I felt like starting with this question was perhaps the best was to explain my blog. I have a special interest in red wines from South Australia for two main reasons. One is the fact that I use to live in Australia as a kid. From about age 10 to 14 my family lived in Adelaide, South Australia. Being immersed in SA culture means inevitably being exposed to red wine. Im not saying that I drank any red wine when I was down there as a kid, but I certainly was around it. This gives me a special connection to SA reds simply because I grew up with a bias to them. A bias that I still have.
The second, is my dad. He took full advantage of living in Australia and would often tour wineries when we lived down there. He had some select favourites that I can still remember-Penfolds Grange, Penfolds Bin 707, Henschke Hill of Grace, Wirra Wirra Church block. His enjoyment of SA reds ingrained a fascination with them within me.
In this blog, I plan to study different types of red wine, and the different wine regions in SA. Since I have begun collecting I have found researching, studying, and finding new wines to be quite rewarding.
With that said, below is a map of the main regions in SA that I will be looking at.
As you can see on the map, there are several distinct wine regions. There are three main regions that I have become most familiar with since living there, and now since studying the area- the Coonawarra region, Barossa Valley, and McLaren Vale. Adelaide hills, and Langhorne creek are also notable regions that produce good wine, however, I am far less familiar with these places.
So lets dive in and learn something about red wine of down under!!
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