🍷 From the Barossa Valley, South Australia 🍷
The Barossa Valley wine region is one of Australia's oldest and most premier wine regions.
Located in South Australia, the Barossa Valley is about 56 km (35 miles) northeast of the city of Adelaide. Unlike most of Australia
whose wine industry was heavily influenced by the British, the wine industry of the Barossa Valley was founded by German
settlers fleeing persecution from the Prussian province of Silesia (in what is now Poland).
The warm continental climate of the region promoted the production of very ripe grapes that was the linchpin of the early Australian
fortified wine industry.
As the modern Australian wine industry shifted towards red table wines (particularly those made
by the prestigious Cabernet Sauvignon) in the mid-20th century, the Barossa Valley fell out of favor due to its
reputation for being largely a Syrah from producers whose grapes were destined for blending. In the 1980s, the emergence of several boutique families specializing
in old vine Shiraz wines began to capture international attention for the distinctive style of Barossa Shiraz, a full
bodied red wine with rich chocolate and spice notes. This led to a renaissance in the Barossa Valley which catapulted
the region to the forefront of the Australian wine industry.