These guys really know how use the best Australian ingredients. Their cookbook shows you how to use the treasures of Australian Bush Tucker, things like wattleseed, macadamia nut oil and other flavourings, spices and seasonings. Their online store allows to buy everything you need to make some modern Authentic Australian dishes... to go with some of our great wines. Read Full Story

The fourth International Barbera Competition will be held later this year in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. The organisers have gone to some lengths to get some entries from Australia and US so it will be intersting to see the results later in the year. Details of the competiton are here Vinodiversity's page about BarberaLabels: barbera, competitions Read Full Story

The Iberian Peninsula produces a stunning and varied array of wines. The classic reds of Rioja and Ribiera del Duero, the graceful albarino from Galicia, rose from just about everywhere but especially from the emerging region of Navarre, the ports and vinho verdi from Portugal and of course the wonderful sherries. A new map of the Iberian Peninsula now been published. Detail below. The map has been produced by Steve De Long, the guy behind the wine varietal chart. It is accurate and... Read Full Story

The James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2009 edition is about to be released. You can pre-order your copy now from this online supplier Read Full Story

Winter has arrived for us in the Southern Hemisphere. So wine events tend to take on a different mood, more indoors. The smaller wineries in the Yarra Valley are holding their shortest lunch on the weekend of 21 and 22 of June. You can tour a bakers dozen of wineries tasting wine and enjoying an entree sized plate at each. See Vinodiversity's Yarra Valley page here Labels: events, yarra valley Read Full Story

Nicholas Clark at Amietta Vineyard in the Moorabool Valley of the Geelong Wine Region has been doing it tough for the past couple of vintages. But this year after some angst he managed to organise to get his grapes picked at the right time... It's a great story. Read the inside story of the 2008 Vintage at Amietta in the Geelong Region More vintage reportsLabels: geelong, Vintage 2008 Read Full Story

Grenache is a very underrated variety in Australia. It was written off as a substandard variety in the 1980s, but some old vineyards were spared the widespread vine pulls of that time. It makes great varietal wine as well as putting the G power into GSM Blends. I reckon the best rose wines are also made from grenache Jane Faulkner has written the variety up in a recent edition of The Age, based around some tastings of Spinifex wines. SEE: A new spin on grenache Article by Jane Faulkner... Read Full Story

The Swiss Italian Festival at Daylesford honours the Swiss and Italian Pioneers who settled in the region in the middle of the 19th Century. It is being Held from 18-27 April. There will be plenty of wine and food on display. Guest Chef is Adam Pizzini of Rinaldo's at Dal Zotto Winery in the King Valley, well away from Daylesford, but he will be featuring some great Italian wine varieties to pair with some home style Italian cooking. Swiss Italian Festa details and programLabels: events... Read Full Story

Rutherglen is the place to be for the Queens Birthday weekend in 2008. You can see plenty of alternative varietal wines, check out the list on Vinodiversity's Rutherglen wineries page Sat 07 Jun 2008 to Mon 09 Jun 2008 More details here More Aussie wine events hereLabels: events, rutherglen Read Full Story

I was inspired by the image above Autumn Colours in a Vineyard, Barbera Grape Variety, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy to start a bit of a makeover on Vinodiversity. The Image comes from Art.com who have a wonderful online shop with absolutely tons of art and photographic prints on all subjects. So if you want to redecorate your palce you know where to look. There is an optional framing service as well. But I'm busy redecorating Vinodiversity, with some help from these wonderful images. So... Read Full Story