Great Australian Varietal Challenge

Great Australian Vareital Challenge is a way of organising your journey through some of the amazing Australian wines made fro 180 varieites. Free to join from Vinodiversity
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Zweigelt Grapes Picture from Wikipedia
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New producers of rare varietal wines in Australia
Arinto produced in Heathcote by Linnaea
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Garganega white wine variety
Garganega white wine variety from italy now in Australia see vinodiversity for a list of producers
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Rare Varieties Project
Rare Ozzies Book now available from Vinodiversity. #rareozzies
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What Varietal is That Book
Mencia is a rare red wine in Australia but is quite common in its homeland of NE Spain and adjacent areas of Portugal #rareozzies #whatvarietal #galiciawine
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Bastardo wine variety
Some of the more common synonyms of Bastardo/Trousseau red wine grape variety. #whatvarietal #rareozzies #vinodiversity
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Verduzzo white wine variety
Pizzini Verduzzo from the King Valley region of North East Victoria, Australia. This is a versatile variety that makes dry, off dry and sweet white wines. #rareozzies
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Rare varietals in Australia
Freisa is a wine grape variety from Piedmont. It is rare in Australia so it will be covered in my forthcoming Rare Ozzies project. So far there is just one Aussie producer, but maybe it has a future. #winevarieties #rareozzies #piedmontwines #italianvarietals #barossawine #vinodiversity #whatvarietal #whatvarietyisthis #piemontewine #langewine #monferratowines #Regram via @whatvarietal
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Dornfelder in Tasmania
Freshly pressed Dornfelder inVintage 2020 at Winter Brook vineyard in Northern Tasmania. Amazing deep colour.
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Oliver's Taranga on Instagram: “#repost @whatvarietal : Mencia from NW Spain now in McLaren Vale and
Mencia is a wonderful red wine variety from NW Spain, now in Australia. Oliver's Tarranga in the Mcalen Vale region are pioneers of this variety in Australia. Described in the Book What varietal is that.
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Grillo white wine variety in Australia
Siclian white wine variety Grillo, formerly used to make marsala is now used to make crisp dry whites
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Carmenere red wine variety
Carmenere red wine variety is described on the website vinodiversity.com wit a list of Australian producers. It is also one of the varieties featured in my book What Varietal is That? #carmenere #chileanwine #whatvarietal #rareozzies
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Grillo white wine variety
Grillo is a white wine variety from Sicily, formaerly used for marsala now making crisp whites in Australia
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Moscato Giallo white wine variety
Moscato Giallo grapes ready for picking at Bassham Vineyard in the Riverland Wine Region of South Australia.
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Bassham Verdejo
No! it isn't Verdelho! it is a Spanish white and you'll be hearing more about it. Bassham Wines in the Riverland are one of the first producers. It is rare in Australia but bound to take of over the next few years. Image from wineassist.com.au