I’m glad to see a couple of fellow Australian residents jumping into the wine blog scene.
First up is Dave Brooks at Vinosense who has some interesting articles up already. He has a great writing style and his tasting notes are sensational.
Secondly, we have Winetastic which is billed as “Aussie wine for the rest of us”. At the moment they have reports on some Mudgee based wineries that otherwise don’t get a lot of media exposure.
Last, but not least is the recent addition to the Podcasting scene The Oz Wine Show. If you aren’t familiar with Podcasting, it is basically a radio show that you download and either listen to on the computer, or put it on a mp3 player or CD to listen to away from the computer. Mick and Hugo have gotten off to a good start and are well worth listening to.
These new blogs are in addition to the existing Pinot Island which focuses on Tasmanian wine and its industry, Shiraz Shiraz which funnily enough has quite a bit of information on Australian Shiraz along with some insightful industry observations and Vinodiversity which focuses on some of the lesser known grape varieties that are used in Australian wine.
Are there other wine focused, Australian blogs out there? Please leave a comment if I’ve missed anyone out.
Hi. I’m an expat Brit Aussie food and wine blog. Do I count? Coming up in the next week: Grange Hermitage 1990 comic book style; a stark bollock naked Shiraz dyed Frenchman in the Yarra valley; why wines cost what they do.
Sure, why not Ed!
If we are talking food & wine blogs, we also have WinosandFoodies at http://winosandfoodies.typepad.com (NZ Based, but run by an Australian) as well as some others that I have surely missed.
Cheers. Yes, I subscribe to the WinosandFoodies feed. I’m surprised more food bloggers don’t approach wine and vica versa. Maybe we should look into some locally inspired wine blogging events.
Thanks for the mention Cam.
The layout and structure of your blog was actually what spurred me into action and finally started publishing the experiences my friends and I have in the world of wine.
Hi people,
I think we will be looking back in a few years time remebering when we were the few and the proud.
I’m sure more and more Aus wine bloggers will pop up as we go. I reckon a few wineries will start to use them as well.
And another – Gary Walsh at http://www.winorama.com.au/
Thanks for the mention chaps. I’m hoping the little article coming up in a NZ food mag soon about blogging (of which I was contacted for input) will inspire more in NZ to get involved. Cam, was it you that reviewed Fonty’s Pool Viognier some months back? Anyway I bought some and it was brilliant.
Cam,
Good luck with your site, looks great to this new set of eyes.
Thanks Edwards – I’ve added your site to my links – interesting stuff.