Winemakers' Tales

Vinodiversity is designed to stimulate interest in alternative grape varieties in Australia. There are thousands of grapegrowers and winemakers in Australia. Some of the more adventurous of these have embraced alternative varieties for all sorts of reasons. Many have a story to tell.

Vinodiversity is helping to retell these stories to a ever widening audience of wine lovers who are breaking out of the bounds of wines from classic varieties. So enjoy the tales below, and if you have a more exciting tale especially if its not about Durif, then use the form at the bottom of this page to go one better.

• Andrew Smith's Tale of How he fell in love with Durif
• The Tale of the Broken Bottle of Verdelho
• Cool Climate Durif – You must be kidding!
• Softening the tannins in Durif by using long maceration
• Lagrein - finding a new winegrape variety for Australian vineyards