Halliday’s Top 100 wines: the future looks bright

One abiding problem of the Australian wine market is the dearth of 30- to 40-year-old wines on restaurant wine lists or in fine wine retailers. They come up in auctions but disappear into cellars, leaving no trace. It is easier to buy a French wine of this age for birthday celebrations, but you need to have very deep pockets wherever you look. The law of supply and demand can result in Australian wines being even more expensive than their French counterparts.