1980's Vintage Wine

The 1980s was seen as a decade of excess, a time when money was God, shoulder pads got unreasonably large, and a new world was taking shape. Technology was taking giant leaps with the advent of the internet era, the Berlin Wall fell, and MTV brought music into the living rooms of a new generation. The 80s were also a time when Australian wine was beginning a meteoric rise. White wine was still king, but Chardonnay – in all its rich and buttery glory – was kicking Riesling to the curb, and the foundation of a red wine recovery was being laid on a foundation of old vines and a growing cool-climate expansion.