For a guide to all these regional and stylistic collections of tasting notes, see Sorting through the assortments.
Richard writes on the Armistice Day of the centenary of the start of the First World War, which claimed the lives of so many Australian soldiers, so far from home:
This squadron of over 150 Australian tasting notes recorded by our crack team of tasters over the last 12 months provides a canny snapshot of what the country now offers the world's wine lovers. Of 88 reds, well over half are Shiraz, while just under half of the 55 whites are...