Hunter Valley: Australia’s Oldest Wine Region and Its Strangest White
The Hunter Valley is Australia’s oldest wine region, about two hours’ drive north of Sydney, and on paper it should ...
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McLaren Vale: Shiraz, Old-Vine Grenache and the Sea
McLaren Vale is the wine region on Adelaide’s doorstep: about 33 kilometres south of the city, thirty-five minutes by car, ...
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Clare Valley: The Home of Australian Riesling
The Clare Valley is a string of small valleys about 100 kilometres north of Adelaide, and it is the home ...
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Coonawarra: Australia’s Cabernet Capital on a Strip of Red Dirt
Coonawarra is a narrow strip of red soil in the far south-east of South Australia, about 380 kilometres from Adelaide, ...
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Adelaide Hills Wine Region: Cool Climate, Half an Hour From Town
The closest wine region to Adelaide, and the coolest. What the Adelaide Hills tastes like, five cellar doors worth the drive, when to go and one bottle to try at home.
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Eden Valley Wine Region: The High Country Above the Barossa
Eden Valley sits in the ranges above the Barossa, between 219 and 632 metres up. What the region tastes like, five small cellar doors and one bottle for comparison.
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Margaret River Wine Region: Cabernet, Chardonnay and Where to Start
Two oceans, gravelly soil and a region that went from paddocks to world class in under sixty years. What to drink, five cellar doors and when to visit.
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Barossa Valley Wine Region: Old Vines, Big Shiraz and Where to Start
The Barossa has the oldest vines on earth, and a charter that sorts them into four tiers by age. What the region tastes like, five cellar doors and one bottle.
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Waipara Valley Wine Region: New Zealand’s Riesling Heartland
An hour north of Christchurch, sheltered by low hills and built on limestone clay. What Waipara tastes like, which cellar doors are actually open, and when to go.
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Mendoza Wine: The Argentine Region Behind Your Malbec
Mendoza makes two thirds of Argentina's wine in a desert fed by Andes snowmelt. What it tastes like, why altitude matters, and one bottle to start with.
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