Previous Next (To make sure you don’t miss any of our wine adventures, like us at facebook.com/winehuntersaus ) Another year has passed, and in it, many inspiring wines have passed our lips once again. Last year, we kept a closer tab than in 2018 and so can say with certainty that we tried over 2,000 […]
Previous Next We recently had the opportunity to explore the wine regions around Auckland, NZ. Waiheke Island, a short ferry ride from Auckland (which itself is a short flight from Melbourne), is one not to be missed! Waiheke’s history in wine can be traced all the way back to the 1950s, but its modern history […]
Previous Next Bendigo – Overlook this Amazing Wine Region at Your Peril! Although today it stands in the shadow of its more famous sister-region, Heathcote, Bendigo (which once included Heathcote, before the latter separated itself into its own wine region) remains one of Victoria’s best wine regions and produces some of Australia’s most formidable red […]
Previous Next There are so many hidden gems in Heathcote (the last best place to “discover” wine treasure), but very few shine so brightly as She-Oak Hill. Planted way back in 1975 by the Leckie family, She-Oak Hill stands alongside Jasper Hill Winery and a few others titans as one of the founding pioneers of modern Heathcote […]
Previous Next Pinot Palooza 2019 – Still AUS’ Most Spectacular Pinot Noir Event! Another year, another mind-blowing Pinot Palooza with some 90+ Pinot Noir producers on hand to sample their wares. Yes the event is a carnivalesque madhouse, but it is also a singular opportunity to comprehensively understand the Southern Hemisphere’s range with this noble […]
Previous Next A trip to La Rioja, Spain is an eventual “must do” for any serious wine lover. The globally renowned region has practically defined Spanish wine on the world stage for many decades now. And while the region clings steadfastly to its history and ancient traditions (think Tempranillo and ample oak), many wineries there today […]
Previous Next If you are deep into the wine scene, you have undoubtedly heard of Priorat – a tiny Spanish wine region that has asserted itself on the international scene in a big way in recent years. For those only casually into wine, “Rioja”, and “Tempranillo” are probably the only two wine-related words that spring to mind […]
Beechworth (VIC) is a plucky community of small but determined wineries that have really forged something remarkable. To those who know it at all, Beechworth is perhaps most famous for its Chardonnay and Giaconda, a heavily awarded Chardonnay house that really helped put the region on the map. But this small wine region (less than […]
There is just no way around it. Year in and year out, Taste Champagne is the grandest wine event to hit Melbourne! $140 winds up being the best value ticket you ever purchased when you consider it is your pass to connect with 75 of France’s noble Champagne houses and try the better part of […]
We have fallen in love with the Shiraz Republic in Heathcote. The place has developed itself into a sort of wine wonderland – a wine lover’s dream come true! The Shiraz Republic’s is really such a great story. Like most wine stories begin, it started with a family purchasing land in wine country (in this […]