Australia
Australia’s wine industry has been remarkably successful over the past 30 years and as such it is now the world’s fourth largest wine exporter, selling a variety of its wines in over 100 countries.
Australia was the first of the ‘new world’ wine producing countries to understand how to appeal to a growing number of modern wine drinkers, with its inexpensive, easy-drinking, wine styles. Its innovative strategy of producing and labelling wines according to grape variety proved highly popular and saw Australia steal valuable market share from traditional producing countries France, Italy and Spain.
In recent years grape gluts, climatic extremes and economic issues have challenged the Australian wine industry, forcing it to consolidate to maintain sales in increasingly price-competitive wine export markets. Australia’s challenge therefore was to raise its reputation for premium wine and thereby command prices that enable reinvestment in its wine industry long-term. The good news is that many independent wineries in Australia are now doing just that.
Australia's wine regions are mainly in the southern, cooler parts of the country, with vineyards located in South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. The wine regions in each of these states produce different wine varieties and styles that take advantage of the particular Terroir such as: climatic differences, topography and soil types.
Australia offers a wide range of wine styles at all prices, from many different grape varieties and regions. Whilst it has enjoyed tremendous success with inexpensive branded Chardonnays and fruity Shiraz-Cabernet blends, there is much to discover from Australia’s wide array of higher quality wines too.
Some of the country’s wines have become benchmark ‘classic’ styles such as Barossa Shiraz, Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and Clare Valley Riesling. Australia also makes sparkling wines, the best using the traditional Champagne method, while sparkling red Shiraz is an Aussie icon and party classic. There are Aussie sweet wines too, such as soft-textured late-harvest Rieslings, fortified tawnies and Rutherglen Muscat, Australia’s unctuous, toffee-flavoured classic.
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Willunga 100 'Smart Vineyard' Grenache 2022
From £28.00
Award-winning Grenache from Bernard & Wayne Smart’s century-old vineyard in Clarendon...Read More...
S.C. Pannell Grenache, Shiraz, Touriga 2020
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Known as the 'Purple One' this is a wonderful all-rounder:anywhere, anytime with anything!...Read More...
Willunga 100 McLaren Vale Grenache 2022
From £16.75
A vibrant, single-vineyard, old vine Grenache from McLaren Vale specialists, Willunga 100...Read More...
Protero Nebbiolo 2021
From £29.00
Perfumed, brooding & complex, this is a beguiling expression of 'Aussie' Nebbiolo...Read More...
Protero 'Aromatico' 2022
From £22.00
A silky & voluptuous white inspired by the wines of Northern Italy ideal with spicy food...Read More...
MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc 2023
From £30.00
A beautifully expressive Chenin, with arresting texture & lively acidity indicating an exciting ageing potential...Read More...
MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Grenache 2021
From £41.00
A wonderfully refined Grenache with purity & lightness that belies the fullness of fruit...Read More...
Stonehorse Riesling by Kaesler 2023
From £17.00
Zippy, Clare Valley Riesling with zesty lime & citrus flavours and fantastic ageing potential...Read More...
Port Phillip Estate 'Quartier' Pinot Noir 2021/23
From £21.00
Mornington Peninsula is now rightly in the pantheon of great Pinot regions of the world...Read More...
Wynns Coonawarra Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
From £26.00
A wine of style & stature 'Black Label' is one of Australia's most collectable wines...Read More...
Moss Wood Amy's 2022
From £19.00
The baby sister to Moss Wood's iconic Cabernet and dubbed 'Australia's best value red'...Read More...
Jim Barry 'The Barry Bros.' Shiraz 2021
From £14.75
A smooth, rich & full-bodied Clare Valley Shiraz from iconic producer Jim Barry...Read More...
Larry Cherubino Pedestal Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
From £17.00
Margaret River Cabernet with velvety soft tannins, black fruit, bay leaf & dark chocolate...Read More...
Jim Barry Watervale Riesling 2023
From £14.00
Mouthwatering aromas of lemon & lime combine with generous flavour & zesty acidity...Read More...
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 'Elsa' 2021
From £31.00
A sophisticated wine seasoned with a touch of Chardonnay - this is no ordinary Sauvignon...Read More...
Pierro Fire Gully Shiraz 2021
From £21.00
A savoury & silky Shiraz with depth & concentration to repay cellaring...Read More...
Pierro Fire Gully Chardonnay 2023
From £22.00
Delicious in every sense & produced by one of the legends of Australian Chardonnay...Read More...
Kaesler 'The Bogan' Shiraz 2021
From £30.00
The Bogan is a fine Barossa Shiraz & proof that a great red transcends class...Read More...
Wynns 'Michael' Limited Release Shiraz 2018
£75.00
Wynns limited release, best-of-vintage Shiraz, is silky, elegant & spicy...Read More...
Stonehorse Shiraz by Kaesler 2020/21
From £18.00
A rich, fruit driven Shiraz with spicy notes & long, full flavoured elegant palate...Read More...
Penfolds Father Grand Tawny 10 Years Old Fortified Wine
£25.00
Arguably the most refined wine in Penfolds Tawny portfolio, replete with elegance & power...Read More...
Penley Estate Genevieve Chardonnay 2021
From £15.50
An elegant, aromatic & lightly oaked Chardonnay from the cool-climate Adelaide Hills...Read More...
Jane Eyre Tasmania Pinot Noir 2021
From £47.00
Tasmanian Pinot of great purity, with pomegranate, a touch of spice & fine, persistent tannins...Read More...
Amon-Ra Shiraz by Ben Glaetzer 2021
From £65.00
The iconic Amon-Ra is intense, elegant & stylish crafted to appeal to all six senses...Read More...