It’s only been a week since the 40th anniversary of the Food & Wine Classic weekend, but it feels like ages ago that we all scrambled from under the Grand Tasting tents looking for shelter from the storm. At least we have a story to tell.
From left to right: Andrew Baldwin, Penfolds Red Winemaker, Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker, and Steph Dutton, Senior Red Winemaker (Photo courtesy of Treasury Wine Estates) Having worked for decades with fruit from their Camatta Hills estate vineyard in Creston, southeast of Paso Robles, the Penfolds team more recently began to tap into the Napa
Barossa to represent Australia in second annual Wine on Earth Taste-a-thon winetitles.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from winetitles.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The four new Californian wines have been available in the channel since 4 March 2021.
Australian winemaker Penfolds is in the midst of organising tastings with various duty free retailers as it looks to roll-out the California Collection in further DF&TR locations.
The four new Californian wines
(2018 Quantum Bin 98 Cabernet Sauvignon âRRP $700; 2018 Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvignon â RRP $149 â 2018 Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon â RRP $70; and 2018 Bin 600 Cabernet Shiraz â RRP $50) have been available in the channel since 4 March 2021.
Singapore Airlines (KrisShop), Lotte Duty Free
(Changi Airport and iShopChangi), Gebr. Heinemann
(Sydney Airport), China Duty Free Group
(Hainan Tourism Duty Free Shopping Complex) and CDF-Lagardère (
Hong Kong International Airport) were among the first travel retail listings.