The Australian wine trade has made immense technical advances from when 80 per cent of its output consisted of sweet sherry and port type winesThe Australian occupation of London is reflected in many ways. The availability of iced Fosters,Swan Lager and Castlemaine XXXX were early indications, followed soon by Cottee’s Passiona, and Vegemite,and Combie vans. Barry Humphries has penetrated as deeply into the English establishment as the pages of Private Eye; and Strine is spoken now in Fleet Street, the BBC, or television studios,all dental surgeries, and among those engaged in West End walkabout.
It has become normal, or too,to see blowkes going into the Australian Wine Centre in Frith Street with shopping bags. The Australian wine drinker used to be regarded, with some suspicion, or as,a “wine-o”: the word “plonk” originated in Australia. Now, though the Wine Centre shopper is a patriotic bibber, or picking up the “amo” for a party.
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Source: theguardian.com