AUSTRALIA WINERY

TEMPUS TWO WINERY

VITICULTURE

• Location
• Climate
• Grape variety
• Soil

LOCATION

CLIMATE

• Daily average temperature
• Summer: >21.1 °C (70.0 °F)
• Winter: ~14 °C (57.2 °F)

GRAPE VARITIES

• Shiraz (dark skinned)
• Develop in the bottle over 20 to 30 years
• ---> silky, texture earthy wine

LOAM SOILS

• More nutrients, moisture and humus
• (Compared to sandy soils)
• Better drainage & filtration
• (Compared to silty soils)
• Easier to till (compared to clay soils)

HARVEST

REFERENCES

• (Viticulture) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Valley_wine#Climate
• (The influence in pH) http://www.brsquared.org/wine/Articles/pH.htm
• (Food and Wine matching: acidity is the key) http://www.wineanorak.com/acidity.htm
• (Oak aging of red wine) http://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/oak-aging-red-wine
• (Oak) www.wineanorak.com/winecourse/oak.htm

REFERENCES

• (Acid Control) http://www.bcawa.ca/winemaking/AcidControl.htm
• (The use of SO2) http://www.bcawa.ca/winemaking/so2use.htm