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    Barossa Valley

    See the latest wine reviews, news and opinion on Barossa Valley.

    Quick Links  Australia vintage guide | Barossa Valley wine reviews | Prince Charles visits Barossa with Duchess of Cornwall | Barossa and Clare Valley split vineyards to create geological sub-regions

    • Barossa winemaker and ambassador Bob McLean dies

      Tributes have been paid to Bob McLean, the respected Barossa winemaker and advocate for Australian wine, who has died.

    • Treasury wine estates

      Treasury Wine Estates continue to cut overheads in Australia and California

      Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is to sell three of its wineries in Australia and close down another in California as part of continued plans to cut overheads.

    • Finger Lakes

      Secret to terroir may lie in bacteria, say scientists

      Researchers in the US have published a study suggesting that the characteristics associated with terroir could have more to do with microbes found around the root system of a vine, than the soil that it grows in.

    • Yalumba CEO Robert Hill Smith to step down

      Yalumba's chief executive, Robert Hill Smith, is set to step down as the Australian wine group's chief executive after three decades in the role.

    • Hong Kong firm buys 650ha of Australian vineyards

      Hong Kong's CK Life Sciences has added to its vineyard collection by acquiring three Australian vineyards owned by wine producer McWilliam's for nearly A$16m.

    • Australian wine needs 'generational' shift in attitudes, says trade body chair

      The chairman of trade body Wine Australia, Brian Walsh, believes his country's wines can reach a point when they are no longer automatically compared to the 'Old World', but it may take a generation and a greater focus on 'terroir' to achieve it.

    • Investment analysis: Penfolds Grange and St Henri

      Penfolds Grange and St Henri illustrate two facets of both grape and winemaking technique, best illustrated when you taste them side by side. Steven Spurrier reports on a tasting of 11 wines from the past three decades

    • Jefford on Monday: Carrots, Celery - and Shiraz

      Will there, one day, be a Department of Terroir Studies at a leading academic institution? Who will be its first professor? How many disciplines will jockey for a position in its hive?

    • Barossa and Clare Valley split vineyards to create geological sub-regions

      Winemakers in Barossa and Clare Valley are splitting their vineyards into new sub-regions as part of a stronger focus on soil and climate in Australia's wine sector.

    • Penfolds Kalimna

      Nervous wait for vineyards as frost hits Barossa again

      Frost enveloped young buds in Barossa's vineyards this week, almost a year to the day since heavy frosts caused serious damage to vines in the region.

    • Chinese investors buy A$15m Barossa winery

      A company backed by Chinese investors has agreed to buy Yaldara Winery in Barossa Valley from McGuigan wines producer Australian Vintage for A$15m.

    • Gnadenfrei Vineyard

      Torbreck buys top vineyard in Barossa

      Australia's Torbreck Vintners has secured long-term grape supplies for one of its top wines after buying Gnadenfrei vineyard in Barossa Valley.

    • Doug Lehmann

      Barossa's Doug Lehmann dies

      The Australian wine industry is mourning the death of Doug Lehmann from a suspected heart attack, almost a year to the day after his father died.

    • Barossa bushfires: January 2014

    • Barossa wine and food ad

      Nick Cave features in new Barossa ad

      The music of veteran Aussie alt-rock band Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds features in a new tourism campaign celebrating the food and wine of the Barossa Valley.

    • Barossa Valley Estate E&E Black PepperBarossa Valley Estate E&E Black Pepper

      Barossa Valley Estate sold

      Oyster Bay owner Delegat’s Group has made its first foray into Australia with the acquisition of Barossa Valley Estate (BVE), producer of E&E Black Pepper Shiraz.

    • Canunda wind farm

      South Australia puts brakes on Barossa wind farms

      The South Australian government will discourage the siting of wind farms in the key winegrowing areas of McLaren Vale and Barossa.

    • McDonalds

      Barossa rejects McDonald's

      Fast food giant McDonald’s has been told it cannot open a restaurant in Australia’s Barossa Valley after an acrimonious planning battle which threatened to split the local community.

    • Henschke cellars, the prime terroir-driven, vintage-specific Barossa wine

      If you’re looking for a terroir-driven, vintage-specific Barossa wine, andrew jefford thinks he has the prime exponent

    • Barossa valley wines

      Barossa reds elegant? European? Tyson Stelzer finds a focus on old vines and sub-regions is providing a counterpoint to the blockbusters that first put Australia’s most famed wine region on the map

    • Barossa 'icons' offered en primeur

      Hot on the heels of Penfolds, a clutch of young Barossa winemakers are offering their latest vintage en primeur.

    • Great Wine Route: Barossa & Eden Valley

      Barossa is a dream holiday destination for Shiraz lovers – but there’s plenty to see, and taste, besides. JILL NORMAN tours the region and its star wineries.

    • World of Shiraz to gather in Barossa

      The most eminent gathering of Shiraz experts in the world is due to meet in Barossa next month for the first International Shiraz Alliance.

    • Maltus sells entire Barossa production

      'Cult' winemaker Jonathan Maltus has sold his entire 2002 vintage from his new icon Barossa winery.

    • Xanadu buys up Barossa's Next Generation

      West Australian winery Xanadu has acquired the Barossa Valley's Next Generation Wines (NXG) in exchange for more than two million shares in the company, worth around AU$775,000 (€443,300).

    • 'Garagiste' sets up in Barossa

      Bordeaux 'garagiste' Jonathan Maltus is set to make the first Australian garage wine – in the Barossa Valley.

    • Yalumba's Octavius cellar, Barossa Valley.

      Legends Barossa Valley

      CATHARINE LOWE profiles the figures who, through a mixture of dedication and skill, have shaped and will continue to shape the winemaking landscape of the Barossa Valley

    • Barossa Valley

      The Barossa Valley

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      Barossa Revolution

      Throughout the Barossa, winemakers and growers are experimenting,

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