OCEANS, ALTITUDE AND AUSTRALIAN ATTITUDE MASTER CLASS

PRESENTED BY THOMAS CURTIUS WEDNESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2018 FRANKFURT, GERMANY

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1. Swan District 30. New England Australia 2. Perth Hills 31. Hastings River 3. Peel 32. Hunter Valley 4. Geographe 33. Mudgee 5. Margaret River 34. Orange Indian Ocean NORTHERN 6. Blackwood Valley 35. Cowra TERRITORY 7. Pemberton 36. Riverina 8. Manjimup 37. Hilltops 9. Great Southern 38. Southern Highlands QUEENSLAND 39. Gundagai 40. Canberra District 10. 41. 11. Clare Valley 42. Tumbarumba WESTERN AUSTRALIA 12. 43. 13. Eden Valley VICTORIA 14. Riverland 28 15. Adelaide Plains 44. SOUTH AUSTRALIA South Eastern Australia* 16. Adelaide Hills 45. Swan Hill Brisbane 17. McLaren Vale 46. Goulburn Valley 29 18. Kangaroo Island 47. Rutherglen 19. Southern Fleurieu 48. Glenrowan 20. Currency Creek 49. Beechworth 30 21. Langhorne Creek 50. King Valley NEW SOUTH WALES 1 31 22. Padthaway 51. Alpine Valleys 2 Perth 10 23. Mount Benson 52. Strathbogie Ranges 33 32 3 Great 11 24. 53. Upper Goulburn 44 34 Pacific Ocean 4 Australian Bight 12 14 35 15 25. Robe 54. Heathcote 6 13 36 5 37 Sydney 17 16 38 26. Coonawarra 55. Bendigo 7 8 9 Adelaide 21 45 18 19 20 39 40 27. 56. Pyrenees 41 VICTORIA 43 42 22 47 Canberra (ACT) 57. Macedon Ranges 46 48 49 Southern Ocean 23 QUEENSLAND 24 56 55 54 52 50 51 58. Sunbury 25 26 59 57 53 28. South Burnett 59. Grampians 27 60 58 62 61 64 29. Granite Belt 60. Henty 63 61. Geelong Melbourne 62. Yarra Valley 63. Mornington Peninsula Bass Strait 64. Gippsland* TASMANIA* *South Eastern Australia and TASMANIA 65 Gippsland are zones, Tasmania is a state. 65. Tasmania* Hobart

2 Oceans, altitude and Australian attitude master class 2018 tif • #aussiewine 3 Welcome Thomas Curtius

Australia has thousands of wineries, dotted throughout 65 wine regions across the country. Our unique climate and vast landscape enables us to produce an incredibly diverse range of wines, which can be seen in more than 100 different grape varieties. At this master class, led by Thomas Curtius, we’ll explore the country’s climatic diversity, winemaking brilliance and innovative spirit. Embracing high altitude sites and areas with cooling coastal influences, a new generation of Australian winemakers is producing cool climate styles, wines that are fresh, elegant and food-friendly. You’ll learn about the cooling influences of elevation and the ocean, and how they create unique conditions for some of Australia’s most exceptional wines. Thomas Curtius is a wine lecturer and expert on Australian Australian winemakers are proud creators and innovators and we are lucky wines. Based in Germany, Thomas is Weinakademiker to have the freedom to make high quality, bold wine, our own way. Our (WSET–Diploma), a member of the WSET International Alumni wines express the passion and diversity of the people who craft them and Advisory Board and a Stage 3 Master of Wine student. the regional characteristics of their origins. The free pour tasting will give you a taste of what makes unique. With 63 wines from a mix of varieties, regions and producers, the line-up showcases Australia’s most exciting and diverse styles of wine, from classic to contemporary, rogue to the refined. OCEANS, ALTITUDE AND AUSTRALIAN ATTITUDE Exports of Australian wine continue to grow globally and there are MASTER CLASS encouraging signs of positive growth across a number of markets in Europe. Flight 1: Oceans Germany continues to be the 5th most important market by volume for Australian wine, with exports to the end of June 2018 reaching A$58.5m, Flight 2: Altitude up 19% by value and 8% by volume, with strong growth at all price points. Don’t forget to share your discoveries with us and your fellow tasters. Flight 3: Australian Attitude Join the online conversation with the hashtag #aussiewine. We’re on Twitter (@Wine_Australia), Instagram (@WineAustralia) and Facebook (WineAustralia). FREE POUR TASTING If we can help to answer questions, educate or inspire you, please Flight 1: ask one of the Wine Australia team or drop us a line later on [email protected]. We hope you enjoy the tasting and look Flight 2: Shiraz forward to hearing your feedback. Flight 3 Blends Laura Jewell MW Regional General Manager, EMEA Flight 4: Alternative Varieties

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1. Voyager Estate Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc 13.0% A$24.00 3. Ten Minutes By Tractor ‘McCutcheon’ 13.5% A$78.00 Semillon 2017 Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2016 Contact: Fiona Findlay • [email protected] Contact: Chris Hamilton • [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution Using organic practices

2. Stoney Rise ‘Holyman’ Tasmania Chardonnay 2017 12.5% A$50.00 4. Parker Coonawarra Estate ‘Terra Rossa’ Coonawarra 14.5% A$34.00 Contact: Joe Holyman • [email protected] 2015 Seeking distribution Contact: Jonathon Hesketh • [email protected] Importer contact: The Wine Fusion • John Elliott • [email protected]

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1. Shaw + Smith Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2018 12.0% A$28.00 3. Timo Mayer ‘Bloody Hill’ Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2016 13.5% €29.95 Contact: Emma Potter • [email protected] Contact: Timo Mayer • [email protected] Seeking distribution Importer contact: www.weinhalle.de

2. Logan Orange Chardonnay 2016 13.0% A$25.00 4. Wines Hilltops Shiraz 2016 14.5% A$30.00 Contact: Peter Logan • [email protected] Contact: David Reist • [email protected] Importer contact: Weingut Carl Adelseck Gmbh • Importer contact: Liberty Wines • Marloes Klijnsmit • Carl Adelseck • [email protected] [email protected] Using organic practices

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1. Dal Zotto King Valley Arneis 2016 13.4% A$24.00 3. Ochota Barrels ‘Texture Like Sun’ Adelaide Hills 12.1% A$40.00 Contact: Christian Dal Zotto • [email protected] Pinot Noir Gamay Mourvèdre Importer contact: Red Squirrel Wine • Nik Darlington • Pinot Meunier Gewürtztraminer Fragola [email protected] Chardonnay 2017 Contact: Taras Ochota • [email protected] Seeking distribution Using organic practices

2. Brash Higgins ‘ZBO’ Riverland Zibibbo 2017 13.0% A$39.00 4. Silkman Wines ‘Reserve’ Hunter Valley Shiraz 12.5% A$65.00 Contact: Brad Hickey • [email protected] Pinot Noir 2017 Seeking distribution Contact: Justin McCarthy • [email protected] Seeking distribution

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FREE POUR TASTING

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1. Highgate Orange Chardonnay 2017 13.0% €10.00 5. Ten Minutes By Tractor ‘Wallis’ Mornington Peninsula 14.0% A$68.00 Contact: Marine Brasset • [email protected] Chardonnay 2016 Seeking distribution Contact: Chris Hamilton • [email protected] Seeking distribution

2. First Creek ‘Reserve’ Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2017 12.5% A$65.00 6. Trentham Estate ‘Estate Grown’ Murray Darling 13.5% A$18.00 Contact: Justin McCarthy • [email protected] Big Rivers Chardonnay 2018 Seeking distribution Contact: Renee Murphy • [email protected] Seeking distribution

3. Rob Dolan Wines ‘True Colours’ Yarra Valley 13.5% A$24.00 7. Peter Lehmann ‘Wildcard’ South Eastern Australia 11.5% €6.99 Chardonnay 2016 Chardonnay 2017 Contact: Kate Allen • [email protected] Contact: Thomas Heitz • [email protected] Seeking distribution Importer contact: Eggers & Franke Holding • Jana Johanns • [email protected]

4. Yering Station ‘Village’ Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2017 13.0% A$18.00 8. Wakefield ‘Estate Label’ Clare Valley Chardonnay 2016 13.5% €10.90 Contact: Chris Unger • [email protected] Contact: Adrian Atkinson • [email protected] Seeking distribution Importer contact: Weinwelt – Mack and Schuhle • Hartmut Otter • [email protected]

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9. Patritti ‘Merchant’ Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2017 12.5% POA 13. Bremerton ‘Batonnage’ Langhorne Creek Barossa 12.5% €24.50 Contact: Anna Nuttall • [email protected] Chardonnay 2014 Seeking distribution Contact: Sam Martin • [email protected] Importer contact: Moevenpick Wein

10. Sidewood Estate ‘Mappinga’ Adelaide Hills 12.5% A$35.00 14. Forest Hill ‘Single ’ Great Southern 13.0% A$30.00 Chardonnay 2016 Mount Barker Chardonnay 2017 Contact: Carmen Horn • [email protected] Contact: Guy Lyons • [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution Using organic practices

11. Dandelion ‘Twilight of the Adelaide Hills’ 12.5% A$27.50 15. Harewood Estate Great Southern Denmark 13.5% A$28.00 Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2017 Chardonnay 2017 Contact: Todor Golakov • [email protected] Contact: Marine Brasset • [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution Using organic practices

12. Angove Family Winemakers ‘Wild Olive’ McLaren Vale 13.5% A$22.00 16. Margaret River Chardonnay 2016 13.0% A$39.00 Chardonnay 2018 Contact: Erin O’Neil • [email protected] Contact: Jonathan O’Neill • [email protected] Importer contact: Negociants International • Jonathon Stevens • Seeking distribution [email protected] Certified organic Using organic practices

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1. Glenlofty Wines ‘Estate’ Pyrenees Shiraz 2015 14.0% A$30.00 5. Angove Family Winemakers ‘Groundswell’ South 14.0% A$20.00 Contact: James Hall • [email protected] Australia Shiraz 2017 Seeking distribution Contact: Jonathan O’Neill • [email protected] Seeking distribution Certified organic

2. Mount Langi Ghiran ‘Cliff Edge’ Grampians Shiraz 13.8% A$33.00 6. Wakefield ‘Estate Label’ Clare Valley Shiraz 2016 14.0% €10.90 2017 Contact: Adrian Atkinson • adrian.atkinson@wakefieldwines. Contact: Chris Unger • [email protected] com.au Seeking distribution Importer contact: Weinwelt – Mack and Schuhle • Hartmut Otter • [email protected]

3. Pfeiffer Wines Victoria Shiraz 2014 14.5% A$18.50 7. Irvine ‘Estate’ Eden Valley Shiraz 2017 13.5% A$30.00 Contact: Chris Pfeiffer • [email protected] Contact: Will Hancock • [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution

4. McPherson Wines ‘Family Series Andrew McPherson’ 14.0% €7.90 8. Elderton Wines ‘High Altitude’ Eden Valley Shiraz 2014 14.5% €10.99 South Eastern Australia Shiraz 2017 Contact: Cameron Ashmead • [email protected] Contact: Matt Herde • [email protected] Importer contact: Buehrmann Weine • André Kolodziej • Importer contact: Vinexus • Klaus Stoll • [email protected] [email protected]

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9. Berton Vineyards ‘Reserve’ Barossa Shiraz 2016 14.5% €14.00 13. Paxton Wines ‘MV’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 14.0% €16.00 Contact: Leigh Whytcross • [email protected] Contact: Susie Grover • [email protected] Seeking distribution Importer contact: Gogan Wine Imports • Bob Gogan • [email protected] Certified organic

14. Wirra Wirra Vineyards ‘Woodhenge’ McLaren Vale 14.5% A$35.00 Shiraz 2016 10. Palmetto Wine Co. Barossa Shiraz 2017 14.5% A$25.00 Contact: Sam Temme • [email protected] Contact: Justin Fairweather • [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution

15. Gemtree Wines ‘Ernest Allan’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 14.0% A$50.00 2017 Contact: Mike Brown • [email protected] Seeking distribution 11. ‘The Struie’ Barossa Valley Eden Valley 15.0% €59.00 Certified organic Shiraz 2016 Contact: Andrew Tierney • [email protected] Importer contact: Pacific Wine • Mike Mundt • 16. Chalk Hill ‘Alpha Crucis’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 14.5% €55.00 [email protected] Contact: Stuart Mosman • [email protected] Importer contact: HM Witt • Matthias Potzkai • [email protected] Using organic practices 12. Hedonist Wines McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 14.0% POA Importer contact: Awin Barratt Siegel Wine Agencies • Robbie Crouch • [email protected] 17. Frankland Estate ‘Isolation Ridge Vineyard’ Frankland 13.5% €24.60 River Shiraz 2015 Certified organic Contact: Hunter Smith • [email protected] Importer contact: Wein & Glas - Berlin Only • Wolf Steppat • [email protected] Certified organic

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1. Xanadu ‘DJL (Dr John Lagan)’ Margaret River 13.0% A$24.00 5. Patritti ‘Jimmy’s Hat’ Adelaide Hills Savagnin Verdelho 12.5% POA Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2018 Pinot Gris 2016 Contact: Chris Unger • [email protected] Contact: Anna Nuttall • [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution

2. Harewood Estate ‘Reserve’ Great Southern Denmark 13.0% A$28.00 6. Alpha Box & Dice ‘Kit & Kaboodle White’ Adelaide 10.6% A$25.00 Semillon Sauvignon 2016 Hills Chenin Blanc Gewürztraminer Grüner Veltliner Contact: Marine Brasset • [email protected] Riesling 2017 Seeking distribution Contact: Justin Fairweather • [email protected] Seeking distribution

3. The Gilbert Family Wine Co. ‘Blanc Blend’ Orange 12.3% A$24.00 7. Fox Creek Wines ‘Postmaster’ McLaren Vale 14.5% €17.90 Pinot Gris Riesling Gewürztraminer 2018 Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre 2016 Contact: Will Gilbert • [email protected] Contact: James Carman • [email protected] Seeking distribution Importer contact: Wine Logistix • Klaus Stohl • [email protected]

4. Glenlofty ‘GO Field Blend’ Pyrenees Chardonnay 13.0% A$24.00 8. Patritti ‘Merchant’ McLaren Vale Grenache Shiraz 13.5% POA Marsanne Roussanne Viognier 2017 Mourvèdre 2015 Contact: James Hall • [email protected] Contact: Anna Nuttall • [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution

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9. Massena ‘The Moonlight Run’ Barossa Valley Mataro 14.0% A$30.00 13. Vasse Felix Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 14.0% A$47.00 Grenache Shiraz 2017 Malbec 2015 Contact: Chantal MacClelland • [email protected] Contact: Erin O’Neil • [email protected] Seeking distribution Importer contact: Negociants International • Jonathon Stevens • Using organic practices [email protected] Using organic practices

10. Alpha Box & Dice ‘Kit & Kaboodle’ Langhorne Creek 12.6% A$25.00 14. The Pawn Wine Co. ‘El Desperado Red Blend’ 14.5% €10.00 McLaren Vale Montepulciano Grenache Adelaide Hills Shiraz Tempranillo Sangiovese 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Contact: Zachary Keelan • [email protected] Contact: Justin Fairweather • [email protected] Importer contact: The Fine Australian Wine Company • Seeking distribution [email protected]

11. Heartland ‘Stickleback Red’ Langhorne Creek 14.5% €7.95 15. Harewood Estate ‘FLUX – I’ Great Southern Shiraz 15.0% A$30.00 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Lagrein 2015 Tempranillo 2015 Contact: Nick Keukenmeester • [email protected] Contact: Marine Brasset • [email protected] Importer contact: Eggers & Franke • Susanne Scheichl • Seeking distribution [email protected]

12. Wirra Wirra Vineyards ‘Church Block’ McLaren Vale 14.5% A$24.00 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2016 Contact: Sam Temme • [email protected] Seeking distribution

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1. Jim Barry Clare Valley Assyrtiko 2018 12.5% A$35.00 5. Trentham Estate ‘The Family’ Murray Darling Big 13.0% A$16.00 Contact: Emma Shaw • [email protected] Rivers Nero d’Avola 2017 Seeking distribution Contact: Renee Murphy • [email protected] Seeking distribution

2. Delinquente Wine Co. ‘Screaming Betty’ Riverland 10.5% A$25.00 6. Delinquente Wine Co. ‘The Bullet Dodger’ Riverland 13.0% A$25.00 Vermentino 2018 Montepulciano 2018 Contact: Con-Greg Grigoriou • Contact: Con-Greg Grigoriou • [email protected] [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution Using organic practices Using organic practices

3. Haselgrove Wines ‘Alternative Series’ McLaren Vale 12.5% A$24.00 7. Alpha Box & Dice ‘Dead Winemakers Society’ 12.5% A$35.00 Fiano 2018 Adelaide Hills Dolcetto 2016 Contact: Christophe Forel • [email protected] Contact: Justin Fairweather • [email protected] Importer contact: Apell Weine • Martin Apell Seeking distribution

4. Duxton Vineyards ‘Pete’s Pure’ Murray Darling 13.0% A$15.00 8. Plan B! ‘TV’ Geographe Tempranillo Viognier 2014 14.5% €18.50 Nero d’Avola Rose 2018 Contact: Terry Chellappah • [email protected] Contact: Casey Mohr • [email protected] Importer contact: Australien Wine Store • Karin Czirr • Seeking distribution [email protected]

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9. The Gilbert Family Wine Co. Mudgee 2015 14.5% A$42.00 13. Heirloom Vineyards McLaren Vale Touriga 2017 13.5% A$40.00 Contact: Will Gilbert • [email protected] Contact: Todor Golakov • [email protected] Seeking distribution Seeking distribution Using organic practices

10. Payten & Jones ‘Year No. 3 Leuconoe’ Yarra Valley 13.5% €33.75 14. Patritti Barossa Valley Saperavi 2015 14.5% POA Sangiovese NV Contact: Anna Nuttall • [email protected] Contact: Behn Payten • [email protected] Seeking distribution Importer contact: Awin Barratt Siegel Wine Agencies • Elliot Awin • [email protected]

11. Hedonist Wines McLaren Vale Sangiovese 2015 13.5% POA 15. Lou Miranda Estate Barossa Valley Sagrantino 2015 15.0% €35.00 Importer contact: Awin Barratt Siegel Wine Agencies • Contact: Victoria Karidis • [email protected] Robbie Crouch • [email protected] Importer contact: Australien Wein • Daniela Bock • Certified organic [email protected]

12. Paxton Wines McLaren Vale Graciano 2016 13.0% A$30.00 Contact: Susie Grover • [email protected] Importer contact: Gogan Wine Imports • Bob Gogan • [email protected] Certified organic

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Laura Jewell MW Regional General Manager, EMEA [email protected]

Camilla Coste Marketing Project Manager, EMEA [email protected]

Emma Baumann PR and Communications Manager [email protected]

PR Agency in Germany Katherine Parsons Feodora Curtius Events Assistant, EMEA [email protected] [email protected]

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WINE AUSTRALIA – EMEA The Australia Centre Strand, London WC2B 4LG, UK +44 (0) 207 438 4667 [email protected] www.wineaustralia.com

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