Port has always suffered an image problem and most young people tend to cold-shoulder the drink and are of the opinion that it's something only old people's drink. Well, that may be the case, but who said that older people should have all the fun?...
While Australia is a comparatively new entrant on the global wine market, local winemakers & wine growers are quite versatile and experimental and there isn't much they won't try their hand at. To a certain extent, this is owed to settlers from different continents, that...
The Orange Region is located to the Northwest of Sydney and is one of the most renowned wine growing regions in Australia. The altitude and the volcanic soils of Mount Canobolas provide the ideal conditions for growing cool-climate wines. If you are touring the region,...
When you start building a wine collection, and want to savour your wines in the right manner, you begin building your wine glasses collection too. And anyone that has even a remote interest in wines knows there are different types glasses for different wines. Here...
When it comes to wine production, New South Wales doesn't stand out as a major contributor when compared to large wine producing states such as Northern Territory or South Australia. NSW doesn't have a very notable wine producing region, and Canberra District is the only...
Wine has been around for hundreds of years in some shape or form. When glass bottles were invented, people got a new way to store wines and these drinks gained more popularity. People started to use different grapes, experiment with techniques, develop complex flavours, and...
If you're an avid wine collector, you probably have different varietals and vintages in your cellar. Some of them might be fit for immediate consumption while others require a little aging for their flavours to develop fully. It can be a challenge to determine when...
If you are just embarking on a wine collecting journey and have started researching and sampling new wines, you must be eager to learn how to hone your wine tasting skills. Every wine has a distinctive taste, flavour, aroma, note, undertones and nuances. And so it...
Most people that are interested in wines are also curious about how it's made. It's common knowledge that wine is the fermented juice of grapes, but there are a number of stages in the process that lend a wine its distinctive character. If we were to...
When it comes to white wine varieties, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay and Riesling are the most popular varieties. The wines that are produced from these grapes can be place-name wines or varietal wines - these don't make mention of the grape variety on...