Just twenty minutes from downtown Adelaide, the hills climb into a cool-climate world of crisp whites and elegant Pinot — a refreshing counterpoint to South Australia’s big, warm reds. KWWritten & edited by Ken Wytsma, Wine History ToursWillamette Valley wine-tour hosts The Adelaide Hills rise immediately east of the city of Adelaide in South Australia,
Self-Guided Wine Tour of Adelaide Hills Read More »
A couple of hours north of Sydney lies the cradle of Australian wine — and the home of a white wine so distinctive it’s made almost nowhere else on earth. KWWritten & edited by Ken Wytsma, Wine History ToursWillamette Valley wine-tour hosts The Hunter Valley, in New South Wales about two hours north of Sydney,
Self-Guided Wine Tour of Hunters Valley Read More »
A slender peninsula wrapped by water south of Melbourne, Mornington turns its maritime setting into elegant, restrained Pinot Noir and Chardonnay — boutique wine country by the sea. KWWritten & edited by Ken Wytsma, Wine History ToursPinot Noir tour hosts, Oregon The Mornington Peninsula juts out south of Melbourne, about 60 kilometres from the city,
Self-Guided Wine Tour of Mornington Peninsula Read More »
Australia’s first vines arrived with a fleet of convict ships and promptly died. Two centuries later, the same country holds some of the oldest living grapevines on earth — and makes one of the world’s most collected wines. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI
The Australian Wine Industry Read More »
An hour south of Melbourne, on a peninsula cooled by the sea on three sides, a cluster of dreamers revived a forgotten wine region in the 1970s — and turned it into some of Australia’s finest Pinot country. KWReviewed & edited by Ken Wytsma · Fact-checked June 2026Researched and fact-checked against independent sources, with AI
The History of Mornington Peninsula, Australia Read More »