There are a number of wines available for wine drinkers in
Australia. There are thousands of brands offering reds, whites, sparkling,
organic, fortified, vegan, bio-dynamic and other types of wine varietals. Wine
lovers have a range of choices in wines. However, one of the factors that is of
vital importance is of price of wine per bottle. The price of wine depends on a
number of factors and these hold the key to its being either cheap or premium. These
factors are aging potential, cellaring period, organic or normal viticulture
and some others.
Generally, wines less than $10 are considered to be cheap, whereas,
those above $10 are considered premium. For some wine lovers, the range of
premium wines is generally above $50. Thus, this is a highly subjective matter
to know which are premium and which ones are not. Whether premium red wines are those above $50 or merely above $10 varies from user to users. Most would
certainly agree on this that the under 10 red wines are cheap.
Red wines are produced and sold more than the white wines in
Australia. Therefore, there are more people searching for different red wine
varietals than the white wines.
Organic Red Wines are
Expensive
Red wines which are organically grown are generally more
expensive than the ones which are grown inorganically. This is because of the
fact that the organic farms take years to switch from inorganic to organic
farming methods and during this time period, vines are not grown. The
investment done over these years is added to the cost of bottle when the wine
is finally prepared to cover for expenses done.
Aged Red Wines are
Expensive
Some red wines age well, and really well. There is a marked
differentiation in their characteristics as compared to the new wines which
gives them primacy. Aging often involves long cellaring period, from a few
years to many decades. The more aged is the wine, the more is the price but the
condition is that the wine shall develop a good maturity and taste or flavour
as it gets old.
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