2011 Penfolds Koonunga Hill Chardonnay, South Australia

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• South Australia wine region

  South Australia is the most dominant force in the Australian wine industry. The state's significance relates not only to its volume of production, which represents almost half of Australia's total output, but also to the prestige and high reputation accorded to its wines. The state is home to some of the most renowned and recognizable wine regions of the world, which produce a vast array of wines – from super-premium and carefully nurtured red wines, to light white wines in every style imaginable, to the lower-end blends stacked on supermarket shelves around the world. For individual descriptions of the South Australian wine regions, please see the table below.

  A vastly variable climate and geography make the south-eastern part of the state a diverse area. Not many places in the world can compare to its ability to produce stylistic wines from opposite ends of the grape-growing spectrum – from those resembling ... more

• Australia wine region

  Australia is an extremely important wine-producing country, both in terms of quality and the sheer scale of its wine economy. It ranks sixth in the world in wine production and as at March 2010 was the fourth-biggest exporter of wine, with an annual total of 773 million liters, valued at 2.2 billion Australian dollars.

  Australia has long been at the forefront of the 'New World' wine ... more