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wine & spirit insider tastingMistletoe Hilltops Cockfighter's Ghost Seville Hill YarraSangiovese Single Vineyard Valley Pinot Noir2016 HHHH McLaren Vale 2015 HHH1/2Attractive bright lifted Sangiovese Bright lifted spicychocolaty aromas. Nice 2016 HHH cherry nose. Palate hasgrip and length to the Simple nutty red fruit texture and densitydark raspberry fruit aromas and some nicely with developing gameypalate; slight greenness focussed flavours with flavours and punchyand a spicy lift. $26 drying tannins. $25 tannins. $30Reillys Dry Land Kalleske Dodger Kangarilla Hill WinesClare Valley Single Vineyard Single VineyardTempranillo Barossa Valley Adelaide Hills Pinot2016 HHHH Tempranillo Noir 2016 HHHSmells of almonds and 2016 HHH Lifted perfumedsavoury red fruits with Nicely balanced wine fragrances and softlyliqueur cherry notes. with a good intensity of textured palate withPalate shows nice fresh cherry-like varietal nice length and range ofintensity and texture with characters. $25 flavours. $18dark fruit flavours. $29Haselgrove Wines Silver Spoon Bream Creek Tamburlaine Organic Haselgrove WinesTwist McLaren Vale Estate The Third Tasmania Pinot Noir Wines Single Switch McLaren ValePrimitivo Man Heathcote 2014 HHHH1/2 Vineyard Orange G.S.M. 2016 HHHH2016 HHHH Mourvedre Good concentration of Pinot Noir Lots of tannins here butA ripe well rounded 2015 HHH dark blackcurrant fruit 2016 HHH has good solid dark fruitstyle with mushroomy Lifted spicy dark fruit aromas with stemmy Savoury gamey aromas focus to support it. Goodcharacters to the jammy bouquet with a nice nuances. Rich and nicely with pine needle clean nose with a decentfruit nose and a big fleshy palate showing maturing flavours in the nuances. Intensely palate length. $40palate with lifted spicy good fruit and powdery spicy/stemmy spectrum. flavoured well balanced Kalleske Parallaxdark fruit flavours. $40 tannins. $30 \"It's all pinot,\" said one palate. $25 Barossa ValleyBassham Riverland Seville Hill judge. $39 GrenacheNero D'Avola Yarra Valley Bream Creek 2017 HHH1/22017 HHH1/2 Tempranillo Reserve Tasmania A fragrant mediumA lifted plum fruit 2014 HHH Pinot Noir bodied style; soft,driven nose with a silky Dark chocolaty fruit 2014 HHH pretty and easy to drinksmooth, clean and spicy intensity here with spicy Dark fragrant fruit with good minerally redpalate showing a good characters and lovely bouquet with a firmly fruits. $26level of tannins. $25 powdery tannins. $35 structured palate and Barossa Boy LittleBassham Riverland good varietal fruit Tacker BarossaDurif 2016 HHH1/2 Marjico The drive. $55 Grenache ShirazHeady aromas of dark Harvesters Barossa Mataro 2016 HHH1/2fruits with mushroom-like Valley Cabernet GRENACHE & A very dry tannic wine,nuances with ripe plums Franc Merlot BLENDS nicely structured withand warm alcohol on the 2014 HHH plenty of length andtextured palate. $25 An aged old school style 10 TASTED attractive dark plum fruitKalleske Fordson with leafy cabernet 9 AWARDED characters. $30Single Vineyard aromas and lovely cassis Haselgrove WinesBarossa Valley flavours. $40 The judges thought Vine Sean McLarenZinfandel this a very good class. Vale Grenache2016 HHH1/2 PINOT NOIR \"Different styles here 2016 HHH1/2A nose of black cherries ranging from the dry Dark, spicy and juicyand tobacco leaf with 6 TASTED extracted wines to the cherry-like varietal fruitpleasant raspberry-like super ripe ones with characters here withvarietal fruit characters 6 AWARDED cherry/berry flavours,\" liqueur-like notes andon the fleshy palate. $25 said one judge. grainy tannins. Still aPertaringa Lakeside A solid and consistent Tamburlaine Organic youth. $40Red Meritage result. \"Lots of very Wines Wine Lovers Z Wine Rustica Gomersal Premium2016 HHH good varietal fruit Orange Pinot Noir Barossa Valley Barossa ValleyBright, lifted sweet fruit showing here with, in 2017 HHHH Grenache G.S.M. 2015 HHH1/2fragrances on the nose general, sensitive oak A nicely structured but 2016 HHHH Complex tobacco leaf-and palate with a drying handling and some very quite subdued and still Quite a tannic wine like aromas and a fleshytannin drive. $20 nice powdery tannins,\" closed pinot with a lifted with lovely fragrance, style palate with good commented one judge. cherry bouquet and freshness and texture balance and generosity great weight of fruit on with dark fleshy fruit of black fruit flavours. the palate. $24 characters and some $20 almond meal notes. $20 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 101

NEW RELEASESPertaringa Two Mollydooker The Whiskey Gully Wines Yarrawood Yarra Cockfighter's GhostGentleman's Scooter McLaren Yes Minister Granite Valley Cabernet Single VineyardG.S.M. 2016 HHH Vale Merlot Belt Cabernet Sauvignon VBBAEULSYUTSE McLaren ValeSpicy lift to the lovely 2016 HHHH Malbec 2016 HHHH1/2 Cabernet Sauvignonnose with a grippy Very rich ripe merlot 2016 HHH1/2 Dense briary/toasty 2016 HHHH1/2tannic palate brimming with dark plum-like Elegant cassis/menthol bouquet and a firm, Violet aromatics mixover with spicy dark fragrances and some bouquet with hints of medium bodied and with toasty oak andfruits. $22 savoury nuances mushrooms. Decent silky smooth palate that cassis fruit. Gorgeous with interesting, well length and weight of is loaded with intense full-bodied blueberrySemprevino balanced, fleshy fruit varietal fruit on the dark fruit and chocolaty palate that, accordingMcLaren Vale palate. $28 palate. $35 flavours and lovely ripe to one judge, \"DefinitelyG.S.M. 2016 HHH tannins. $19 has the 'X' factor!\" $25Lifted plumy fruit Harvey River Estate MyattsField Perth Z Wine Audreycharacters with some Geographe WA Hills Manjimup Barossa Valleyoak and drying tannins. Merlot 2017 HHH Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet SauvignonLovely drinkability. $24 Tight greenish red Merlot Cabernet 2016 HHHH currant aromas with an Franc 2015 HHH1/2 A hint of mint on theSilver Spoon Estate elegant, medium bodied, A solid drinkable olive and blackberryGST - Death & Taxes palate. Nice commercial style with ripe cassis/ nose. Intense berryHeathcote Grenache style. $17 blackcurrant aromas flavours have aShiraz Tempranillo and flavours, some nice spirituous edge with2015 HHH Majella Coonawarra spiciness and good dusty oak sitting in theTight closed nose; Merlot 2016 HHH tannins. $26 background. $35hints of spicy dark Spicy nose with menthol Haselgrove Winesfruits. Supple sweet notes. Lovely flavour Fishbone Margaret Protectorfruit palate with chalky intensity with more of the River Cabernet McLaren Valetannins. $30 menthol characters. $30 Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 HHH 2016 HHHHMERLOT & Linden Estate Fresh cassis nose Blackcurrant nose withBLENDS Reserve Dam Block with plenty of tannins olives and vanillin oak Hawkes Bay Merlot and acid on the nicely in the background. The7 TASTED Cabernet Sauvignon structured varietal palate is powerful and5 AWARDED Cabernet Franc palate. $35 loaded with dark fruit Malbec 2015 HHH and firm tannins. $40\"A tough class with A straightforward medium CABERNETfew faults,\" said one bodied blend. Some SAUVIGNONjudge. \"We saw a cross spices and herbs on bothbetween the aged styles nose and palate. $48 20 TASTEDand the fresh 'modern' 16 AWARDEDones,\" said another. CABERNET BLENDS A strong class withPertaringa Stage good overall results.Left Merlot 6 TASTED \"This shows that 2016 is2016 HHHH 4 AWARDED going to be a very goodSpicy fresh aromas with year across the boardsome hint soft tomato- A middle of the road for reds,\" enthused onelike characters. Smooth group. Generally a judge. \"Great to see veryand fleshy in the mouth high standard. Fruit good oak handling bywith solid weight and and tannins were well the winemakers and notlength of minty fruit. $22 handled by some and being over done.\" not so well by others. Cooks Lot Allotment Haselgrove Wines 8989 Cabernet First Cut McLaren Merlot 2016 HHH1/2 Vale Cabernet Nicely focussed savoury Sauvignon dark fruit aromas with 2016 HHHH1/2 solid intensity and Attractive lively earthy/ density of sweet fruit black olive aromas with and oak flavours. $23 a brooding blackberry palate that has nice spicy mocha oak and lovely velvety tannins with a firm finish. $23102 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tastingKarrawatta Craigie Knowe Gomersal Premium Barossa Boy Double Jacob's CreekChristo's Paddock Vineyard Tasmania Barossa Valley Trouble Barossa Double BarrelLanghorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Cabernet Barossa ValleyCabernet Sauvignon 2015 HHH1/2 2014 HHH 2016 HHH1/2 Shiraz 2016 HHHHH2016 HHHH Blue fruits and violets Savoury earthy bouquet Bright lifted aromas Complex chocolatyRipe cassis aromas on the nose and a with upfront sweet red with a little menthol. caramel oak driven nosewith a complexity of chocolaty/brambly palate fruit flavours on the Firm, slightly savoury, with the savoury fruitearthiness and some that has poise and elegant palate. Drink dark plum fruit palate flavours nicely carried byoak behind. Very elegance. One for the now! $20 offers pleasant easy the oak and supportedappealing red and black cellar! $50 drinking. $30 by velvety smoothfruit flavours. Firm Harvey River Estate SHIRAZ tannins. Drinking welltannins. $54 Geographe WA BLENDS Haselgrove Wines now or cellar futurePertaringa Cabernet Sauvignon MVS McLaren Vale enjoyment. $24.99Understudy 2016 HHH 7 TASTED Shiraz Cabernet Haselgrove WinesCabernet Sauvignon Floral/violet nuances on 7 AWARDED 2016 HHH Catkin McLaren Vale2016 HHH1/2 the nose and has a firm A solid style that has Shiraz 2016 HHHHHLeafy black fruit leafy blackcurrant palate. As to be expected - a firm dark varietal fruits, Rich earthy bouquet withfragrances with a $17 strong and consistent cedary oak and drying lots of lovely dark savouryspicy oak lift. Savoury Wicks Estate class. \"Shiraz is forgiving tannins. $25 fruit. The long lingeringpalate, tastes a little like Adelaide Hills and carries the blend palate is dominatedtapenade with grippy Cabernet Sauvignon well,\" commented one Whiskey Gully Wines by rich black licoricetannins. $22 2016 HHH of the panel. Parliamentary Blend characters with hints ofBoston Bay Wines Nose is leathery and Granite Belt Shiraz smoked meats and aBB Peninsula tarry with a savoury Left Hook Round Cabernet Malbec dash of pepper. $40Cabernet Sauvignon note. Ripe and spirituous 2 Margaret River 2016 HHH2016 HHH1/2 palate; tastes of fruit Shiraz Grenache Lovely varietal fruit inLifted and leafy on the cake. $25 2016 HHHH the mulberry spectrum,nose with flavours in the Mollydooker A lovely wine; \"Very moderate sweetness andrich dark berry and olive The Maitre D' drinkable\" with well handled oak. $26spectrum with mouth McLaren Vale pretty perfumed fruitcoating tannins. $24 Cabernet Sauvignon fragrances and well Mollydooker TwoPertaringa 2016 HHH rounded palate filled Left Feet McLarenRegional Series Lifted bramble fruit with long juicy fruit Vale LanghorneCabernet Sauvignon varietal characters mingle flavours. $18.99 Creek Shiraz Merlot2016 HHH1/2 with chocolaty oak and Cabernet 2016 HHHSubtle toastiness on the sweet tannins. $28 Mollydooker An attractive old schoolnose with some sweet Z Wine Rustica Enchanted Path style with chocolatyred fruit aromas. An Barossa Valley McLaren Vale fruit, cedary oak andattractive fruity palate with Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Cabernet chewy tannins. $28a firm oaky finish. $35 2015 HHH 2016 HHHH Quite an herbaceous Pretty spicy characters SHIRAZ nose with a dark spicy lift off the dark floral fruit berry palate developing nose. Sweet oaky palate 29 TASTED mature notes. $25 has lovely long lingering 25 AWARDED Mistletoe Reserve flavours and fine Hilltops Cabernet powdery tannins. $75 A very strong class! Sauvignon Loads of flavour. \"2016 2015 HHH Silver Spoon Estate is proving to be one Attractive aged cedary The Ensemble of the best vintages aromas and a rich oak Heathcote Shiraz since 2010 with intense driven palate. Drinking Viognier 2015 HHHH ripe fruit that also has well now. $32 Decent mulberry fruit lovely vibrancy,\" said aromas and a good one judge. \"Most wines varietal fruit palate with here can carry the oak a slightly sweet edge regardless of what is and some well handled thrown at them.\" toasty oak. $32 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 103

NEW RELEASES Claymore Wines Franklin Tate Mollydooker Dark Side Estates Alexander's Carnival Of Love Of The Moon Vineyards Margaret McLaren Vale Shiraz Clare Valley Shiraz River Shiraz 2016 HHHH 2016 HHHH1/2 2016 HHHH Savoury oak aromas A powerful nose of Lovely aromas - smells with dark fruits beneath. smoked meats and like the forest floor and Nice persistence of rich rich cherry liqueur-like has earthy tarry notes. dark fruit flavours, spicy characters. It's all Very savoury palate oak complexity and firm licorice and tar on the with a tight grippy oak tannins. $75 bold palate. Loads of finish. $24 Z Wine Hedley character. Good ageing Barossa Valley potential. $25 Mollydooker The Shiraz 2014 HHHH Pertaringa Boxer McLaren Vale Aged berry/oak nose Undercover Shiraz Langhorne Creek and a long firm palate 2016 HHHH Shiraz 2016 HHHH with nice richness Spicy lifted boysenberry A touch hot and spirity of dark fruits and bouquet with a sprinkling with upfront prune jelly olives, attractive oak of pepper. More spicy bean-like fruit that is and leathery notes peppery characters on well supported by the developing. $35 the fruity palate. Nice oak. Good tannic finish. Thistle Hill Organic grippy end. $22 A keeper. 5+ $28 Preservative Free Boston Bay Wines Mudgee ShirazKarrawatta Joseph BB Peninsula Shiraz Whiskey Gully Wines Karrawatta Dairy 2017 HHH1/2Langhorne Creek 2016 HHHH Black Rod Granite Block Adelaide Hills A lovely wine with aShiraz 2016 HHHHH A big intense ruby wine Belt Shiraz Shiraz 2016 HHHH brilliant ruby colour,Plums, licorice and that is dominated by 2016 HHHH A very flavour filled lifted floral fragrancescurrants fill the nose the oak and has a long Loads of appeal here. style with loads of and 'polished' plumwith lovely aromas and rich and vibrant flavour Floral fragrances lift fresh, spicy, dark red fruit flavours withthese characters follow profile laced with ripe out the glass and rich fruit characters and velvety tannins andthrough on to the fleshy tannins. $24 dark plums layered with good subtle use of the dusty oak. $22palate that has lovely cedary oak fill the mouth oak to carry the fruit.cedar/toasty notes and with flavour. $35long furry tannins. $54 5+ $38 The Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce South Australia is delighted to announce our upcoming Trade Mission to Israel in 2018 This Trade Mission comes after the success of our June 2017 Trade Mission to Israel on Agriculture, Water, Food and Wine Production. The mission is designed for anyone interested in the Agritech sector. Contact our Executive Director Rilka Warbanoff on 0411 113 749 or at [email protected] for expressions of interest or for any further details. Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (SA/NT) Inc. A: 239 Magill Road, Maylands 5069 P: 0411 113 749 E: [email protected] W: www.aicc.org.au104 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tastingPruner's Hut DB Thistle Hill Estate Billy Goat Hill Estate K1 By Geoff Hardy Trentham EstateMcLaren Vale Shiraz Organic Preservative Geographe WA Autumn Harvest The Family Murray2016 HHH1/2 Free Mudgee Shiraz 2015 HHH Riesling Darling MoscatoMeaty mushroom Shiraz 2017 HHH Good blend of savoury 2017 HHHH1/2 2017 HHHelements obvious on the Earthy savoury nose meaty characters with Beautifully heady Intense muscat/grapeynose with a maturing with nice cherry-like fruit sweet berry fruit and aromas of apricots nose with nice clean,chocolaty plum palate and, for now, quite oaky ageing complexity. and other stonefruits. balanced flavours andand a slightly meaty on the palate. $28 $19 Lusciously rich and subtle sweetness. $16finish. $22 Gapsted Wines High intense sweet orange Pertaringa LakesideCooks Lot Allotment Country King Valley Silver Spoon Estate peel flavours with plenty Moscato 2017 HHH1010 Shiraz Shiraz 2016 HHH East Meets West of acidity to balance. $25 Zesty floral fragrances2016 HHH1/2 Developing leathery/ Heathcote Shiraz Bassham Jodie Lee with gentleAttractive lifted tarry aromas with 2015 HHH Riverland Moscato effervescence andblackberry bouquet lingering berry flavours Subtle meatiness to 2017 HHHH good length of 'grapey'with a hint of spice and and a touch of spicy oak. the chocolaty nose and Lifted floral/muscat flavours. $20pepper. Silky smooth in $18 a savoury fruit palate aromas with a nicely Yarrawoodmouth tasting of ripe red Shingleback with mouthcoating balanced off-dry palate Tall Tales Yarra Valleyfruits. $23 Haycutters tannins. $28 showing long lingering Autumn HarvestHaselgrove Wines McLaren Vale sweet muscat fruit Riesling 2017 HHHFirst Cut McLaren Shiraz 2016 HHH Z Wine Rustica flavours. $15 Off dry style withVale Shiraz Dense blackcurrant Reserve Barossa Carmine's lemony/citrus aromas2016 HHH1/2 fragrances with rich Valley Shiraz The Tribute and flavours and 'gentle'Spicy licoricey aromas ripe spicy plum flavours 2015 HHH SA Rare Tawny sweetness. $25with upfront sweet and building up along the Lifted minty/herbal aromas NV HHH1/2 Silver Spoon Estatespicy berry fruit flavours palate. $18 and floral fruit flavours Caramel toffee nose Cambrian Goldwith lots of oak and nice K1 By Geoff Hardy with leathery maturation with heady rancio lift. Heathcote Lategrippy tannins. $23 Middle Hill Shiraz developing. $34 Beautifully textured Picked ViognierMollydooker 2016 HHH palate with lovely aged 2016 HHHBlue Eyed Boy Subtle spicy bouquet SWEET material and spirity Rich orchard fruitMcLaren Vale Shiraz with violet nuances. WHITES & finish. $95 fragrances and a very2016 HHH1/2 Smooth integration of FORTIFIEDS Yarrawood rich palate heavy withSmells tarry and floral/red fruit flavours. Tall Tales Yarra Valley ripe sweet flavours. $35savoury with red fruits Oaky finish. $25 9 TASTED Botrytis Rieslingunderneath. Palate Mollydooker Velvet 8 AWARDED 2016 HHH1/2is rounded, soft and Glove McLaren Vale A mix of dried apricot andsweet with a slightly Shiraz 2016 HHH This consistent group rich butterscotch aromashot finish. $50 Mature leathery nose will please the sweet and intense sweet and good depth of plum/ tooths! \"Great to see citrussy palate with very blackberry fruit carried by deft handling of sugar good acidity. $32 spicy/smoky oak. $185 where fruit and acids are in balance,\" noted one judge.let’s get INTERESTED IN A down to BUSINESS TRAVEL business... PARTNER THAT UNDERSTANDS your way YOU? LET’S TALK phone 1800 220 029 9 Australia’s No.1 Travel Agency 9 24/7 Assistance 9 Competitive corporate discount airfares and hotel programs The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 105

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contact detailsSpring Creek Vintners Ltd jb wines MARLBOROUGHPhone: +64 3 570 2251 Phone: 0400 115 996Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Babich Wines Web: www.jbwines.com Phone: +64 9 833 7859Tamburlaine Organic Wines Email: [email protected]: 02 4998 4200 Lindsay Wine Estate Web: www.babichwines.co.nzEmail: [email protected] Phone: +61 8 8563 3858Web: www.tamburlaine.com.au Email: [email protected] Loveblock Vintners Ltd (NZ) Web: www.lindsaywineestate.com.au Phone: +64 9 365 1471Wicks Estate Wines Email: [email protected]: 08 8212 0004 Michelini Wines Web: www.loveblockwine.comEmail: [email protected] Phone: 0427 562 560Web: www.wicksestate.com.au Email: [email protected] Saint Clair Family Estate Vineyards Web: www.micheliniwines.com.au Phone: +64 3 578 8695Yarrawood Estate Email: [email protected]: 03 9730 2003 Saddler’s Creek Wines Web: www.saintclair.co.nzEmail: [email protected] Phone: 02 4991 1770Web: www.yarrawood.com.au Email: [email protected] Web: www.saddlerscreekwines.com.auBEST BUYS Yarrawood EstateBrygon Reserve Wines Phone: 03 9730 2003Phone: 0438 197 315 Email: [email protected]: [email protected] Web: www.yarrawood.com.auWeb: www.brygonreservewines.com.au Zonte’s Footstep Tenafeate Creek WinesWine for Yoga Lovers Phone: 08 8383 2032 Judgement One Tree HillPhone: 08 8238 5469 Email: [email protected] Shiraz 2014 HHHHHEmail: [email protected] Web: www.zontesfootstep.com.au A brooding complexity of oakWeb: www.wineforyogalovers.com.au and fruit aromas with dense savoury notes and intenseGapsted Wines strawberry fruit flavours withPhone: 03 5751 1992 excellent length and persistenceEmail: [email protected] and a warm finish. $100Web: www.gapstedwines.com.au *This wine was incorrectly listed as 41/2 stars in the Annual 2018 issue of Winestate, see correct review above. Our growing global network offers over 28,000 Mainfreight to Mainfreight connections, helping you to move your wine and spirits globally, worry free. Across the beverage industry we supply services from global movements of ISO tanks to single bottles. We store and distribute wine, beer and spirits and deliver daily across the country and export globally to retail distribution centres, on premise locations and direct to consumers. Talk to a local Mainfreight team member about how we can build a tailored solution for your domestic and global needs. www.mainfreight.com112 W I N E S TAT E March/April 2018

GLOBALGRÜNER VELTLINER JUDGING Adelaide, South Australia 2018 In 2018 Winestate Magazine and the Austrian Wine Marketing Board will be conducting the world’s biggest judging of Gruener Veltliner in Adelaide, South Australia! Key dates are: · Mid May 2018 invitations sent to all wineries in North America, Europe, New Zealand and Australia that produce Gruener Veltliner. · Judging Week in Adelaide SA - August 2018. · Trade Tasting (Adelaide) – August 2018. · Trade tastings will occur in Sydney and Melbourne later in 2018. · Results to feature in Winestate Nov/Dec 2018.B NE of the YE N E S TAT WIOPHY WINNVBABAEGULSAYUTZSEI ER WI N EEST IN CLAS E M AR TR S

aftertasteELISABETH KINGORGANICS SURGE IN THE DRIVE FOR SUSTAINABILITYAustralia is in the box seat - or could be - to grab a largerslice of the booming global organic market.ARE you a member of the healthy elite? Australia increased by 120 per cent. Research. Fruit and vegetables, meat, poultryAccording to Nielsen research, a hefty 17 Gil Wahlquist kickstarted the organic wine and non-dairy milks will lead the pack, notesper cent of Australians can lay claim to the the researcher. But sales of organic wine andlabel. Seventy-five per cent of these fit-for- movement in Australia in 1971 when he beer are projected to grow by 13.5 per centlifers follow a low-fat diet, 38 per cent prefer founded Botobolar vineyard in Mudgee. over the seven-year period.to eat vegetarian or vegan meals and 58 per Thirteen years later, it became the first certifiedcent buy organic whenever they can. By organic vineyard in the country. Today, Organic beers have been swept along in thethe end of the year, the Australian organic heritage brands such as Angove have created craft beer flood in the US and Australia. Themarket will be worth $2 billion, reveals the tidy little earners like Organic Chardonnay. inaugural North American Organic BrewersAustralian Organic Market Report - up from Festival, held in Portland, Oregon, in the$1.4 billion two years ago. Organically grown wine may be a fast- early Noughties, attracted only 2000 people growing sector but from a small base. Organic to sample “green” brews from 25 brands. By Over the past decade, food scares, wine grapes account for only 5 per cent of 2016, 45 breweries took part and the crowdsfears about genetically modified food and total vineyard acreage worldwide. France is a had swelled to 12,000-plus. Over the pastincreased health awareness have propelled global leader with 9 per cent of all vineyards decade, sales of organic beer in the US rosethe global organic market to $US100 certified as organic. In the US, says California from $US9 million to $US92 million ($A11billion-plus ($A126 billion). The world’s two Certified Organic Farmers, the largest certifier, million-$A115 million) a year.largest regional markets are the US and even though the Golden State is to home toEurope, which account for 80 per cent of 85 per cent of US wine grape production, In 2016, Struman’s Organic Beer Cothe worldwide market share. Sales of organic the area planted to organic grapes declined spawned a lot of publicity when the brandfoods and products in the US topped $US40 from 2012 to 2015. A bit of an anomaly when released two new organic brews - Premiumbillion ($A50 billion) in 2014. Last year, US consumption of organic wines increased Lager and a low-carb Dry Lager. Other organicAmazon bought organic retailer Whole Foods at rates between 10 and 20 per cent, reports Aussie beer options include Barossa ValleyMarket for $US14 billion ($A17.5 billion), the Nielsen, with Bonaterra, America’s largest Brewing Organic Ale, Gulf Brewery Harvestonline giant’s largest ever acquisition. organic wine brand, boasting record sales Moon Organic Beer, Mountain Goat Organic of 500,000 cases in 2017. Steam Ale and Redoak Organic Pale Ale. In both the US and Europe, organic food andbeverage sales currently account for about Other countries are rushing to pick up the Being certified organic isn’t the be-all and2.5 per cent of the total market. The hotspots slack. The US is Australia’s number one end-all of trying to be more sustainable. Manyof organic consumption are smaller countries export market for organic wine. But it has a wineries and breweries have made greatlike Austria and Denmark where organic food lot of catching up to do. The mega European strides in becoming more sustainable fromand beverage sales have reached 8 per wine producers - Spain, France and Italy - water use to reducing the use of fertilisers,cent of the total market. Australians are the produce 75 per cent of the world’s organic especially nitrogen, and using recyclable16th highest spenders on organic produce, wines. According to Agence Bio, Spain packaging. Last year, the winegrowers of St-averaging $26 per person per year. produces 27 per cent of all organically- Emilion, where 45 per cent already complied grown wine, followed by France and Italy with environmentally-friendly vineyard Australia is in the box seat - or could be - - both at 22 per cent. practices, voted to require environmentalto grab a larger slice of the booming global certification from wineries if they wished toorganic market. It has the largest area of Millennials are often credited with driving put the prestigious appellation on their labels.organic farmland in the world - 27 million sales of organic foods and wines in Australia,hectares - over 50 per cent of the global total the US and Europe. But older demographics Starting with the 2019 vintage, all wineriessays IBISWorld. Australia’s organic exports are also playing a major part in the growth from St-Emilion, St-Emilion Grand Cru, Lussacincreased by 17 per cent in 2017, says the of the category. A new international study St-Emilion and Puisseguin St-Emilion will haveAustralian Organic Market Report. A third went from Mintel reveals that 60% of Millennials, to be certified or in the process of beingto Asia - China, South Korea, Hong Kong and 55% of Gen Xers and 46% of Baby Boomers certified sustainable, organic or biodynamicSingapore - and another third went to the US. have concerns about potentially harmful or will be labelled simply as a BordeauxOrganic beef takes out the top slot, followed ingredients in the food they purchase. A wine. “No one can ignore the impact of theirby fruit and vegetables, dairy and wine. From trend that will push the global organic food environmental behaviour anymore,” says2011 to 2014, organic grape production in and beverage market to $US320.5 billion Franck Binard, directeur du Conseil des vins ($A402 billion) by 2025, says Grand View de Saint-Emilion. next issue: It’s time to celebrate as we hit our 40th Anniversary issue of Winestate! Some of you have been with us from the beginning and remember way back when and for those who haven’t we might just take a trip down memory lane... Stay tuned!114 W I N E S TAT E March/April 2018

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