Tassie wines are simply sparkling
GOING back just 40 years, wine enthusiasts would have been hard-pressed to find Tasmanian sparkling on local restaurant wine menus.
GOING back just 40 years, wine enthusiasts would have been hard-pressed to find Tasmanian sparkling on local restaurant wine menus.
The New York-based alcoholic beverages giant Constellation Brands is preparing to sell its $US1 billion ($1.31 billion) Canadian wine business to concentrate more on premium wines, raising questions about how long it may hold its stake in Australia’s Accolade Wines.
THIS year’s Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show has attracted a record-breaking number of 774 entries submitted by 219 exhibitors from 62 wine regions across Australia and New Zealand.
From power cuts to tornadoes, South Australians have been battered by the weather over the last week.
A family-owned and operated winery nestled in the King Valley of Victoria’s majestic High Country has been judged the National Building Design of the Year at the 2016 National Building Design Awards.
Giesen Wines has been awarded the Champion Pinot Noir Trophy at the highly respected 2016 International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC), in the UK.
A component of red wine and grapes can help control inflammation induced by a bacterial pathogen that is linked to upper respiratory tract inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and middle ear infection (otitis media), according to a study.
The 17th Canberra International Riesling Challenge with 509 Rieslings from 243 wineries and eight countries will be assembled in Canberra on 10 October for a week of tasting, judging, Master classes, Seminars and the biggest consumer tasting of Rieslings in Australia.
South Australian residents are finding ways to stay positive as floodwaters inundate low-lying regions.
$6 million has been secured to fund the research and development of a new tool to assist New Zealand’s wine industry with better grape yield forecasting. Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce recently announced that the initiative will be funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) 2016 Endeavour Fund.