The wine region of Currency Creek is located in the region of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Adaptaur or the Domaine Steeple Block produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Currency Creek are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Tempranillo and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Currency Creek often reveals types of flavors of spices, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, tree fruit or earth.
In the mouth of Currency Creek is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 17 estates and châteaux in the of Currency Creek, producing 34 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Currency Creek go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
The spirit was filled into a single ex-Sherry cask at the Speyside distillery in 1940, shortly before The Second World War forced The Macallan to close for the first time in its history. Bottled at 41.6% abv, only 288 decanters are available worldwide, featuring eye-catching packaging: a mouth-blown glass decanter sitting on a bronze sculpture of three hands, created by Scottish artist Saskia Robinson. The hands represent the distillery workers of 1940 who made the whisky; former Macallan chairm ...
Decanter contributor and Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) judge Amanda Barnes has been awarded the Debut Drink Book award in the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2022 for her The South America Wine Guide book. The annual Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards, now in its 10th year, champions the achievements of the UK’s current and emerging writers, editors, publishers, photographers, broadcasters and personalities who ‘encourage us to enjoy, explore, experiment and discover more ab ...
That represents a 69% increase on the 5.5 million bottles sold in 2019, highlighting the exponential growth the industry has enjoyed in recent years. Brits account for 96% of the sales, but demand is increasing in export markets too. English and Welsh wines have proved particularly popular in Scandinavia, with exports to Norway rising by 85% year-on-year in 2021. In the UK, more than half of the sales are direct-to-consumer, either via the cellar door or a winery’s website. However, sales in sup ...
