Wine Australia

Australia’s fortified wines have been winning international awards since the 1870s. In 1950, fortified wine was the most important style of Australian wine, accounting for 86 per cent of total global sales. However, from the 1960s onwards preferences switched from fortified styles to table wines and today fortified wine only accounts for 2 per cent of global sales of Australian wines. Despite this, fortifieds are among Australia’s most unique and interesting wines with styles found nowhere else in the world.