Shiraz of varying styles and origin show real class at the 1996 National Wine Show of Australia

As the Barossa Valley and Limestone Coast vie for number one spot in Aussie wine’s premium stakes, Barossa Valley Estates is delivering regional specialties at realistic prices

Australia’s wine industry is on the verge of unprecedented change and expansion

A report on Wine Australia 1996, held at Darling Harbour, Sydney

Quality of Australian wine is on the rise and reds will be in short supply for the remainder of the century

Penfolds winemakers have a charter to make ‘white grange’. And they have a clean slate. Semillon and chardonnay are the insider runners but the odds are on chardonnay to prevail

Australia’s sparkling wines are showing the benefits of better fruit sourcing, especially from purpose planted vineyards as far south as Tasmania and at high altitude elsewhere

Creation of the Maurice O’Shea Award marked a turning point for McWilliams as its focused turned from the declining fortified wine market to table wines. Awarding of the 1995 O’Shea presented an opportunity to taste from McWilliams impressively broad domain

Australian Government bilateral agreements with Europe and America has created the need for Australia to define its wine regions. The process is bound to be long and complicated, but it is underway

Seppelt’s outstanding fortified wines spring from a great treasure trove of material up to a century old. James Godfrey is the current custodian of this unique resource.