Alternative Varieties
Greek grape no basket case in new Clare home
As a wine region blessed with a dry, sunny climate and sheer rugged beauty, it’s no wonder Santorini has become one of Greece’s premier tourism destinations. Few visitors to its busy taverns and restaurants complain when the dramatic views are momentarily interrupted by platters of good food and local wines.
Grenache wins top trophy for first time in National Wine Show’s 50-year history
An “incredibly beautiful” Grenache from a small vineyard in South Australia’s McLaren Vale has taken out the top award in the National Wine Show of Australia, the first time the variety has won in the show’s 50-year history.
Winemaking project platforms diverse production
Project 5255 is a winemaking project that puts Langhorne Creek in front of a new generation of Australian producers. The project shines a light on the diversity of the region’s fruit by offering three winemakers the chance to make a small-batch wine from two tonnes of grapes gifted free of charge to the successful program applicants.
Beechworth vigneron grows grape varieties in Australia for the first time
An award-winning Beechworth vigneron has reaped success with two new exciting grape varieties grown in Australia for the first time. Fighting Gully Vineyard’s Mark Walpole has grown Petit Arvine and Cornalin, white and red respectively, from the Aosta Valley in mountainous region in Italy’s far northwest with the region bordering Switzerland.
Trousseau
Smallfry Wines is a partnership in business and life between Suzi Hilder and Wayne Ahrens.
From Pinot G to Picolit
In its homeland in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in northeast Italy, Picolit is commonly made into a dessert wine either from semi-dried or late-harvested grapes. Kevin McCarthy, who together with his wife Kathleen Quealy pioneered Pinot G in Australia, admits to sipping “a lot” of these dessert wines during his travels across northern Italy while researching local Pinot Grigio production in the late 1990s.
