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New Zealand Wines Sense of Place Güenter Thies, Elephant Hill

New Zealand Wines Sense of Place Güenter Thies, Elephant Hill. The combination of: Climate Soils People. What do we mean by Sense of Place or Terroir ?. 1. Climate - Temperate, Maritime. 1,600km from nearest landmass .

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New Zealand Wines Sense of Place Güenter Thies, Elephant Hill

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  1. New Zealand Wines Sense of Place Güenter Thies, Elephant Hill

  2. The combination of: Climate Soils People What do we mean by Sense of Place or Terroir?

  3. 1. Climate - Temperate, Maritime • 1,600km from nearest landmass . • Coastal vineyards in rain shadow- long sunshine hours (average 2200 annually), sea breezes and cool nights. • Long ripening period – develops great acid/fruit balance. • Wine regions span latitudes of 34 and 47 degrees, • Great diversity - aids a wide range of wine styles.

  4. 2. Soils – Young &Volcanic • NZ = last landmass to be discovered and therefore the youngest country on earth. • Youth of the land means NZ has enormous variety of soils – still in the throes of being weathered by climate and vegetation. • Wine regions mainly established on young soils (most are less than 10,000 years old) of silt, sand, gravel and stonier alluvial soils, deposited by flowing water across the coastal flood plains.

  5. Young & Dynamic From mid-1970s. Exports up from NZ$166 million in 2000 to a billion NZ dollars in 2009. Innovative Trellising and canopy-management. Use of stainless steel. Screwcap movement (now 95% of all NZ wine in screwcap). Quality-focused Continually achieve highest average price in UK market. Environmentally-focused World-leading sustainable programme. Goal of being 100% sustainable by 2012. 3. People – not bound by tradition

  6. Huia Gewürztraminer Marlborough 2009 Elephant Hill Reserve Syrah Hawkes Bay 2008 Let’s Taste

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