lightness and freshness even in the sometimes searing heat of Australia.
Shiraz
The Australian name for Syrah, a red grape variety.
Silky
Displaying a supple, smooth texture.
Hogshead
In Australia this is a 300 litre barrel. Confusingly it is also used when referring to a smaller barrel known as the barrique of Bordeaux.
Shiraz: The Australian name for Syrah; also used in South Africa and sparingly in the U.S.
Silky: A term used to describe a wine with an especially smooth mouthfeel.
RHINE RIESLING: Australian name for the Riesling grape of Germany. (See above).
From Coonawarra, Australia, this wine is medium bodied with a long savory edge.
From Russian River, California, this wine is fermented entirely in French oak barrels to produce a wine with a seductive, round texture and notes of sweet vanilla.
Around this time, Australia made their first mark on the wine industry when James Busby, an immigrant, began growing grapes in the Hunter Valley. You can still buy Hunter Valley wines today.
Cleanskin - In Australia, wine bottled without a commercial label, usually sold cheaply in bulk quantities.
Cold Duck - A mixture of red and white sparkling wine that has a high sugar content.
Favored by many winemakers, particularly those in Australia and Spain.
Kay Brothers--A fabulous Australian Shiraz producer.
Kendall-Jackson Winery
Kenwood Vineyards--founded in 1970. Wines produced include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc.
"Towards an Australian Wine Classification". Nicks Wine Merchants. Retrieved on 2008-06-26.
^ "Langton's Australian Wine Classification IV" (2007-07-27). Retrieved on 2008-06-26.
It's mostly associated with Germany, but other well-known regions making it include Alsace, Washington, Niagara, Finger Lakes, Okanagan and Australia's Clare Valley and Eden Valley. Styles range from bone dry to intensely sweet.
Among the many other countries that have caught Chardonnay fever, Australia is especially strong. Chardonnay was introduced to California in the 1930s but didn't become popular until the 1970s.
In France, Australia and increasingly in California it is often blended with Sauvignon Blanc to cut some of the strong "gooseberry" flavor of the latter grape and create better balance.
(JOHANNISBERG) RIESLING: (aka White Riesling in New York state (USA), Ontario and British Columbia (Canada), Riesling in Germany, Rheinriesling in Austria and Rhine Riesling in Australia).
This grape, also known as Shiraz, is grown the world over, from Southern France, to Australia, Argentina, California, and Washington State.
Wine DNA to foil crooks- Bottles of premium Australian wine are being given genetic "fingerprints" in an attempt to foil counterfeiters. BRL Hardy unveiled a world-first security seal which uses DNA coding to authenticate its flagship wine.
Spain, Australia, and South Africa. This development has often been driven by French and Spanish investments.
It is known in France and California as Syrah, and in Australia as Shiraz. The Rhône region of France has grown it for centuries. You can get some very nice Rhône wines that are 100% Syrah.
(aka Muscat Gordo Blanco or Lexia in Australia and Hanepoot in South Africa). Ancient grape species suitable for similar Mediterranean growing climates as the Muscat Blanc above.
Australia, New Zealand South America and South Africa, landing decidedly below the equator, enjoy lots of southern exposure which manipulates the harvest season so that the majority of their grapes are grabbed in the spring, from February to April.
Medals: Awards from Australian wine shows for well-made wines. The capital-city wine shows are the most reliable indicators of quality. Gold medals are awarded to wines attaining 18.5 points or more out of twenty points; silver medals, 17.0 to 18.
Varietal wines are more common to "New World" wines such as Australia or the USA because these are the regions that tend to bottle their wine according to the variety of grape used.
From the perspective of wine, the New World includes North and South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and perhaps Central and Eastern Europe.
Produces the distinctive Loire wines in France as well as a great number of blends in California, Australia, South Africa and other countries.
Wineries were planting record numbers of vines to increase their yields, Australia and the US were beginning to develop their vineyards, and sales were booming.
Used predominantly in the United States and Australia, the term "varietal" denotes a wine named after and made from a single grape variety.
In Australia, where it known as Shiraz, it produces rich, ripe voluptuous wines. It seems very much at home in Washington State and parts of California. It can display a range of flavors from leather to pepper and from violets to chocolate.
Syrah perfectly acclimated itself in California, Australia and South Africa.
Aromas: raspberry, black pepper, licorice, violet
French wines: Chateauneuf du Pape, Cote Rotie, Hermitage, Coteaux du Languedoc, Cotes de Provence, etc ...
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New World. Winemaking countries such as Australia, New Zealand, USA, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, Canada etc. outside of Western Europe.
Nose. the generic term for the smell of a wine.
"New World" Wines: Coming from the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, South Africa and South America; focusing on the new science of wine making and production techniques of modern winemakers.
BASKET PRESS
A wooden press used in the early days of Australian winemaking (and by some winemakers for certain wines today). This press is used to press the grapes to extract the juice, and colour from the skins.
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