Australia is a top global wine exporter, famous for bold Barossa Shiraz and Margaret River Cabernet.
History
Vines arrived with the First Fleet in 1788. German settlers in the Barossa in the 1840s established the industry.
Ingredients
- Wine grapes (Shiraz, Cabernet, Chardonnay, Riesling)
How it's made
- Harvest in Feb-April
- Crush and ferment
- Age in oak
- Blend
- Bottle
Photos: ingredients, making & serving
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Famous brands & makers
- Penfolds
- Yellow Tail
- Jacob's Creek
- Wolf Blass
- Henschke
- Hardys
For readers of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
Ratings & notes
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