The Joy of Wine is a veil-lifting guide to that most sensual of beverages. Long shrouded in mystery, we believe wine should be playful, exhilarating, and most of all, pleasurable. Celebrate the joys of the grape in a multitude of positions, from the wildly exotic to the missionary. The Joy of Wine is an event full of discovery, empowering a whole generation to enjoy wine unburdened by inhibition.
From emerging talent and labels contending for the next Young Gun of Wine Awards to some of the best wines from our blind tastings and editorials for younggunofwine.com, the event will feature winemakers and other pros slinging wines. Sip and spit, or slurp and swallow, whatever takes your fancy. Talk your way through it, or keep your lips sealed. It’s your choice. We’re just here to help you try something new and enjoy things your way.
Wine labels usually don’t factor in wine competitions, where blind-tasting rules mean that wines are judged in a vacuum. YGOW is unique because it is not a blind tasting. The quality of the wines, of course, has primacy for the judges, but other factors are allowed into play, including creativity, leadership, the whole wine package….
Wine Guns for Hire is the place for seasoned professionals and new talent to take their next professional step in the wine industry. There are all manner of jobs at businesses along the supply chain, from growing grapes and making wine to servicing and supplying wine businesses, from selling and serving bottles to those whose job it is to talk about wine, as well as those business roles behind the business, such as IT, accounting and design, etc.
Wines are alive. They breathe, they mature, they change over time in bottle. The bright sweetness of primary fruit dissipates to instead promote earthy, savoury notes, and the structure softens and mellows. Whether you like vibrantly fresh flavours or those developed over time – or the middle ground where they meet – is a matter of personal preference, but if you’re going to lay a bottle down for even a couple of years there are some things you need to know. With thanks to our partners at Liebherr, we caught up with some of Australia’s top sommeliers to get their golden rules of cellaring…
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