WE ALL tend to have a favourite type of wine, and many people will profess to have a favourite wine-producing country. Unsurprisingly, since its emergence in the Eighties as a significant global wine presence, Australia is the darling of many. And what a darling it is…
According to latest data from the 2020/21 harvest, Australia produced 165 million cases of 12 x 75cl bottles of wine. Red wines accounted for 95 million cases (58 per cent of production) and white/rosé wines 70 million cases (42 per cent). During this bumper year for production, Australia became the fifth largest wine producer in the world.
In the early
