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Australia Flashcards

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Location
White and Rose Wines
Premium Sparkling Wine

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Tasmania
Yarra Valley
Adelaide Hills
Victoria (alpine region)
New South Wales (alpine region)
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Location
White and Rose Wines
Inexpensive Sparkling Wine

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Riverland
Riverina
Murray-Darling
“South Eastern Australia”

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Location

Sparkling Shiraz

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High Quality (typically have region on label)

  • Barossa
  • McLaren Vale
  • Clare Valley
  • Coonawarra
  • Rutherglen

Cheaper (can be blend of regions)

  • Riverland
  • Riverina
  • Murray-Darling
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Climate

White and Rose

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Premium: coolest regions

  • sea breezes (Tasmania)
  • altitude (Australia)

Irrigation required in R/R/M-D

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Vineyard

White and Rose

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Premium: think Champs

Cheap: early picking for bulk wines

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Vineyard

Sparkling Shiraz

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Grapes selected for ripe fruit and soft tannins

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Grape Varieties

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Char and PN, small plantings of PM

Muscat family grapes for lightly sparkling wines (tank and carbonation)

Shiraz (and occasionally others)

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Winery
White and Rose
Premium, Inexpensive and Sparkling Shiraz

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Most expensive: traditional - extensive lees aging
Other premium: transfer method with high volumes

Inexpensive: tank method and carbonation (clean, fresh, fruit flavours). Acid additions for warm region grapes.

Sparkling Shiraz:
Premium = traditional method
Lighter styles = tank method or carbonation

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Styles

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Full range: Non-Vintage, Vintage, Rose, Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs

85% for region, variety, and/or vintage

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Important trade structures

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Producers specialize in sparkling or make a sparkling to complement their wider product range

Most producers own some vineyards, larger businesses may buy extra fruit

Winemakers federation of Australia and Wine Grape Growers Australia - associations provide support, information, professional development, voice to government - not negociants or cooperatives

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History

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1820 - first Tasmanian vineyard planted in Hobart
1848 - gold medal at Paris Exhibition for Tasmanian wine
1843 - Hunter Valley winery - nonclassical grapes
1956 - introduction of tank-method introduced
1980 - Traditional method wines on mainland with classic grapes
1990 - sparkling red wine’s peak (though made since 1890’s)

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Important Producers

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Large Volume:

  • Pernod Ricard, Jacobs Creek
  • Accolade Wines, Omni and Sir James

Premium Producers

  • Hill Smith Family, Jansz Tasmania
  • LVHM Australia, Domaine Chandon
  • Accolade wines, Arras and Bay of Fires
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WSET Diploma - Unit 5 - Sparkling Wines (18 decks)

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