Whilst the Australian wine industry has variously been described as 'dying on the vine' and in the middle of a 'crippling grape glut' it seems that the actual quality of our wines has never been better.
The results of the 2010 Intenational Wine Challenge - one of the largest wine shows in the world - have just been announced and Australian wines have scored in a big way, scooping up 65 gold medals - which is a 33% increase on 2009 - and enough to place Australia second on the nation scoreboard read more here
Just to further emphasise the point, Australia also picked up 26 gold medals amongst a strong showing at the 2010 Decanter World Wine Awards (results here).
Now all that remains is to re-convince the rest of the world about it...
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Monday, May 24, 2010
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..
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