Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
RED WINE
Australia's benchmark red is Grange
Hermitage, the creation of the late vintner
Max Schubert in the 1950s and 1960s. Due
to his work, Shiraz has established itself as
Australia's premium red variety. However,
there is also plenty of diversity with the
acknowledged quality of Cabernet Sauvignon
produced in the Coonawarra. Recently, there
has also been a re-appraisal of traditional “old
vine” Grenache and Mourvedre varieties in the
Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale.
Vineyards of Leeuwin
Estate, Margaret River
Pinot Noir
Shiraz
GRAPE TYPE
BEST REGIONS
BEST PRODUCERS
Shiraz
Hunter Valley (NSW)
Brokenwood, Lindmans, Tyrrells
Great Western, Sunbury (VIC)
Bests, Seppelts, Craiglee
Barossa Valley (SA)
Henschke, Penfolds, Rockford, Torbreck
McLaren Vale (SA)
Hardys, Coriole, Chapel Hill
Margaret River, Great Southern(WA)
Cape Mentelle, Plantagenet
Cabernet Sauvignon
Margaret River (WA)
Cape Mentelle, Cullen, Moss Wood
Coonawarra (SA)
Wynns, Lindemans, Bowen Estate
Barossa, Adelaide Hills (SA)
Penfolds, Henschke, Petaluma
Yarra Valley, Great Western (VIC)
Yarra Yering, Yerinberg, Bests
Merlot
Yarra Valley, Great Western (VIC)
Bests, Yara Yering
Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley (SA)
Petaluma, Pikes
Pinot Noir
Yarra Valley (VIC)
Coldstream Hills, Tarrawarra
Gippsland, Geelong (VIC)
Bass Philip, Bannockburn, Shadowfax
BEER
Most Australian beer is vat fermented, or lager,
and consumed chilled. Full-strength beer
has an alcohol content of about 4.8 per
cent, mid-strength beers have around
3.5 per cent while “light” beers have less
than 3 per cent. Traditionally heat sterilized,
cold filtration is now popular. Fans of real ale
should seek out one of the city's pub brew-
eries. Beer is ordered by glass size and
brand: a schooner is a 426 ml (15 fl oz)
glass and a middy is 284 ml (10 fl oz).
Tooheys
Red Bitter
Cascade
Premium Lager
Middy
Schooner
FRUIT JUICES
OTHER DRINKS
With the fabulous fresh fruit at
their disposal year round, cafés
concoct an astonishing array of
fruit-based non-alcoholic drinks.
They include frappés of fruit pulp
and juice blended with crushed ice;
smoothies of fruit blended with
milk or yoghurt; and pure juices,
extracted from everything from
carrots to watermelons.
Tap water in Sydney
is fresh and clean, but
local and imported
bottled water
is fashionable.
The cola gen-
eration has
graduated to
alcoholic soft
drinks and
soda drinks.
One brand,
Two Dogs
alcoholic
lemonade,
was born
when a glut
of lemons
flooded the
fruit market.
Strawberry
juice
Pear and
kiwi frappé
Banana
smoothie
COFFEE
Sydney's passion for coffee
means that short black,
macchiato, caffe latte,
cappuccino and flat
white (with milk) are
now available at every
neighbourhood café.
Alcoholic
soda
Flat white coffee
Caffe latte
