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A profile of Southcorp Wines

30 April 1994UncategorizedChris Shanahan

A detailed look at the bringing together of brands, vineyards, winemaking and managment cultures that created Southcorp wines

Making grapes to feed the wine boom

20 February 1994UncategorizedChris Shanahan

The wine export boom is fuelling an unprecedented expansion in vineyards and winemaking capacity. This article looks at several aspects and covers the emergence of what later became ‘Wrattonbully’ in some detail

Mitchelton Riesling – the outsider with pedigree

7 November 1993UncategorizedChris Shanahan

A visionary decision by Colin Preece saw riesling planted at Mitchelton on Victoria’s Goulburn River, half a continent from the variety’s Aussie home in the Clare and Eden Valleys.

Alambie puts pressure on wine prices

31 October 1993UncategorizedChris Shanahan

Just as the export boom encourage domestic price increases, Alambie Wine Company hit the scene offering everyday quaffers at the right price

Bright spot in a bleak landscape

26 September 1993UncategorizedChris Shanahan

As other rural industries decline, grape growing and winemaking re-invigorate many regions across Australia

Cowra’s grape industry gets going

12 September 1993UncategorizedChris Shanahan

How Cowra got its broadacre vineyard developments

Coonawarra Boundary controversy

11 July 1993UncategorizedChris Shanahan

Coonawarra’s boundary must be drawn to comply with our EC and US agreements. But where is the line to be drawn. It won’t be an easy task

Spirit of Sydney Hamilton lives on in Leconfield Wines, Coonawarra

11 April 1993UncategorizedChris Shanahan

Sydney Hamilton retired from retirement in what most of us would call a ripe old age. Having mastered the art of protective white winemaking a generation ahead of the rest of Australia, he bounced back in old age to establish a great Coonawarra estate making elegant reds from the Bordeaux varieties

Wet summer puts pressure on Coonawarra vignerons

24 January 1993Vineyard, WineChris Shanahan

A visit to Coonawarra during January of a wet summer reveals vine disease pressure and vigneron anxiety plus a few bright spots

Langton’s Classification: a demand based view of Aussie wine quality

22 November 1992WineChris Shanahan

Langton’s, an Australian wine auction house, issues a classification of Australian wines based on demand in the secondary market

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