Anyone claiming a casual familiarity with the wines of Rutherglen most likely thinks of sweet fortified and heavy duty reds.

Fair enough since these have been the bread and butter of Rutherglen for more than a century.

Well, times are changing and they’re changing in a very pleasant fashion. While the bread and butter wines, Muscat, Topaque (formerly Tokay) and strong reds mostly made from Durif, continue to deliver outstanding wines of excellent quality, other grapes such as Marsanne, Roussanne, Tempranillo and dry wines made from Portuguese varieties such as Touriga, Tinta Cao and Tinta Barocca are adding new excitement to the array of tastes.

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