The Vintage Journal by Andrew Caillard

Andrew Caillard MW interviewed on Perth's Curtin Radio about The Wine Journal 2023

In preparation for Green Wine Future 2022, Andrew Caillard MW has been asked to create a series of podcasts to explore how the Australian wine industry is preparing for climate change. In Episode 4, Andrew discusses sustainability in Australia with guests from Pernod Ricard, Chief Operations Officer Brett McKinnon and Global Communications Manager Sarah Descher.

In preparation for Green Wine Future 2022, Andrew Caillard MW has been asked to create a series of podcasts to explore how the Australian wine industry is preparing for climate change. In Episode 3, Andrew discusses sustainability in Australia with guests from Pernod Ricard, Chief Operations Officer Brett McKinnon and Global Communications Manager Sarah Descher.

In preparation for Green Wine Future 2022, Andrew Caillard MW has been asked to create a series of podcasts to explore how the Australian wine industry is preparing for climate change. In Episode 2, Andrew discusses sustainability in Australia with guest Ben Harris, Viticulture Manager for Treasury Wine Estates across Australia and New Zealand.

In preparation for Green Wine Future 2022, Andrew Caillard MW has been asked to create a series of podcasts to explore how the Australian wine industry is preparing for climate change. In Episode 1, Andrew discusses sustainability in Australia with guests James March, Chief Executive Officer of Barossa Australia, and Kerrin Petty, Chief Supply Officer at Treasury Wine Estates.

Simon West and Darren Oemcke from Aussie Wine Chat catch up with Andrew Caillard and Angus Hughson to talk all things Vintage Journal and The Australian Ark project -  Andrew Caillard's upcoming 3 volume tome on the history of Australian wine, told through over 200 years of stories.

Andrew Caillard, historian and Master of Wine, describes his tasting experience of the Seppeltsfield 1920 100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny.

Andrew Caillard, historian and Master of Wine, describes his tasting experience of the Seppeltsfield 1921 100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny.

1970s to Today Australian Grape Vine Stories; A step back into the future.

The golden period of modern wine was enabled by the dreams and hard work of past generations. While 19th Century vinestock reflects the romance and dramas of the Georgian Victorian ages, new material is required to build on those extraordinary efforts. The pursuit for ideal chardonnay clones led to the arrival of 19th Century Californian vinestock material into Australia. In the meantime, alternative varieties might not be that alternative given their history in Australia. Australia’s colonial vinestock heritage is one of the four corner stones of our modern wine industry.

1855 to 1960s Australian Grape Vine Stories; Grand dreams and boom-bust-boom

Fortunes were mixed after the great promise of the 1860s and early 1870s. Many of Australia’s greatest 19th Century vineyards were planted during this time. Economic, social and agricultural challenges hampered progress. The arrival of Phylloxera in Victoria in 1875 was met with a scorched earth policy. But South Australia’s quarantine laws protected the vast plantings of grape vines especially around Adelaide, McLaren Vale, Barossa and the Clare Valleys. Australian Burgundy boomed in the 1880s and 1890s. After the Second World War plant breeding programmes were introduced to improve colonial vinestock material, while only a trickle of new clones and selections were permitted into Australia.