With over 150 years of winemaking experience, this winery has established itself as a reputed quality wine producer. We get to savour the flavours that come from generations of wine making across two great island nations, joined in friendship, family and fun, knowing that when enjoyed in moderation, wine can help us all bond.Ī well selected glass will help us get through a pandemic too.The most popular brand of wine in the Grampians is Seppelt Great Western. The convivial atmosphere of a glass of Australian wine, enjoyed in an Irish setting, is truly hard to beat. Yet despite this, their integral influence on the development of extraordinary Australian wine and the curation of Australian wine culture remains an untold gem in the middle of Ireland’s diaspora story. We know the Irish contribution to both stout and whiskey distilling as well. We often hear of the Irish diaspora and their remarkable influence on art, politics and culture around the world with widely recognised contributions.
Other Irish wine families include O’Leary-Walker, O’Dwyer, McWilliams, Serafino, Longview Vineyards and Taylor Wines, all with roots on the island of Ireland, completing a truly unique story that links our two ‘islands’.Īir balloon over the Hunter Valley wine country. The most recent offering has the name Ballinderry, claimed to be Irish for “place of oak” so named after a local oak tree. Its name comes from Tim Kirk’s farm in Co Clare of the same name.
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Their Art Series Chardonnay is regarded by Halliday as the finest Australian Chardonnay.Ĭlonakilla, a vineyard near our national capital, Canberra, is steeped in Irish character, with unmistakable Irish influence. The O’Shea family at the Mount Pleasant vineyard in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales have long influenced not just a regional viticulture industry but helped establish wine as an Australian drink …we tended to be beer drinkers! The Horgan family of Leeuwin Estate in my home state of Western Australia is another example of these historical ties. The Barry family of Jim Barry Wines produces one of Australia’s most famous Shiraz wines, called Armagh (this year’s release - 2017 has been rated 96 points out of 100 by the highly regarded Halliday Wine Companion). Within this rich history of viticulture success lies the well-known Clare Valley wine region in South Australia which takes its name from Co Clare. In April 2019, a 2015 Barossa Shiraz was judged the Best Wine in the World at the London Wine Competition and in 2020 another Australian wine, d’Arenberg’s The Dead Arm Shiraz 2017 won the top award of Wine of the Year, with the Australian wine industry taking home 37 gold, 107 silver and 47 bronze medals - more medals than any other country. This diversity has produced some of the world’s best wines in recent years ,with Australian Shiraz and Chardonnay in particular gaining significant renown in the global award circuit. In Australia, there are 65 wine regions, each with its own unique topography, geography, climate and soils and more than 100 grape varieties planted. Australian wine consistently performs well at international competitions.
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