When trying to decide what to write about for the Monthly Wine Writing Challenge, MMWC#30, I was trying to find an “Obscure” wine topic and decided that maybe I need to review the definition of obscure. Thanks to the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition I chose the “relatively unknown” definition of the word:
- Relatively unknown: such as
- Remote, secluded <an obscure village>
- Not prominent or famous <an obscure poet>
Then linked a few obscure wine topics
- An obscure Australian Wine Region
- An obscure Varietal
- A wine from a lesser known winery
Obscure Wine Region – The Adelaide Hills South Australia
The Adelaide Hills is probably the least known wine district in South Australia, even though it is one of the largest geographical wine regions in the country. It is also a region where a number of wine makers have experimented with a number of varietals that are relatively unknown to Australia.
Even though it is relatively unknown, the Adelaide Hills are, IMHO, one of Australia’s best wine regions. The Adelaide Hills produces some great Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, cool climate Shiraz, as well as Arneis, Grüner Veltliner, Nero d’Avola, Malbec and Saperavi to name a few of the more obscure varietals. For more
