OCEANS, ALTITUDE AND AUSTRALIAN ATTITUDE MASTER CLASS PRESENTED BY THOMAS CURTIUS WEDNESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2018 FRANKFURT, GERMANY tif • #aussiewine 1 Wine regions of Australia Darwin WESTERN AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES 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 SOUTH AUSTRALIA 40. Canberra District 10. Southern Flinders Ranges 41. Shoalhaven Coast 11. Clare Valley 42. Tumbarumba WESTERN AUSTRALIA 12. Barossa Valley 43. Perricoota 13. Eden Valley VICTORIA 14. Riverland 28 15. Adelaide Plains 44. Murray Darling 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. Wrattonbully 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. Mount Gambier 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 Australian wine 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: Chardonnay 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 4 Oceans, altitude and Australian attitude master class 2018 tif • #aussiewine 5 Flight 1 • Oceans Flight 1 • Oceans RRP PER RRP PER WINE ABV % BOTTLE WINE ABV % BOTTLE 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] Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Seeking distribution Contact: Jonathon Hesketh • [email protected] Importer contact: The Wine Fusion • John Elliott • [email protected] 6 Oceans, altitude and Australian attitude master class 2018 tif • #aussiewine 7 Flight 2 • Altitude Flight 2 • Altitude RRP PER RRP PER WINE ABV % BOTTLE WINE ABV % BOTTLE 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. Clonakilla 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 8 Oceans, altitude and Australian attitude master class 2018 tif • #aussiewine 9 Flight 3 • Australian attitude Flight 3 • Australian attitude RRP PER RRP PER WINE ABV % BOTTLE WINE ABV % BOTTLE 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 Grenache Gamay Mourvèdre Importer contact: Red Squirrel Wine • Nik Darlington • Pinot Meunier Gewürtztraminer Fragola Riesling [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 10 Oceans, altitude and Australian attitude master class 2018 tif • #aussiewine 11 Notes FREE POUR TASTING 12 Oceans, altitude and Australian attitude master class 2018 tif • #aussiewine 13 Free pour tasting • Chardonnay Free pour tasting • Chardonnay RRP PER RRP PER WINE ABV % BOTTLE WINE ABV % BOTTLE 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] 14 Oceans, altitude and Australian attitude master class 2018 tif • #aussiewine 15 Free pour tasting • Chardonnay Free pour tasting • Chardonnay RRP PER RRP PER WINE ABV % BOTTLE WINE ABV % BOTTLE 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 Vineyard’ 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