Rather than making a comprehensive tour of the tables we thought a better (shorter) way would be just to pick out a few salient items and not try everyone's patience.
For example, an overriding impression of this Australia and New Zealand tasting was the number of Aussie Zweigelts all of a sudden. There was also lots of grape diversity in general;
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| Gruener Veltliner |
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Albarino and Chenin Blanc (3rd and 4th from left) |
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| Nero D'Avola |
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| Pecorino |
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| Savarro = Savignin |
Albarino, Chenin Blanc, Gruener Veltliner, Nero D'Avola, Pecorino, Petit Manseng and more. You don't get that elsewhere in the Southern Hemisphere.
Then, in the surprises dept. Cienna Zero from Brown Brothers. When we first came across the alcoholic version of Cienna, we put it on the 'never again' list. Allowing for the indeed zero number of acceptable non-alcoholic wines, this takes poll position. OK, it's fruity as any Cienna would be but you don't get that tragic de-alcoholised taste which seems to come with all other efforts.
Finally Chateau Tanunda was there. This historic pile was built in 1890 and claims the oldest vines in the world - some planted in 1843. The property was at one time the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere.
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| Tanunda Grenache |
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| Tanunda 50 yr old vines Shiraz |
Like so many properties, Chateau Tanunda went through the doldrums but is now revived by the Gerber family. It was nice to be able to have a taste of the wines.
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