The wine region of Great Western is located in the region of Grampians of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Best's or the Domaine Best's produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Great Western are Riesling, Pinot noir and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Great Western often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, slate or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak.
In the mouth of Great Western is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 14 estates and châteaux in the of Great Western, producing 50 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Great Western go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
The Wine Society has made a move to improve the provenance and quality of its exclusive The Blind Spot wine range. The business said it would, for the first time in its history, provide the funding for buying grapes rather than liquid for the range of Australian wines. Winemaker Mac Forbes has spend the last decade identifying ‘interesting’ parcels of wine for the range, which has been an integral part of The Wine Society’s portfolio for the past 10 years, and securing them before th ...
Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...
In recent years, more and more people have been paying attention to Uruguay’s wine scene thanks to the distinctive identity of its coastal regions, which are swept by winds from the Atlantic Ocean and the Río de la Plata. The country’s proximity to the ocean and one of the largest rivers on the planet means that the vintage effect is quite prominent here. Each harvest depends on the rainfall, sun and strength of the winds experienced that year. Today, Uruguay has around 5,966ha under vine distri ...
