<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Abby:
It's not that Aussie wines don't offer that, it is cost and availability and knowledge of the higher end.</font>
Yes, but realize that Oz exports mostly their lower end wines.
Sommeliers in Oz used to laugh when I told them what Australian wines I was enjoying in the states. EACH one and each wine person in the wineshops there stated," we ship you our crap (or some version thereof)."