This year the Australian Tasting held in Toronto wanted to highlight the regions of Australia as well as the wine – putting the focus on where the wine comes from and showing the distinct differences the wine of certain regions have.  Australia breaks itself in 63 wine regions within their 7 territories:  Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Tasmania.  Only the Northern Territory has no definable wine regions (or wineries) and Queensland had no representation at the show; while South Australia, with its 17 regions, had the most representation (35).  Surprisingly, Victoria, with its 21 regions, had only 8 wineries to represent it.  Not surprising is that most of my selections come from South Australia (11) with one each from Victoria and Western Australia; proving that if you send the most, you get the most ... (Read more)

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