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10 of the best Aussie sparkling wines to welcome 2021
Cathy Gowdie
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After all that 2020 has brought us, this year s New Year s Eve toast deserves to be a special one. Few of us will pop the cork on a $265 House of Arras E.J. Carr Late Disgorged 2004, recently named the world s top sparkling by Decanter magazine in the UK, but the win shows how Australian sparkling wines are challenging France s finest – and, increasingly, have price tags to match.
Wine writer and publisher Tyson Stelzer is the author of a series of internationally acclaimed champagne and sparkling guides. For his Australian Sparkling Report 2020 he reviewed more than 240 wines, finding, as in previous editions, that Tasmania rules the roost when it comes to Champagne-style sparklings.