Victoria's cool Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs
Cool wines from cool people in a cool climate. Plus some Tasmanian wines for good measure. See also Victoria – cooler than Burgundy?
Friday, 21 March 2025
• 13 min read

A few days ago, I pinged Max Allen, our Melbourne-based correspondent, with a linguistic question. ‘Would you use Victoria or Victorian when referring to something from the state of Victoria? Eg “tasting Victorian wines”, or “tasting Victoria wines”? The reason I ask is because the word “Victorian” comes with so many connotations, historical, political, stylistic and social, and I wasn’t sure if wines, people and other things from the state of Victoria preferred to disambiguate themselves...
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