Week 5 - Student
Week 5 - Student
Week 5 - Student
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
state the TWO (2) wine regions in South Africa.
explain the climate in South Africa.
explain the terroir in South Africa.
state the TWO (2) grape varietals in South Africa.
state the classifications used in South Africa.
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
state the SIX (6) wine regions in Australia.
explain the terroir in Australia.
state the FIVE (5) red grape varietals in Australia.
state the FIVE (5) white grape varietals in Australia.
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
state the TWO (2) wine regions in New Zealand.
explain the terroir in New Zealand.
state the ONE (1) white grape varietal in New Zealand.
state the ONE (1) red grape varietal in New Zealand.
More than 3,314 farmers
cultivate some 99,463
hectares of land under
vines. The annual harvest in
2014 amounted to
1,519,708 tons (1,181.1
million litres), of which 81%
was used for wine.
1. Bot River 12. Kwazulu-Natal 23. Walker Bay
2. Breedekloof 13. Lower Orange 24. Worcester
3. Cape Agulhas 14. Oilfants River 25. Wellington
4. Cape Point 15. Overberg
5. Central Orange 16. Paarl
6. Constantia 17. Philadelphia
7. Darling 18. Plettenberg Bay
8. Durbanville 19. Robertson
9. Elgin 20. Stellenbosch
10. Franschhoek 21. Swartland
11. Klein Karoo 22. Tulbagh
Nearly all South African wine is grown and made in the Western Cape.
Large parts of the north are tropical and the center is too hot and dry. The areas most
suited for fine wine production are in the SE and SW of the country. These areas
have cool to warm Mediterranean climates.
Prevailing cool weather patterns from the cold Southern Ocean moderate the warm
northerly influence of the hot inland.
Higher latitudes (further from equator) are cooler → southern Australia is much
cooler than the north.
Soil: Granite, Sand, Limestone
1. Shiraz / Syrah
Barossa Valley, Eden Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Langhorne Creek, Heathcote, Nagambie Lakes, Grampians,
Yarra Valley, Hunter Valley, Canberra District
2. Cabernet Sauvignon
Coonawarra, Margaret River, Langhorne Creek, McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Yarra Valley and Pyrenees
3. Pinot Noir
Tasmania, Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Geelong, Macedon Ranges, Gippsland and Adelaide Hills
4. Grenache
Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Langhorne Creek
5. Merlot
Margaret River, Wrattonbully and Coonawarra
Other grape varieties include: Mouvedre, Malbec, Tempranillo, Petit Verdot, and Sangiovese.
1. Chardonnay
Margaret River, Adelaide Hills, Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula
2. Riesling
Clare Valley and Eden Valley. Also Great Southern, Tasmania, Henty, Canberra District and Grampians
3. Semillon
Hunter Valley, Margaret River and Barossa Valley
4. Muscat
Rutherglen and Glenrowan
5. Sauvignon Blanc
Adelaide Hills and Margaret River
Pinot Noir
Pinot noir is predominantly grown in the cooler southerly regions.
Chardonnay
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Syrah
Riesling
Pinot Gris
Gewürtraminer
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