WhiskyWineSake Journals
Albarino, Fiano, Vermentino, Barbera and Nero d'Avola are going into Hunter Valley soil. Why Mediterranean grapes suit Australia's most difficult wine region, who is planting them, and the identity mix-up sitting behind the front runner.
Prosecco gets treated like Champagne that didn't make the cut. It isn't. Different grape, different method, different job. What the label actually means, why expensive prosecco is usually the wrong buy, and how half this story ended up in Victoria.
Two shelves, one labelled by region, one labelled by grape, and no clue which bottle actually matches what you feel like drinking tonight. Here's what the split really means, and where it quietly breaks down.
Australia is sitting on 2.06 billion litres of wine and 262 million litres of genuine surplus. Here's why the glut happened, what it means for growers and how smart drinkers can capitalise before the window closes.