New World Methods
Previous vintages were often dismissed on an assumed superiority of Old World production methods.
The mistake here was to assume that the New World should mimic Europe.
The New World winemaker doesn't point to a millennium or so of family tradition, with grapes sourced from a particular slope in a single vineyard.
With over two hundred years of experience the New World producers have refined their methods to suit their particular soil and climate conditions and produce wines of a superb but distinctive character.
We don't dispute that if you want classic Bordeaux then you should look to the premier French Chateaux - but if you want the best Shiraz in the world, look to Australia.
When a wine achieves a rating of 100 points from Robert Parker Jnr no-one doubts that they are looking at a superb vintage, regardless of origin.
The sheer quality of New World vintages has brought them recognition on the world stage.
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