Penfolds Grange takes a back seat to new kids on the block

AUSTRALIA’S most famous wine, the iconic Penfolds Grange, has been outplayed this year by an unlikely bunch of its own stablemates. The stars of this year’s highly anticipated Penfolds luxury wine releases are white hot — not red. Four high-class whites, a riesling and three chardonnays, steal the attention from its usual leading red lights such as Penfolds Grange, St Henri and Bin 389, continuing stellar 2015 competition form which has led to the Magill based producer being named International White Winemaker of the Year at London’s prestigious International Wine Challenge.