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AUSTRALIA

Australia makes every major style of wine. The styles range from aromatic dry whites through fortified wines fashioned in the
image of port. Some of its wines are utterly unique. The unoaked Semillons of the Hunter Valley and the fortified Topaques and
Muscats of north east Victoria—have no equivalent anywhere else in the world. These unique wines manage to be distinctively
Australian yet fit easily into the global wine scene.
Vineyards in Australia are concentrated in the south eastern corner of this vast country. The majority of grapes are grown in South
Australia followed by New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, and Canberra. Australian wines are
labelled according to the Gerograhpical Indication (GI) or region where the grapes were grown. A considerable amount of grapes
and wine are trucked across GI’s and state boundaries for blending and bottling. The European Union labelling laws require
varietal wine to be labelled with a grape variety and with an officially recognized G.I. Because of the EU law the South Eastern
Australia Zone was created. This “super region” allows the GI’s of South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria
to blend, bottle and label the wines as South Eastern Australia. This somewhat vague Geographical Indication is one of the more
commonly listed on lower end wines labelled for export.

South Australia—Barossa Valley
Mitolo
Nine Stones
Three Bridges
McLaren Vale
Mitolo
Nine Stones

Western Australia—Margaret River
Hope Estate

South Eastern Australia
Bulletin Place New South Wales—Hunter
Hope Estate
Nine Stones
Tumbarumba
Three Bridges
Riverina
Three Bridges

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