The Wine Station Blog

IRELAND IN THE RHONE We've got Irish wine for you to sell mate. My boss in Melbourne announced to me one morning after he had returned from ProVine in Germany, one of Europe's premier meeting points for merchants and distriburs to catch up and get sloshed....and try wines. He seemed to think 'Irish wine' was hilarious as a concept. I started to explain that...

For a printer-friendly version click HERERIOJA was exposed to wine early in the piece when the Pheoenicians settled andbrought with them the expertise to ferment grapes in the 17th Century. Theindigenous populations have made wine ever since. The isolated nature of the regionmeant that not much wine left and it was consumed locally.In the early days grapes were foot stomped in stone troughs and...

We hope to win hearts & minds with a focus on the wine world's most divisive grape: Chardonnay. Hearts will be easily won with this selection, because to drink Chardonnay is to love it. Winning minds may be slightly more challenging, because to win them we have to change them.Chardonnay, like Sauvignon Blanc is polarising. Unlike Sauv. though, which divides opinion becuase of it's...

Kenny Likitprakong is becoming a Californian wine making legend, utilising all organic fruit from parcels up and down the surf coast of California. In his urban winery in Santa Rosa near San Fran, he makes a galaxy of wines under a number of wine labels. Not bad for a former skater punk that was once sleeping rough on beaches (hence the name of his...

Austrian Wine is largely a young person's game - and for good reason! In the mid 80's after a string of cold vintages, some Austrian wine makers found that adding antifreeze to their wine gave the appearance of ripeness in lieu of fruit ripeness. While the practice was of course highly illegal and potentially lethal, it saved a couple of vintages. People were confounded...