Australia winemakers court Asian taste buds

Yarra Valley, Australia

WRAPPED tightly in sleeping bags to keep them from freezing in frigid conditions, Australian winemaker Sirromet's bottles slowly make their way across the vast Mongolian landscape on the back of a yak.

The wine's journey from Queensland state on Australia's east coast, about 9,500 kilometres as the crow flies, to isolated parts of the sparsely-populated Asian nation is one example of the growing appeal of vintages from Down Under.