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Australia’s Clare Valley Rieslings: Under the Screwcap

October 29, 2022 Leave a Comment

Clare Valley is one of Australia’s oldest wine regions. The valley’s most widely produced white wine varietal is Riesling, although reds—especially Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon—do account for roughly 80% of the valley’s total planted acres. The San Francisco Wine School and South Australia Tourist Commission recently held a seminar on Clare Valley Rieslings. The session’s […]

Filed Under: Australia, Clare Valley, Destinations, Oceania/Australia, South Australia, Wine Events, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Riesling, San Francisco Wine School, screw cap, screwcap, South Australia wines

Iconic and Ageworthy Australian Shiraz

February 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Shiraz is Australia’s best-known and most widely planted wine grape. The country ranks second (behind France) in the production of this grape varietal. Some of its oldest vines date back to 1843. Shiraz is the same varietal that other countries call Syrah. It thrives in both warm and cool climates in Australia. This red grape […]

Filed Under: Australia, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Destinations, McLaren Vale, South Australia, Wine Events, Wine Region Tagged With: D'Arenberg, Kay Brothers, Penfolds, Seppeltsfield, shiraz, Torbeck Winery, Wakefield

Australian Wine Winter Trade Tasting

April 9, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Australian Wines The annual Australian Wine Winter Trade Tasting recently came to San Francisco. It took place at the pretty, The Pearl in the Dogpatch area. The event provided a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about and sample a wide range of Australian wines from most of the country’s dozens of wine regions—many of which are […]

Filed Under: Adelaide Hills, Australia, Barossa Valley, Barossa Valley, California, Coonawarra, Destination Type, Destinations, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hunter Valley, McLaren Vale, Mornington, Mornington Peninsula, New South Wales, North America, Oceania/Australia, San Francisco, South Australia, Tasmania, Travel, United States, Victoria, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine Tasting, Yarra Valley Tagged With: Angove Warboys, Angove Warboys Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dessert Wine, Grenache, Henley Farm, Hewitson, Hewitzon Winery, Jim Barry Wine, Langmeil Winery, Moss Wood Winery, Nocton Vineyard, Penfolds, Peter Lehann, Pinot Noir; Shiraz, Semillon, Thistledown, Torbeck Winery, Viognier

Coonawarra Wine Region in Australia

December 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

Coonawarra is the most southerly of South Australia state’s wine regions. Its cool temperatures and unique “Terra Rosa” soils (mineral-rich red soil atop a layer of very hard limestone, called “Calcrete” through which roots cannot penetrate, down to a layer of porous limestone which provides drainage) produces a unique terroir where small, concentrated, stressed berries […]

Filed Under: Australia, Clare Valley, Coonawarra, Destination Type, Destinations, Eden Valley, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Oceania/Australia, South Australia, Travel, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: Bowen Estate, Brands Laria, Hollick Winery, Penlye Estate, Redman Wines, Rymill, Wynn Winery

Australia’s McLaren Vale Wine Region

December 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

Australia’s McLaren Vale wine region is known primarily for Shiraz and Cabernet wines. Since it has a Mediterranean climate, it also produces several Rhone, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese varietals, including Tempranillo, Grenache, Nebbiolo and Touriga Nacionale. Although our time was limited in the region, we were still able to visit five wineries—and they were winners. […]

Filed Under: Australia, Destination Type, Destinations, Featured-City, Food & Wine, McLaren Vale, Oceania/Australia, South Australia, Travel, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: Coriole, d’Arenberg, Kay Brothers, S.C. Pannell, Wira Wira

Australia’s Adelaide Hills Wine Country

August 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Adelaide Hills Wine Country Australia’s Adelaide Hills is a warmer wine region that produces primarily Shiraz (53 percent, to be exact). But the region also produces Cabernet, Pinot Noir and a number of whites, including Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Riesling. The large region, which has always been home to a particularly large German population, has […]

Filed Under: Activities, Adelaide Hills, Australia, Destination Type, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hahndorf, Hotels, Hotels, Oceania/Australia, Restaurants, South Australia, Travel, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: Artwine, Ashton Hills Vineyard, Barratt Winery, Penfolds, Petaluma Winery, Shaw+Shaw Winert, The Haus, The Lane, The Manna Of Hahndorf

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