Classic Wines

To the casual wine drinker, Semillon may or may not be terribly familiar. In its New World incarnation, Semillon is best known as a popular varietal wine that is produced in Australia. Here, it tends to produce a wine whose flavors can range from ho...

Located in South Australia, the Barossa Valley is one of the most important wine regions in all of Australia, which is arguably one of the most important wine-producing countries in the world today. Some of the most well-known producers of wine are ...

Despite the warm-ish climate of the Clare Valley, some of Australia's best Riesling is grown here. This, of course, is odd, for Riesling is typically a grape that responds best to cooler climates. But such is the magic of Australia that even the mos...

Such are the temptations of producing wines and growing grapes in a "hot" country like Australia that many growers and producers seem to want to make as much money as possible as quickly as possible. Coonawarra embodies this sad aspect of ...

Sémillon, the classic white grape variety, does famously well here. Chardonnay is grown to lovely effect, too. As far as reds are concerned, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz are the two most highly-regarded varieties, and blends of these grapes,...

Margaret River, which is in the Western Australia region (though despite the name, the region is actually in the southwest of the country), is rather similar to Bordeaux in the variety of grapes that flourish there. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, tw...

Located in South Australia, McLaren Vale is a wine region of ever-increasing importance and visibility. Indeed, there seem to more wines bearing the McLaren Vale name on their labels now than ever before. And this is a very good thing. In a country ...

Located in Southern Australia, Padthaway was, for a long time, best known for the wines of its most popular producer, the wine giant Lindeman's. But recently, more people have been discovering the pleasures of some of the small, more typically local...