Sigels Fine Wines and Great Spirits | Australia/New Zealand

Established in 1905, founder Harry Sigel set forth the standards that are still being followed today. Superior selection and competitive pricing combined with exemplary service are the hallmarks by which our business has been run for 100 years and will continue to be run for the next century.

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Vin Classic Wines - Tuesday Tasting
May 13, 2008 (12:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
(Wine Tasting) Wines to be tasted today: Chateau Grande Cassagne Blanc 2005, and Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma 2005. Each day we have a few special wines open for you to try. These free samples allow you to evaluate new wineries and explore new vari...

Vin Classic Wines - Wednesday Tasting
May 14, 2008 (12:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
(Wine Tasting) Wines to be tasted today: Montes Alpha Chardonnay 2005, and Viu Manent Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2004. Each day we have a few special wines open for you to try. These free samples allow you to evaluate new wineries and explore new varietals in...

Vin Classic Wines - Thursday Tasting
May 15, 2008 (12:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
(Wine Tasting) Wines to be tasted today: Montes Alpha Chardonnay 2005, and Viu Manent Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2004. Each day we have a few special wines open for you to try. These free samples allow you to evaluate new wineries and explore new varietals in...

Vin Classic Wines - Friday Tasting
May 16, 2008 (12:00 pm - 6:00 pm)
(Wine Tasting) Wines to be tasted today: Palmina Tocai Sisquoc 2006, Margerum Sauvignon Blanc Sybarite 2007, Palmina Nebbiolo 2004 and Margerum Syrah Uber 2005. Each day we have a few special wines open for you to try. These free samples allow you to evalua...

Vin Classic Wines - Saturday
May 17, 2008 (12:00 pm - 6:00 pm)
(Wine Tasting) Wines to be tasted today: Palmina Tocai Sisquoc 2006, Margerum Sauvignon Blanc Sybarite 2007, Palmina Nebbiolo 2004 and Margerum Syrah Uber 2005. Each day we have a few special wines open for you to try. These free samples allow you to evalua...

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Australia/New Zealand

From an historical perspective, viticulture has developed very differently in the Old and New Worlds. In the Old World, vine density is generally higher with spacing of as little as one metre by one metre (eg Medoc) in comparison to sometimes four metre by two and half metre spacing in some vineyards in Australia.

Lower vine density has enabled New World producers to mechanise some of the vineyard processes such as pruning and harvesting, enabling lower cost production, however you will still find both Old and New world producers hand pruning and hand picking, to ensure the best quality wines.

The type of grape variety grown is becoming increasingly similar world wide, however the notion of what grows best where, or regionality as it is referred to in New World countries, is arguably more refined in Old World countries. The Old World can draw upon centuries of wine production and inherited wisdom ? often enshrined in systems of classification that govern things such as grape variety grown, vine density and production methods for an area, such as AOC in France; DOCG (Italy); DO (Spain) ? to direct and shape their efforts. Conversely, New World countries are still very much in the embryonic stages of development, where wine regions are generally determined by geography and border a general area, allowing a much broader range of grape varieties to be cultivated, sometimes within the same estate.

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