Regions
Adelaide Hills, SA
A trip to the Adelaide Hills, and its two sub-regions of Lenswood and Piccadilly Valley, can leave a visitor a little dizzy. Twisting and turning, rising and falling, the roads offer cameo vistas with bewildering frequency.
Barossa Valley, SA
There’s a lot more to the world of the Barossa than it first seems. Turning off the highway, lines of ancient date palms stand as sentinels to guard the road to Seppeltsfield. The spires of fairytale churches stretch heavenward...
Clare Valley, SA
James Halliday writes; "The Clare Valley occupies the same special place in my heart as does Tuscany: if I were to live elsewhere in Australia, I would wish it to be in the Clare; elsewhere in the world, Tuscany. They share the same softness..."
Coonawarra, SA
The words Coonawarra and Cabernet go hand in hand. First planted to vines in 1890, the Coonawarra district and its magical tract of terra rossa soil has given birth to some of the great names of Australian wine.
Eden Valley, SA
The high country of Eden Valley has a long history of viticulture, equalling that of the neighbouring Barossa Valley with the first planting at Pewsey Vale vineyard in 1842 by Joseph Gilbert.
Hunter Valley, NSW
The Hunter Valley, about three hours drive north of Sydney, has traditionally been known for its great Semillons, although it played a dominant hand in establishing the popularity of Australian Chardonnay.
McLaren Vale, SA
"It is an ideal spot, and the ideal liquid inspiration, to try to figure out a way to live near this tiny piece of paradise between the voluptuous hills of wine and the aquamarine sea." "The Wine Roads of Australia" by Susan Gough Henly.
Mornington Peninsula, VIC
The Mornington Peninsula wine region has two great geographic assets. It has a maritime climate due to being surrounded on three sides by water and it is close to Melbourne’s moneyed class, enabling boutique wineries to thrive.
Mudgee, NSW
Standing on the small hill behind the Montrose Winery it can readily be understood why the original Aboriginal inhabitants named this New South Wales region Mudgee, meaning Nest in the Hills. With a viticultural history that stretches back to 1858...
Rutherglen, Vic
Rutherglen, established in the gold rush era of the 1850s, is the unchallenged capital of fortified wines in Australia, with muscats and tokays internationally recognised.