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– By Peter Bourne ENJOYING THE BEST OF THE EDEN VALLEY A GROWING FORCE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WINE The Eden Valley Wine Region is renowned for its rie...

– With Peter Bourne – Shiraz thrives in both the Barossa and the Eden Valley regions, although the style of Eden Valley shiraz is more savoury and ...

– With Peter Bourne – EDEN VALLEY VERSES THE BAROSSA? The Barossa Wine Zone covers approximately 14,000 hectares, roughly equal to 10% of Australia...

– With Peter Bourne – Although, Jo Irvine comes from well-known winemaking family (her father, James is universally known as the ‘Master Merlot Mak...

– With Peter Bourne – The roots of Kyara Wines dates back to 1847 when a young Silesian refugee — Heinrich Fiebiger — arrived from Prussia and sett...

– With Peter Bourne – The Margaret River wine region is a unique one – being coastal, warm climate and having porous sub-terrain soils (due to lime...

– By Peter Bourne To say this pair are ‘chalk & cheese’ is perhaps an overstatement, for both are high quality and distinctly varietal examples...

– By Peter Bourne – WINE COMES TO REST IN THE ‘NEST IN THE HILLS’ The New South Wales Central Tablelands town of Mudgee is the historic home of ch...

Is Cognac just the same as brandy? The literal definition of brandy is: any distilled spirit that is made from fruit juice (apples, pears, grapes)....

TEMPRANILLO. A Spanish grape varietal, generally producing wine with slightly savoury characteristics. While Spanish versions usually reflect more...

Meet the maker… Mike Farmilo, McLaren Vale SA. Mike Farmilo is the un-sung hero behind both Monterra Wines and Colab & Bloom, the funky McLaren...

By Peter Bourne. The origins of the Australian wine show system date back to the early 19th century, when they were a small part of the agricultura...