The best wine of 2011

Another tough year for the Australian wine industry. Another excellent year for Australian wine drinkers with strong national and international competition keeping a lid on prices, writes Jeni Port, in The Age. Spoilt for choice, we saw the continued rise of the BOB phenomenon – the Buyer’s Own Brand – with more shelf space in supermarkets devoted to anonymous wines sourced and bottled by the big two, Woolworths and Coles (and, to a lesser extent, independent retailers), at prices competing with and sometimes undercutting known Australian brands.