Australian wine and the art of blending

The ability of some Australian winemakers to be able to commit to memory a library of their wines’ flavours and aromas has helped the country become increasingly renowned for its blends, writes Simone Madden-Grey.n The art of blending and the ability to assess individual parts, commit them to memory and create a vast library of aromas, flavours and structures from which to draw on at a point in the future is a unique talent. It is one that helped define the modern era of winemaking in Australia.