Winestate Magazine Special Edition 2012

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www.peterlehmannwines.com.au Ph: (08) 8323 9603 Web: www.barwickwines.comWineGrowers Direct E-mail: [email protected] Rapaura Springs Ltd/Ph: (03) 8346 0200 Web: www.anvers.com.au Bimbadgen Estate Spring Creek Vinters LtdE-mail: [email protected] Ph: (02) 4998 4600 Ph: +64 21 768 307 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] GRIS/PINOT GRIGIO Babich Wines Web: www.bimbadgen.com.au Web: www.rapaurasprings.co.nz Ph: +64 9 833 78598 Ranges/Tussock Ridge Vineyard E-mail: [email protected] Brygon Reserve Wines Sam Miranda King ValleyE-mail: [email protected] Web: www.babichwines.co.nz Ph: 0419 865 556 Ph: (03) 5727 3888Web: www.8ranges.co.nz E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Cumulus Wines Web: www.brygonreservewines.com.au Web: www.sammiranda.com.auCangrande Italian Wine Ph: (02) 6390 7900Ph: +64 4 212 6653 E-mail: [email protected] Captain Barossa Serafino WinesE-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cumuluswines.com.au Ph: 0477 440 014 Ph: (08) 8323 0157Web: 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aftertasteELISABETH KINGUgly duckling transformed asmoscato mania goes globalTHE MOSCATO trend hit Australia about five just scraped past the one million case mark. name-checked moscato in song and Nielsenyears ago and has been surging strongly The wave crossed the Atlantic in earnest in estimates that more than 50 per cent of theever since. The behemoth of the sector is varietal’s American devotees are under 25.Brown Brothers, who produce about 49 the first few months of the year as brandedper cent of all moscato sold nationwide. and supermarket own-label moscatos Industry analysts say they’ve never seenNot that competition is lacking, by any started crowding British shelves. Not that anything like the rise of moscato, a pop winemeans. Everyone from Grant Burge to quick-quaffing styles have swamped one of in every sense of the term. But only time willPeter Lehmann has had a crack at the the most ancient of all grape varieties in the tell if the varietal is a stayer or a flash in theeasy-drinking varietal and Jacobs Creek UK. A lone moscato won a gong in the 2005 pan. Onethingis certain, though. It’scertainlyMoscato was named the official Australia Decanter World Wine Awards. Fast forward a wine for tougher economic times. UrbanDay wine in 2010. to the 2011 taste-offs and 10 moscatos were clubbers like moscato because it’s an easy- awarded top honours. drinking drop with no pretensions and they Younger and/or novice drinkers have can still have a good time without breaking thepropelled sales and there’s no doubting Moscato’s renewed popularity would bank. And so do low-income young peoplethat moscato is still on a major roll, says have been appreciated by the Phoenicians, of all ethnicities, which explains the hugeAndrew Graham, online communications Greeks and Romans who planted the grape African-American influence on the popularitymanager for CrackaWines.com.au. “We’ve throughout the Mediterranean region. One of moscato in the US, says Nielsen.seen considerable growth in both sales and of the earliest varieties of the 30 or so clonessearch volume, particularly over the summer of the white muscat grape grown around the Will moscato run out of steam, as grunermonths,” he says. “Brands are king in the world today claims the honour of ripening on veltliner and prosecco did? Global demandmoscato market. Critical reviews and gold the first vines planted in southern France. is already outstripping supply and growersmedals appear to have less pull with moscato The Germans picked up the trend in the 12th worldwide have to decide whether theydrinkers than a strong brand and good century and muscat remains a very important want to increase plantings. France, Italy,packaging. We’ve also noticed that traditional, varietal in Spain and Greece. As its trendy California, Australia, South Africa and Chilepremium Italian moscato is gaining traction. name indicates, though, moscato’s spiritual are all major players, and winemakers inA development that indicates it’s more than home is Italy, where it is made into wines all of these countries think moscato has alljust ‘new to wine’ drinkers climbing on board as diverse as Asti Spumante, everyone’s the hallmarks of a stayer. Gallo even tookthe moscato train.” beginner sparkler, and the liqueur-thick the step of inaugurating the first National Moscato di Siracusa treasured by Sicilians. Moscato Day this year on May 9th. Such comments rightly establish Australiaas a mature market compared to the US Brown Brothers developed their market We are certainly seeing every possibleand the UK. The figures coming out of dominance of the moscato category via the interpretation of the slip-down-easyAmerica are little short of stunning as the company’s legendary Rutherglen muscats varietal from fashionista labels designedmoscato-isation continues apace. Between and were an early pioneer of its rise to urban to appeal to young women through cask2009 and 2011, US sales of a varietal once trendiness. Last Christmas, two bubbly wines, quality sparklers and still wines thatrelegated to under-appreciated dessert versions were added to the Brown Brothers cover a wide number of price points. Andwines rose from $100 million to $300 million, portfolio - Sparkling Moscato and Sparkling as the hot weather arrives, it won’t be justreports Nielsen data. According to the Wine Moscato Rosa, which gets its bright pink 20-somethings who fancy a fruit-driven,Market Council, even if growth “slows” to 50 colour from the judicious addition of cienna, fresh wine that goes down well with tapas orper cent this year, moscato is expected to the luscious red hybrid of the Spanish grape a chocolate dessert. Who knows? Perhapscelebrate the new year as America’s third sumoll and cabernet sauvignon. this could also be the year when restaurantsmost popular varietal wine. and bars stop being snobby and start to offer Think pink; think young. US Rappers like a wider range of moscatos by the glass. Australian imports are well to the fore. Drake, Kanye West and Lil’ Kim have allYellowtail Moscato is tipped to rack upsales of 500,000 by the end of the year. Butthe market leader in the US is Gallo, whichshifted 1.1 million cases in 2011, followedby Trinchero’s Sutter Home brand, which Happy New Year! Before we can look forward to what 2013 will bring in the world of wine, we like to take an e x t i s s u e : retrospective with our Annual issue and bring you all of the four- to five-star wines from 2012.154 W I N E S TAT E Special Edition 2012

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