Australia’s grapes are among its greatest assets: after all, who could imagine a world without classic Australian Shiraz? Australia has a diverse range of climates, from cool and crisp to warm and dry. This diversity ensures there will always be a great location for each grape variety to prosper. No matter what your taste or occasion, from white to red and sparkling to fortified, your sure to find a delicious A+ Australian Wine.

Sparkling Wine

Sparkling Australian wine comes in all shapes and sizes - white, red, pink, dry, sweet or rich! Most Australian sparkling wine is produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but an Australian speciality is Sparkling Shiraz, a red sparkling wine produced from Shiraz grapes.

White Wine

There is an extraordinary level of diversity and quality in all that Australian white wine has to offer. Delightfully dry Rieslings from the Clare and Eden Valleys, crisp Chardonnay from the Margaret River and Yarra Valley and refreshing and age-worthy Semillon from the Hunter Valley only scratches the surface. It won’t surprise you that the winemakers who create them have a unique approach that sets their wines apart from the rest of the world.

Red Wine

The world’s classic premium red grape varieties are all found in abundance in Australia. Cabernet Sauvignon has several natural “homes” among Australia’s wine regions.  The famous Coonawarra terra rossa soils have produced excellent Cabernet Sauvignon for more than a century, while few regions can match Western Australia’s Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon for style.

In cooler regions, the tricky grape Pinot Noir fits in nicely, while the versatile Shiraz expresses itself wonderfully well in all but the coolest regions.  Several of the milder climate regions are also home to that eccentric and wonderful Australian speciality wine, sparkling red Shiraz.  Whatever you’re looking for in a red wine, Australia is making the style somewhere. 

Fortified and Dessert Wines

Fortified wines hold a proud place in Australian wine history.  These wines are sometimes described as “liquid sunshine”, as the grapes are generally left on the vine much longer than usual, allowing the berries to store more natural sugar while drying out slightly in the warmth of Australia’s autumn days.  

In typically Australian larrikin fashion, the custom of assigning nicknames to favoured friends has been extended to dessert wines, which are affectionately known as “stickies”. These sweet wines are a sensational accompaniment to fruit desserts and are perfect with blue or soft cheeses.