I attended one of the most unique wine tastings of my career, a retrospective of older selections of Australian red wines. While normally I am asked to help lead the discussion through the lineup or talk about geography, history, tradition or whatever, for this celebration of Oz, I could barley muster a word. My experience with Aussies-iconic or otherwise-with little bit of age is zip. Why do people want to know that Cheverny is in the Touraine and that Savennieres is inside Anjou and that the soil of Saint-Joseph is sandy to stony clay, and that by law a winemaker can add Marsanne and Roussanne to Hermitage and so forth? And why did I suppose that nobody wanted to hear why Terra Rossa is really distinctive soil in Coonawarra? Simply put, when it comes to wine, the Australian brand precedes the region.
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| Silent About Brand Australia - A Tasting of Older Reds |
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| Silent About Brand Australia - A Tasting of Older Reds |
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| Silent About Brand Australia - A Tasting of Older Reds |
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| Silent About Brand Australia - A Tasting of Older Reds |
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| Silent About Brand Australia - A Tasting of Older Reds |
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| Silent About Brand Australia - A Tasting of Older Reds |
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| Silent About Brand Australia - A Tasting of Older Reds |
