Wines of Oceania

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Wines of Oceania

• Australia
• New Zealand

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Wine Production by State

• South Australia - 57.9
• Victoria - 13.5
• Queensland - .1
• New South Wales - 27
• Western Australia - 1.5
• Tasmania - .05

AUSTRALIA
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Seasons- Down Under

• SPRING- Sept-Nov
• BUDBURST
• SUMMER- Dec-Feb
• BEGIN HARVEST
• FALL- March-May
• FINISH HARVEST
• WINTER- June-Aug
• THE COLD MONTHS

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Grape Varieties

• Shiraz principal red wine grape
• perform well under a wide range of climatic
  conditions
• have good color
• contain moderate acid and tannin
• displays mild fruit flavors.

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Grape Varieties

• Chardonnay top white grape
• varietal table wines
• barrel fermented
• blended with Pinot Noir for sparkling wines.
• Hunter Valley, Coonawarra and the Barossa
  Valleys.

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Emerging Image

• 16 new wineries export to US since 1997
• Over 1,200 vineyards today
• Grenache coming on as a promising grape variety
• Riesling is closing in on chardonnay
• Great Buys
• Rosemont
  Rating
• Shiraz-Cabernet SE Australia 2001 86 9 
• Chardonnay SE Australia 2002 85 10

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Recent Production Stats

• 2002-- 1,220,372 liters
• 1998-- 741,547 liters
• 1994-- 502,796 liters
• 1990-- 399,909 liters
• 1986-- 401,060 liters
• 1982-- 340,076 liters
• Roughly 400 increase in 20 years

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South Australia

• Premier wine producing state
• Climate similar to Mediterranean
• First began in 1836 when colonists settles in
  Adelaide

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South Australia 8 sub-regions

• Clare Valley
• cool climate Best Riesling, Chardonnays and
  Cabernets
• Barossa Valley - Oldest, most important
• Settled by the Germans in 1840,
• Reds can be stern and tannic

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Red Wine Production

• Recent Barossa Valley Production
• Red varieties Tons
• Shiraz 10,467
• Grenache 6,084
• Cabernet Sauvignon 4,648
• Pinot Noir 1,167
• Mataro 704
• Cabernet Franc 702
• Merlot 672

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White Wine production

• Recent Barossa Valley Production
• White varieties
  Tons
• Semillon
  7,948
• Riesling
  5,231
• Chardonnay
  4,808
  
• Chenin Blanc
  1,914
  
• Muscadelle
  1,585
  
• Muscat Blanc/White Frontignan 1,114
• Sauvignon Blanc
  967

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South Australia

• Riverland
• Irrigated bulk wines
• Traditionally produce fortified wines
• Adelaide Hills
• Up-and-coming cool climate
• Excellent red white table wines

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South Australia

• Southern Vales
• 140 years history
• Chardonnays Rieslings
• Langhorne Creek
• Creates great range of red, white, dessert
  wines of intense flavor

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South Australia

• Coonawarra
• Remote fertile and flat land
• Cool climate
• Cabernet, Shiraz, and Rhine Riesling
• Padthaway
• warmer than Coonawara
• Chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and reisling
• Hardy, Lindemans, and Seppelt

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Victoria

• Central Victoria
• Most diffuse region
• sparkling best
• Geelong
• Cool conditions from maritime influence
• Pinot Noir terrific
• Yarra Valley
• Old vine growing region

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Victoria Cont.

• Great Western
• 140 miles west of Melbourne, sparkling wines
• Macedon
• Small hilly region, Handful of wineries
• Morington Peninsula
• Cool maritime influence

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Victoria Cont.

• Murray Valley
• Long established, irrigated along Murray River
• Dessert wine county, sherries
• Northeast Victoria
• Famous for dessert wines especially Muscats and
  Tokays

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Victoria Cont.

• Pyrenees
• Handful of new wineries producing promise
• Bendigo
• Goulburn Valley
• 100 miles north of Melbourne, excellent wines
• Red wine region
• shiraz
• cabernet

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Queensland

• .1 of wine
• mainly bulk, cheap jug wine
• Semillon and shiraz best
• Great Barrier Reef and Rain Forest

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New South Wales

• Canberra
• Small new wineries centered around Sydney
• Relatively high altitude

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New South Wales Cont.

• Hunter Valley
• Oldest wine region
• Lower Hunter, 100 miles N of Sydney
• Great Shiraz and Semillon
• Clouds mitigates extreme summer heat
• Rain often damages vintage

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New South Wales Cont.

• Hunter Valley Cont.
• Chardonnay and Cabernet equally successful over
  last 15 years
• The Upper Hunter, since 1960s principally
  white wine area, less agreeable wines

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New South Wales Cont.

• Mudgee
• 1,200 feet higher
• Sunnier, but later season than Hunter Valley
• Full flavored wines controlled by a self imposed
  appellation system
• Chardonnay is often best wine from the region

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New South Wales Cont.

• Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
• Known as Riverina
• Richly fertile, flat fruit growing land
• Hot dry arid land
• Semillon, trebbiano and syraz
• Quantity if not always quality

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Western Territory

• 1.5 of total
• 3,000 miles from first settlements in East
• White wine mainly
• chenin blanc
• Main Areas
• Swan Valley-
• Margaret River-
• Pemberton
• Perth Hills

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Tasmania

• In a search for cooler climate, new wineries have
  sprung up
• Champagne houses popular here
• 59 total
• most in north

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New Zealand

• French and English missionaries around 1850
• Serious wine production starts in 1970s
• 10 wine regions lie between 36-45 degrees south
• Significant maritime influence
• Climatic difference between inlands impact
  harvest time
• Chardonnay in AuklandFebruary
• Chardonnay in Central OtagoApril
• 1993 175 wineries 2003 421 wineries
• 1993 export 8.6 mil liters 2003 27.1 mil liters

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NZ- North Island

• Northland
• Smallest warmest
• Cabs, merlot chardonnay
• Auckland
• Cabs, merlot cab franc
• 3 main 2 minor districts
• Waikato/Bay of Plenty
• Chardonnay, Cab and Sauvignon Blanc
• Several boutique wineries

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NZ- North Island

• Gisborne
• full-bodied Chardonnays and Sauvignon Blancs
• high sun, flat vineyards
• Hawkes Bay
• 2nd largest area
• 22 soil varieties
• Chardonnay mainly with smaller plantings of other
  varieities

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NZ- North Island

• Wellington
• Pinot Noir most popular
• 6th largest but high quality
• Martinborough
• dry arid area, pinot noir friendly

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NZ- South Island

• Nelson
• Cool weather grapes like Chardonnay, Sauvignon
  Blanc, Riesling
• Small vineyards produce boutique wines
• Marlborough
• Great Sauvignon Blanc with strong flavor
• Cool nights warm days
• Some sparkling wines

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NZ- South Island

• Canterbury
• Long-dry growing season
• Chardonnay Pinot Noir most popular
• Central Otago
• Diverse climate and elevation
• Wines with altitude
• Pinot Noir Chardonnay mostly