#Viticulture and Vineyards in New South Wales Australia

Viticulture  and Vineyards  in New South Wales Australia

New South Wales is an extensive wine region, with Hunter Valley is the only area deemed south of Canberra, the vineyard extends north of Sydney and Newcastel.

Located in the South-East of the main island, and shares borders with the north Queensland, with South Australia to the west and south Victoria. It is bordered by the sea Tasman is. New South Wales surrounds the Australian Capital Territory where Canberra.

New South Wales is the state's second largest producer of wine in Australia, representing 30% of the wine 5 billion Australian dollar industry.

It is benefits also many vineyards that numbers are 421, with nearly 2725 references.

Among which were found the grapes: Aglianico, Arneis, Barbera-Red, Blanc-de-Blanc, Blanc-de-Noir, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet-Sauvignon-Rosé, Chambourcin, Chambourcin-Rosé, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Colombard, Dolcetto, Durif, Fiano, Gamay-Red, Garnacha-Red, Gewürztraminer, Grenache, Malbec, Marsanne, Mataro, Merlot, Montepulciano-Red, Moscato, Moscato-Rosé, Muscadine-White, Mourvèdre, Müller-Thurgau, Muscat, Nebbiolo, Nero-d'Avola, Petite-Syrah, Petit-Verdot, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinot-Blanc, Pinot-Noir-Rosé, Pinot-Meunier, Primitivo, Riesling, Roussanne, Sangiovese, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Syrah-Rosé, Traminer, Verdelho, Vermentino, Vidal-Blanc, Viognier, Zinfandel.

As well us found some wines from traditional method and assemblies Red and white wines and fortified wines like ports, with some fruits Wines: Blueberry-Wine, Fig-Fruit-Wine, Ginger-Wine, Nectarine-Wine, Strawberry-Wine

The climate is in great similarities with the French wine region of Languedoc Roussillon in France.

Soils of New South Wales is a clay mixtures and silt, with volcanic sand and alluvial silts, the Tumbarumba and Hilltops regions in the south consists of basalt, granite and gravel.

Orange, Canberra and Hilltops region, have colder climates with more continental influences

Areas of Mudgee, Cowra and large rivers are warm and much drier than the Hunter Valley with several areas requiring irrigation for growing grapes.

The Hunter Valley, located 130 km north of Sydney, is the most famous wine region, but large-scale production of the State is in the Big Rivers Zone-Perricoota, Outback and along the Darling and Murray rivers. The wines produced in the area of ​​Big Rivers are widely used as wine brands such as mass-produced Yellow Tail.

The variety of grapes grown as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Syrah and Semillon, Verdelho, Pinot Noir, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. The lower valley is one of the oldest wine regions of Australia.

Big Rivers Includes regions Perricoota Outback with Murray Darling and Swan Hill are shared with the State of Victoria.

Largest area of ​​wine production in New South Wales. The great center of wine production is located in the Riverina region, which is also known as the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and the Griffith city. Of which the most popular is the plantations along the Murrumbidgee River, with varietals such as Semillon and Shiraz.

The Central Ranges, includes, Cowra, Mudgee and Orange. Cowra is the hottest region, located at a lower altitude and on flat ground.

The region has the potential to yield high production, especially when irrigation is used,

Chardonnay is the most used grape, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Merlot grapes. The vineyards of the Orange region near the volcano Mount Canobolas. From an altitude between 600-1050 meters.

The Mudgee region is one of the oldest wine regions, never touched by the phylloxera epidemic in Australia.

The majority of vines are planted Mudgee, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, Chardonnay which is substantially free of viruses.

Tumbarumba region, located in the foothills of the Australian Alps, in a cooler climate particularly appreciated by white grape varieties. Warm daytime temperatures and cool nights

The wine region of Canberra is located in and around the Australian Capital Territory Canberra. The wine industry in the region is heavily dominated by domestic consumption and tourism trade. With a wide variety of grapes are grown here, such as Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Riesling, Syrah and Viognier. The blended wines and Shiraz Viognier, here Looks great, the Côte-Rôtie from the Rhone Valley in France. . .