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Featured Wines of the Month
Each month we highlight a new wine regionand curate four white and four red wines that best represent the region. These wines are featured in our Wine Station dispensers for tastings and are available for purchase by the bottle.
April 2025 - Australia
The Australian wine industry is one of the world's largest exporters of wine, with approximately 800 million out of the 1.2 to 1.3 billion litres produced annually exported to overseas markets. The wine industry is a significant contributor to the Australian economy through production, employment, export, and tourism region.
Vine cuttings from the Cape of Good Hope were brought to the penal colony of New South Wales by Governor Phillip on the First Fleet in 1788. Wine produced from this was initially for household use. Other settlers managed to successfully cultivate vines for winemaking and Australian made wine was available for sale domestically by the 1820s .
Wine is produced in every state, with more than 60 designated wine regions totaling approximately 160,000 hectares; however Australia's wine regions are mainly in the southern, cooler parts of the country, with vineyards located in South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. The wine regions in each of these states produce different wine varieties and styles that take advantage of the particular Terroir. The major varieties are predominantly Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Sémillon, Pinot noir, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc. Wines are often labelled with the name of their grape variety, which must constitute at least 85 percent of the wine.
*Australians coined the term "Shiraz" to differentiate the unique taste of their Syrah wines.
*Most Australian wines are bottled with with a screw top (stelvin), even age-worthy wines. Wines can be stored upright.
