The practice of blending a white grape (viognier) with a red one stems from the Rhône Valley. The idea is that even a splash of aromatic viognier gives lift, perfume and approachability. This is the ...

“I was totally smitten,” he says. He returned to Australia the following year, in 1992, with the kernel of an idea in his head. By chance, his father – Dr John Kirk, founder of Clonakilla in the ...

The recent trend for co-fermenting red Shiraz grapes with white Viognier has come full circle - from France to Australia and back again - with the launch of Guy Anderson Wines' new brand from the ...

The blend shiraz viognier is increasingly recognised and enjoyed in Australia, with more producers including it among their collection. A small dash of the aromatic white grape variety viognier to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. This is part of the "Top of the drops: Wine and beer reviews 2018" collection See all stories. Judiciously handled, viognier adds ...

The trend of adding viognier to shiraz should carry a 'proceed with caution' sign. In the 1960s, the Barossa's Peter Lehmann would sometimes add a little of the white grape muscadelle to his ...

Fragrant, spicy versions that do not bore you to sleep. Despite the global ubiquity of shiraz, or syrah depending on where you grow it, there is something about the spicier range of the cultivar that ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Max Schubert created Grange after tasting half-century-old reds in Bordeaux in 1950. In Canberra, Tim Kirk created his shiraz viognier ...

Viognier could have been a star. This is the varietal wine style that many years ago, particularly in the 1990s, had an inkling of a possibility of unseating chardonnay as America’s sweetheart, go-to ...

Cheers! There is a difference between what can be easily quaffed during the week and a better variety at the weekend (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Whether it’s after a well deserved holiday, or ...

When it comes to red wines, Australia has one real reputation among consumers: big, sometimes overpowering wines, often made with shiraz or cabernet sauvignon grapes, whether you are buying a branded ...