Sourced from a single vineyard (Kingsvale) in the Australian Hilltops wine region northwest of Canberra, Eden Road Hilltops Shiraz (actually there is a tiny 1% Viognier blended in) is open-fermented for 2 weeks before 16 months aging in French oak barriques. Received a Silver Medal in the 2012 Southern Highlands Wine Show MORE >>

It is called Dalia and it is a 2008 blend from Feudo Arancio of 80% Grillo and 20% Viognier from Sicily. The wine is aromatic with tropical notes of mango along with the white flowers of viognier, with a welcome bitter finish. Grillo is a white grape from Sicily that red wine drinkers would love! Let's take the white first. MORE >>

Viognier 2011. Viognier 2012. The family has had the winery since not 1940 -- yet it was only in 1991 that Maria Mendez Parodi and her husband bought this winery. The wines as you will see below are of exceptional quality and well balanced, which is a good thing as Maria had served as the president of wines of Uruguay for four years. MORE >>

smattering of selections follows after the jump: 2010 Terlato & Chapoutier Victoria, Western Victoria, Australia Shiraz/Viognier. A wine club whose profits benefit the NRA has triggered outrage: Yalumba of South Australia has requested their wines removed from the club’s wine shop. Profits from the wine club benefit the NRA. MORE >>

And yes, I did taste the off-beat Viognier-Chard combo, yet for the most part, producers stuck to the classics. Wow i had such a great educational experience at the Wines of Chile event today. Though Chilean reds are totally fab, I wanted to focus on whites today. And 'focus' is a key word at these tastings. MORE >>