The Sauvignon Blanc grape produces wines of distinction in most of the areas where it is grown. Sauvignon Blancs are higher in acid and if grown in a cool climate
Riesling is considered one of the 'noble' grape varieties for wine making. It can produce wines of high acidity and elegance in very cool growing conditions.
The Chardonnay grape variety is a classic white wine grape grown all around the world. The original fame of Chardonnay comes from it's success in the Burgundy and Champagne
This is the main white wine variety of Bordeaux with the biggest planting outside France in Chile, where it accounts for about 75 per cent of all white wine produced.
This is the aristocrat of red wines, the major variety in some of the best wines of the Medoc, Bordeaux. Its influence has spread around the vine growing globe with The Adelaide Hills as no exception.
This variety is tremendously important throughout Australia. The grape is thought to be named for a city in Persia (Shiraz) where it probably originated.
Pinot Noir is one of the most difficult grapes to grow and make into fine wine. It is also one of the very best when it is done properly.
For many people in Australia this important Bordeaux variety is best suited to blending, especially to soften and fill out the more austere cabernet for earlier drinking
Known as Pinot Grigio in Italy and Rulander in Germany it is believed to have mutated from the Pinot Noir. Widely grown throughout Europe
The Tempranillo is to Rioja what Pinot Noir is to Burgundy. By far Spain's most noble indigenous grape it has similar characteristics to the Pinot
Known simply as 'Zin', this is California's most common red wine grape. It produces all styles of wine
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