The history of Australian wine making is more than two hundred years old. Comparing to European one this is almost nothing. The same ages are also the oldest settlements of European newcomers, where immigrants planted grapes, brought here from their motherland. Because of it many Australian wine making dynasties have truly European last names, and an original division of wine sorts historically set on the continent.

Wine making is mostly concentrated on South - East, approximately from Adelaide to Sydney. There are also several vineyards on far South – West, in the region of Pert, but far north grounds are useless for planting grapes due to climate and weather conditions. Barossa Valley is known as a place of German immigrants settlement, and as a consequence it became famous for Australian wine makers with German origin. And Yarra Valley, not far from Melbourne, can be easily recognized for its French-style wine.

Classic sorts of wine, like Cabernet, Shiraz, Chardonnay and Riesling have shown themselves perfectly in Australian land. But due to climate change the taste of wine a little bit changed: it seems like the titles are similar, but the result is originally Australian. For example, the skin of grapes, brought from Germany, became thicker; the consecutive result is more tart wine.

One of the oldest wine making regions in Australia is famous Hunter Valley (to the North from Sydney). The first vine was planted here in 1828. The climate is subtropical here: very hot summer and humid autumn. Upper Hunter is generous for white wines, and first of all it’s famous for Chardonnay.