The Victorian Champagne Company didn’t last, but Hans Irvine at Great Western took up the sparkling burgundy baton and the trend continued under Seppelts with the legendary Colin Preece. This was where French winemaker Auguste D'Argent made one of the first examples of Australian ‘sparkling burgundy’ (out of Shiraz). Indeed, as far back as 1881, Victoria was home to the ‘Victorian Champagne Company’. Welcome to the Australian sparkling scene! Sparkling Shiraz … an Australian red treasureĪustralians have been drinking sparkling wine for many years. those effervescent, sometimes irridescent, irreverently-labelled and often even more irreverently-named vibrant natural sparklings that have taken the wine world by storm. Australian sparkling wines of all shapes and styles are foaming into glasses at launches and lunches, dinners and drinks, picnics and parties, wine bars and wine lists everywhere. And not just celebratory occasions either. Prestige Australian sparkling wines from cool-climate, high-altitude regions are taking their place as the celebratory wine of choice for occasions both big and small. And for a long time, the only kind that signified a very special occasion were the sparkling wines from Champagne. nothing says celebration like a bottle of sparkling wine. The pop of a cork, the splash of foam, the bead of fine bubbles. and Australian sparkling stars are shining brighter than ever. As sparkling aficionados already know, there’s a whole world of fine sparkling wine out there. Things are changing in the glittering world of fine celebratory sparkling wine.
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