Did you know that great wine can be made from the districts referred to as the Riverland, Sunraysia and Griffith. The quality of grapes is partly a function of the quantity per vine. When you have ample warmth and sunlight plus water, heavy crops which ripen can be grown though the flavours are diluted. Cut back on the water applied and prune the vine for a small crop and the resulting wine quality shoots up. The quality of wines from the inland irrigated regions thus varies under this simple formula.
Great wines can be made from our inland regions, and they have been. Both Mildara and the Berri-Renmano Coop in the 1970s released many superlative wines. Some of the greatest bargains today are made in the Griffith area. Yet you will never know about them due to the prejudice now built into the reporting and judging of wines. Yes, you have been brainwashed. This Burgoyne is another in our program to make tasty QDR’s short for quaffing dry reds.
