Hope Estate Merlot, Hunter Valley – Australia
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Tourism & Event Management 2012 overview – University of South Australia
Tourism and Event Management: A world of opportunity! Studying Tourism and Event Management can open doors to careers around the world. If you are interested in studying overseas, you can undertake an international exchange as a part of this program. The Bachelor of Tourism and Event Management will give you the opportunity to study areas such as tourism marketing, event management, food, wine and festivals, conventions and indigenous tourism. Well-regarded by industry associations, in 2008, 2009 and 2010 the School of Management won the SA Tourism Award for Education & Training. As a result the School was inducted into the state’s coveted Tourism Hall of Fame. It is also the winner of 2009 Australian Best Events Awards for Best Education Program.
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NSW Wine Awards! Some of the best Wine in Australia
The nine Trophy Winners in the 2010 NSW Wine Awards have been revealed today in the closing battle to be the 2010 NSW Wine of the Year and it looks set to be a neck and neck fight, new vs. established wine regions, with only 12 days remaining until the 2010 NSW Wine of the Year is announced. These Trophy winners were chosen from the NSW Top 40 Wines, which were selected by a panel of 20 highly regarded wine judges, including Huon Hooke (Chair), Iain Riggs, Peter Bourne, Philip Shaw, Mike De Garis and Nick Bulleid MW. These expert palates whittled down over 800 wines to this impressive shortlist. The Trophy winners reflect the NSW Top 40 well, being an almost even split between the new, emerging cool-climate NSW wine regions — such as Orange, Tumbarumba and Canberra – and the more established, well-known regions of the Hunter Valley and Riverina. The 2010 NSW Wine Awards Trophy Winners and contenders for the 2010 NSW Wine of Year are: * Trophy Best Young Riesling ~ Pokolbin Estate 2010 Riesling (Hunter Valley) * Trophy Best Young Sauvignon Blanc ~ Angullong Wines 2010 Sauvignon Blanc (Orange) * Trophy Best Young Semillon ~ First Creek Wines 2010 Winemakers Reserve Semillon (Hunter Valley) * Trophy Best Young Chardonnay ~ Hungerford Hill 2008 Epic Chardonnay (Tumbarumba) * Trophy Best Young White Other Varieties ~ Benwarin 2010 Verdelho (Hunter Valley) * Trophy Best Mature Dry White ~ Tempus Two 2003 Copper Zenith Semillon (Hunter Valley) * Trophy Best Young Shiraz ~ Nick …
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A&S Ainsworth & Snelson Handcrafted Regional Wines of Australia
Ainsworth & Snelson Handcrafted Regional Wines I was recently chatting with one of our overseas customers and he referred to us one of the best kept secret success stories of Australian wine. We werent sure if that was as much of a compliment as was intended (!), and while we never aspired to be a household name (read mass market!) we thought it might be worth letting a few more people know our story. Brett (Snelson) & I started Ainsworth & Snelson (or A&S as we seem to get called, probably understandably), in 2001 with no real ambition other than to make the best wine that we could, wine which could reach out to discerning customers around the world. I had spent years in the corporate side of wines & spirits working all over the world for famous names such as Moët & Chandon. Brett had trained in a more unconventional manner, apprenticing to winemakers in Victoria then Chile and France. It was in France that Brett realised that the wines he admired most had a real sense of place. This led to what we now call Australian Terroir. We believe that of the grapes that do well in Australia, each one has a specific terroir where (we believe) that grape is most uniquely expressed. Its our opinion. We make wine that WE like, in the hope that there are enough people with similar tastes. This has led to the small range of wines that we produce today: A&S Barossa Valley Shiraz A&S Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon A&S Yarra Valley Chardonnay A&S Clare Valley (Watervale) Riesling Our …
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Hunting for truffles with dogs in Western Australia
Western Australia’s South West region has proven to be the ideal place to grow black truffles with the State producing more than the rest of Australia. This truffle season (which runs from June to August) will see the region’s largest producer – The Wine & Truffle Co in Manjimup – harvest almost 3500 kilos, which is a major achievement considering Australia produces 4500 kilos in total. Manjimup was identified many years ago as the ideal place to grow black truffles due to its rich soils and cool climate which are similar to those in renowned truffle destinations in Europe. The “black gold” found at the Wine & Truffle Co is now exported to top restaurants around the world such as Guillaume at Bennelong, Quay Restaurant and The Atlantic in Australia; as well as The French Laundry and Lever House Restaurant in the United States to name but a few. In 2010, more than 70 per cent of the Company’s harvest was sent to 14 different countries. Truffle manager and head hunter, Frances Lee has begun the task of finding the valuable harvest. With over 13000 trees on the property to look under, she will use five dogs to scour the 70 rows of trees over the weeks ahead, assisted by up to 30 employees who are mainly made up of European backpackers. The picking of the truffles happens every five days and Fran hunts with the dogs and marks the truffles with a pink tag; then collectors come through the rows of trees and record the tree number, row number, how deep the truffle is and inspect …
Wine Week 100: The four best wines in Australia.
To mark our milestone 100th episode we thought we would have a special episode where we look at the four best wines in Australia. To narrow it down a little we decided to break it up into four categories. The first category is a white, and unusually for us the top wine is a chardonnay, and not a riesling. It’s a great drop from the Margaret River region and will be no shock to anyone being named Australia’s best white, especially given the current vintage. Our next top wine is a cult wine, from a relatively new producer. It’s a big, powerful, red from a Barossa producer who has a legion of fans across the globe thanks to some great reviews from the top wine writers. But it’s not all about power with this red, as a splash of viognier adds subtlety and grace to the super old shiraz vines. Of course no list of Australia’s top wines would be complete without our next wine. A true icon of Australian winemaking, the name is known across the world. People who don’t drink wine know this wine’s name and know it’s reputation as Australia’s finest drop. This red is ideal for cellaring for the long term, and is the wine that so many Australians have celebrated important milestones by opening. To round things out we thought we would include a wine that is uniquely Australian. The fortified wines of the Rutherglen region are truly distinctive and recognised as singularly exceptional when at their best. Some producers from the region have stock of old wine dating back many generations …