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Why Australia for Fine Wines?

Australia, the land DownUnder, has become a major and exciting force in international wines. Australian wine is taking the world by storm, due to the quality of the grape stock combined with the skill and experience of its winemakers. This enables it to produce a superb and wide range of Australian wine styles.

This island continent features wines as varied as its terrain. Most people know of Australian Shiraz ? that fruit-forward wine now known and enjoyed around the world. These fabulous ?fruit bombs? represent but a small part of the overall Australian winemaking scene.

Australia is sometimes described as the perfect wine producing country. It has a land mass as great as the United States or Western Europe, with a diverse climate from cold to cool to warm, and a wide variety of soil types, including the famous Coonawarra terra rossa. These natural advantages coupled with the irrepressible free-spirited character of the Australian people, has encouraged Australian winemakers to build on the great traditions of winemaking, to create delicious wines of stunning quality, diversity and uniqueness.

Wines from Australia are usually denoted by their grape variety. Aside from Shiraz, Australia also produces fine Chardonnay, Semillon, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and plenty of Cab-Shiraz blends plus some distinct Aussie wines. And don?t forget the Australian sparking whites and reds ? just the wines to keep your taste buds tingling.

Delicious concentrated ripe fruit, harvested at the peak of perfection is easier to obtain in Australia than almost anywhere else in the world. Australian wines are a delight on your palette with their different aromas, flavours and taste sensations crafted from each of the different grapes, blends and regions.

Go and visit DownUnder, you won?t be disappointed. If you don't have the time just now, you can take a Wine Tour around this amazing country through the AussieWinesOnline website and experience the people, places and those incomparable Aussie wines.

About The Author Lindsay Lewis is the Marketing Director of AussieWinesOnline.com, an Australian company providing Worldwide home delivery of fine, estate-grown Aussie wines from independent Australian Wineries. Visit their website http://aussiewinesonline.com and take a Wine Tour around the Wineries and see the unique Australian countryside.

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Food With Wine

It is very important to select the best matched food with any wine; a wrong choice of food can spoil all the fun and taste of a very good wine. Generally, it is conventional that white wine should be drunk with white meat and red wine with red meat. But nowadays, no one just has meat or chips with wine.

As the wine producing regions have increased in number, the taste and flavours of wine have also changed. This increases the confusion more, as wine lovers can't choose the supplementary food items with wine easily. Some wine lovers believe that any food can go with any wine, but basically we don't eat any heavy meat item with white wine.


A good combination of wine and food enhances your fun and excitement more than any normal combination. Some example of good combinations of wine and food are given below:
Stilton with port, foie gras with sauternes, boeuf bourguignon with Burgundian pinot noir and goat cheese with sauvignon Blanc.


Before experimenting any new combination one should always consider the flavour factor. This is the only thing that can double your fun or even can spoil all the fun. Another aspect is the acidity; food with less acidity should be preferred most. Acidic wine can be found in those areas where the acidic food is prepared. It is very safe to have the local food with the same region's wine. But there are many regions where foreign wines are sold; food selection is a big problem there.

Salty dishes work well with acidic wine. Sparkling wines like Californian wines or French champagne can be used to refresh the taste of fish dishes. Bubbly wines are used to drink with spicy food. Food from South East Asia (like Thai) is filled with chilly and pepper. These food items are compiled with citrus acid, so wines with acidic taste are with some flavour of sweetness. Wines with lots of fruit are mostly prescribed for this kind of food.

Game birds such as quail, turkey, guinea have earthy taste which is more tasteful than chicken. These are more preferable with white wine, while the red wines should be taken with wild game birds.

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Wine and weddings are inseparable and it is traditional to toast the bride and groom at their wedding reception and drink to a happy and long lasting marriage. Now wine wedding favors is one of the most fashionable ways to celebrate a wedding.

These specially labeled wine wedding favors can later be kept as mementos of the wedding day. After the wedding, the empty wine bottle can be a suitable holder for fresh, dried or silk flowers and it can be placed next to the framed photo of the wedding couple. A scanned favorite photo of the couple can also be used as the label on the wine bottle. Couples can also make these wine wedding favors more attractive by adding text in a font style and size of their choice on the labels. Their guests not only enjoy the great moments of wedding but also put these wine wedding favors to good use.

Phrases, lyrics from the couple's favorite song, a famous quote, or a poem can be used on the label for personalized wine bottle wedding favors. Couples need to make sure that they include the date (month, day, and year) of the wedding on the wine bottle label. There are various distributors who can custom create labels and fix them to the wine bottles before shipping. Couples who are not interested in making their own labels can use labels created by these distributors.

Couples can compliment the wine wedding favors by adding a few simple items like wine glasses, wine glass charms, wine stoppers, picture frames and wine opener by placing them in a basket with shredded raffia, wrapped with cellophane and tied with beautiful organza ribbon in the colors of their wedding theme. Wine glasses can also be personalized and are ideal for guests who like to entertain a lot. Couples can make their own wine glass charms easily and inexpensively. Stainless steel, pewter and wooden wine stoppers are usually used to accentuate the custom wine bottle and are available in various styles to complement any wedding theme.

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