**Australia** is a major New World wine power, known for warm, generous, fruit-driven wines and a pioneering, technically confident approach to winemaking. It spans everything from vast, value-focused production to small estates crafting some of the Southern Hemisphere's most celebrated bottles. **Signature wines** — rich, spicy Shiraz above all, alongside Cabernet Sauvignon, buttery-to-refined Chardonnay, and increasingly Grenache blends and cool-climate Riesling. **Key regions** — the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale for Shiraz, Coonawarra for Cabernet, the Hunter Valley, Margaret River in the west, the Yarra Valley, Clare and Eden Valleys for Riesling, and Tasmania for sparkling and cool-climate wines. **Good to know** — Australia uses a Geographical Indication system to define its wine zones, though labelling revolves more around grape variety than strict regional rules. Some of its oldest vineyards, particularly in the Barossa, survived the phylloxera louse that devastated Europe, giving the country access to genuinely ancient, ungrafted vines.
Wines
- #005 Tom Pétty — Swinging Bridge
- #008 — Swinging Bridge
- 'Grazier's' Pinot Noir — Barringwood
- 'Selection de Vignerons' Chardonnay — Rochford Wines
- 10X Pinot Noir — Ten Minutes by Tractor
- 1628 Durif — De Bortoli
- 1847 First Pick Barossa Shiraz — Yaldara
- 1860 Vines Shiraz — Tahbilk
- 1899 Old Vines Semillon — Brokenwood
- 1919 Cabernet Sauvignon — Casella
- 1927 Vines Marsanne — Tahbilk
- 1946 Vines Rosehill — Mount Pleasant
- 25 Year Old Liqueur Tawny — Langmeil
- 3 Bridges Durif — Calabria Family Wines
- 30 Years of Bubbles Limited Release — Peterson House
- 4 Acres Shiraz — Tyrrell's
- 63rd Vintage Cabernet Sauvignon — Wynns
- 6Ft6 Pinot Noir — Austin's Wines
- 8 Acres — Tyrrell's
- 8 Acres Semillon — Tyrrell's
Frequently asked questions
What wines come from Australia?
#005 Tom Pétty, #008, 'Grazier's' Pinot Noir, 'Selection de Vignerons' Chardonnay, 10X Pinot Noir and many more.