The Great Success Of Australian Wines

Australia maintains a wide range of biodiversity. It is a land of strange marsupials, including kangaroos, koalas, emus, possums and some of the most venomous snakes in the world.

The continent with a vast geography and variations in climatic conditions, ranges from tropical rainforest to snow-capped mountains and vast desert areas. This large quantity of soil and soil diversity, just like Crocodile Dundee’s strange accent and cultural practices, has only helped to add to the lure and mystique of Australian wines.

In 1788 the British crown created the penal colony of New South Wales as a way to relieve stress in already overcrowded British and American colonial prisons.

Most people eventually learned about Australia’s gift of wine by the great success of a variety of Penfolds Grange vintages of Shiraz, include winning first prize at the Wine Olympics in 1971, and the 1990 Vintage Red Wine of the Year the winery won from the Wine Spectator magazine.

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Vintage Wine Stored With Your Collection

The more prestigious vineyards around the world have a tendency to label their wines "vintage wine" only if the quality of the wine gets better with time. As it gets older, there is an increase in the quality of the wine.

If the wine is of a quality that is not suitable for aging, such manufacturers can label a wine as "Beaujolais Nouveau" which means that it should be consumed within a few months of bottling.

If wineries manage to produce a high quality vintage wine then this is when the price is much higher than the price for lower quality wines. The problem arising with a majority of drinkers, whether experts or not, is that most cannot tell the difference between a vintage wine and other wines and cast doubt on the value of the higher priced bottle of wine.

Many experts and even some amateurs were able to easily tell the difference of a vintage wine and a fresh bottle. The lower price of the fresh bottle does not mean it is of lower quality, it just means it costs less to purchase.

When drinking a glass of wine, your first consideration should be the taste, rather than the prestige name on the label. You may be disappointed when you pay $100 dollars or more for a vintage wine and it tastes awful, but if you buy a $15 bottle, it may agree much better with your pallet.

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