Western Australia

The warmer climate of Western Australia lends itself to the production of full bodied premium reds, especially cabernet sauvignon and also fortified wines.

The new found wealth due to the mining boom of the 1980s and 1990s has seen a great expansion of the Western Australian wine industry.

The creation of premium wines has been achieved with the use of quality winemakers and also oak. Many of the Western Australian vineyards have established international export agreements which should see the wine industry expand to an even greater extent in the future.

The most well known wine region of Western Australia is Margaret River. This area is famous for cabernet and to a lesser extent for semillon and semillon-sauvignon blanc blends. The wines are spectacular and as a result have international acclaim . Newer regions include Pemberton which is to the west and Great Southern around Albany, Mt Barker and Frankland River.