Every year, the wine industry bible The Australian And New Zealand Wine Industry Directory reports a rise in the number of Australian wine producers, usually about 10 per cent. This year, the directory notes producers - not all have wineries- are up by 7.1 per cent. The total is 2299, an increase of 153 from last year, although there are many more than the directory lists: most weeks I look up someone new and fail to find them.
Exciting new producers are continually appearing, too many for we scribes to acknowledge. Many of their most impressive wines are shiraz, which is no surprise: it's Australia's signature grape. One-fifth of the samples I receive are shiraz, which is a bit frustrating as it doesn't give a balanced view of the market.
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