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continental continentality rainfall growing season temp growing season sun |
continentality high rainfall low growing season temp cool, mod, warm, hot growing season sun usually very sunny short dry summers/ rapid temp drop in autumn suited to varieties thad bud late and ripen early |
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cool continental |
champagne mosel |
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mod continental |
burgandy, central otago, barolo |
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warm continental |
ribiera del duero, mendoza |
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hot continental |
la mancha |
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maritime continentality rainfall growing season temp growing season sun |
continentality low annual difference rainfall high evenly spread mods the temp growing season temp mod or cool growing season sun can be cloudy growing can stretch into autumn, spring summer rain risky to flowering & fruit set |
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cool maratime |
muscadet |
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mod maritime |
bordeaux rias bixas |
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warm maritime |
aukland |
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mediterrainan continentality rainfall growing season temp growing season sun |
continentality low to med
rainfall low med, falling winter less rain is good but drought possible growing season temp mod or warm dry growing season sun SUNNY (unless for local factors such as fogs) means wine is full bodied, riper tannin, high alc and lower acid |
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mod mediterranean |
chianti carneros |
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warm mediterrainan |
chateau neuf du pape napa valley |
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hot |
murray darling |
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mediterranean |
coastal cali, chile, south east Australia, cape winelands, spain MESETA |
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Training and canopy management BUSH benefits |
beneficial in hot dry sunny regions southern rhone or barossa, spain goblet, in cool or wet conditione it promotes rot to disease not suitable for mechanical |
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VSP |
replacement cane corden spur pruning (mechanical) shoots are trained upwards canes or corden may be low trained to benefit from heat retained from the earth or high trained to avoid frosts
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lightly chilled temp? |
10-13 |
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red lightly chilled |
13 |
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red room temp |
15-18 |
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preserve wine 2 options |
vacuum systems - oxygen is removed from the bottle (not champagne ) blanket system - gas heavier than oxygen to form a protective layer between one and air |
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med dry white chilled |
7-10 degree |
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mornington peninsula cool maritime |
south of melbourne, like burgandy, pinot noir, earthy chardonnay, rich textured, full bodied and lees driven, |
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yarra valley oldest commercial wine region moderate maritime sparkling |
pinot noirs, straws, plum and dark cherry, without jam or baked chard , melon fig white peach |
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heathcote region climate moderated by altitude |
white rhone varieties have been planted shiraz here firm structured elegant |
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margaret river 200km south of perth |
rainfall high 1150 falls in the winter mod to warm maritime similar to bordeaux |
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central otago |
pinot noir frost is a problem |