June 2009
Landmark Australia Tutorial Features Best's Thomson Family Shiraz
Monday 1st June marked the Australian wine industry‘s most significant investment to date in telling our fine wine story to an international audience. Aimed at celebrating Australian excellence not just in wine, but also in terms of food, hospitality and tourism, 12 of the world‘s most influential wine media and educators were hosted by Wine Australia in the Barossa Valley for five days, before travelling further afield on regional tours across South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.
The inaugural Landmark Australia Tutorial comprised more than 200 of Australia‘s finest wines, was presented by the country‘s leading winemakers and commentators, and accompanied by an original series of seminars devised uniquely for the event.
Two hundred and forty eight wines were chosen to articulate the Australian fine wine story. These were nominated in collaboration with the guest tutors for each master class, and were intended to capture a sense of Australia‘s wine-making history, as well as to give an indication of Australia‘s intended future direction in terms of style, varietal expression, technical development and regional signature. Best‘s were pleased to have had our 1996 Thomson Family Shiraz featured in this selection and participants were educated on the unique characteristics of Great Western Shiraz throughout the tutorial sessions.
To read more about this event, log onto http://www.landmark-wineaustralia.com/category/wines/ |
