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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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Cote Rotie, the "Roasted Slope", is the only French appellation I know whose name neatly combines the values of both soil (Côte) and climate (Rôtie). Cote Rotie, the "Roasted Slope", is the only ...

I used to love Shiraz. And I’m not sure why I stopped drinking it. As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to bring you the latest local updates to ...