Australia

Picturesque Clare Valley, situated 80 miles north of Adelaide, is one of South Australia's most exciting wine regions. In the late 1900s after the war a bottle of Clare Valley wine was not a rare sight at the dinner table.

In 1838, John Reynell planted South Australia's first vines in the rural expanse of McLaren Vale. It has evolved into a viticultural powerhouse in the Fleurieu Zone, which stretches from Adelaide Hills to Kangaroo Island.

The Eden Valley wine region has been synonymous with piercingly aromatic Riesling for over a century. In the 1800s, German-speaking immigrants from Silesia (now Poland) arrived in South Australia seeking a better life

Barossa Valley is famous for its voluptuous Shiraz. However, the sub-region of South Australia presents a more complex picture than initially thought

South Australia is the wine capital of the vast country. The undulating landscape of hills, valleys and plateaus results in an eclectic selection of wine styles from refreshing Riesling to concentrated Shiraz

New South Wales (NSW), in South-Eastern Australia, is the birthplace of Australian wine: the state’s first governor planted vines at Farm Cove on Sydney Harbour in 1788.

Queensland does not make life easy for aspiring winegrowers. There is relatively little land suitable for high-quality viticulture in the 1,250 miles stretching from north to south. Climate, rather than soil, is the main obstacle..

Today, despite a sustained recovery, the Victorian wine region produces less than half as much wine as its neighbour South Australia. Yet it boasts 22 distinct wine regions with marked variances in climate and terroir.

Western Australia has a remarkable success story, providing 3% of the country's wine output Western Australia remains a key exporter of premiumisation and grape diversity