
Terroir congress 2020
Scales of terroir
Regional discrimination of shiraz using targeted and non-targeted analytical approaches
Viticulture and climate: from global to local
Terroir valorization strategies in a reformed denomination area: the Prosecco case study
Geological, mineralogical and geochemical influences on the cultivation of vines
History and innovation of terroir
Making sense of a sense of place: precision viticulture approaches to the analysis of terroir at different scales
Recent advancements in understanding the terroir effect on aromas in grapes and wines
In search of the taste of terroir – a challenge for sensory science
Comparison between satellite and ground data with UAV-based information to analyse vineyard spatio-temporal variability
Terroir conservation
Greek and Cypriot grape varieties as a sustainable solution to mitigate climate change
Soil microbial and arthropod biodiversity under organic and biodynamic viticulture
Comparing the chemical and sensory consequences of grapevine smoke exposure in grapes and wine from different cultivars and different wine regions in Australia
Preserving wine typicity in a climate change scenario: Examples from the Willamette Valley, Oregon
People shaping terroir
Understanding provenance and terroir in Australian Pinot noir
Adaptation to climate change by determining grapevine cultivar differences using temperature-based phenology models
Multidisciplinary strategies for understanding ill-defined concepts
Vine performance benchmarking of indigenous Cypriot grape varieties Xynisteri and Maratheftiko
All about “Australian grapevine stories”
Trailer: Australian grapevine stories

Narrator Andrew Caillard MW explores the wonderful and surprising story of grape vines in Australia. It starts with the ambitions of Georgian England and takes the listener on a four-part journey through the Victorian age, Federation and contemporary times. This easy listening, unstuffy and well-researched four-part series was recorded especially for the 13th Terroir Congress.
This trailer introduces the podcasts and acknowledges the key people behind the project.
Part 1: 1788 to 1820s – A race to the other side of the world

Ambitions for a wine industry in New South Wales were caught up in the British Government’s aspirations of expanding trade routes and wealth creation. From 1788 to the 1820s, colonial wine was a cottage industry but the pioneers from Sir Joseph Banks in London to John Macarthur and nurseryman Thomas Shepherd in Sydney believed that Australia could become the France of the Southern Hemisphere. But the first years of settlement were not without political troubles and serious economic challenges.
Part 2: 1820s to 1855 – Convictions and transportation

There were many new importations of vitis vinifera during the 1820s to 1855. The most famous was the remarkable collection of grape vines imported into New South Wales by James Busby in 1832. William Macarthur of Camden Nurseries becomes a highly influential figure supplying many of Australia’s earliest pioneers with vine stock material for planting in the Australian colonies. This was also the dawn of the steam age, the beginning of the gold rush (1851) and the Universal Exhibition in Paris (1855).
Part 3: 1855 to 1960s – Grand dreams and boom-bust-boom

Fortunes were mixed after the great promise of the 1860s and early 1870s. Many of Australia’s greatest 19th Century vineyards were planted during this time. Economic, social and agricultural challenges hampered progress. The arrival of Phylloxera in Victoria in 1875 was met with a scorched earth policy. But South Australia’s quarantine laws protected the vast plantings of grape vines especially around Adelaide, McLaren Vale, Barossa and the Clare Valleys. Australian Burgundy boomed in the 1880s and 1890s. After the Second World War plant breeding programmes were introduced to improve colonial vinestock material, while only a trickle of new clones and selections were permitted into Australia.
Part 4: 1970s to Today – A step back into the future

The golden period of modern wine was enabled by the dreams and hard work of past generations. While 19th Century vinestock reflects the romance and dramas of the Georgian Victorian ages, new material is required to build on those extraordinary efforts. The pursuit for ideal chardonnay clones led to the arrival of 19th Century Californian vinestock material into Australia. In the meantime, alternative varieties might not be that alternative given their history in Australia. Australia’s colonial vinestock heritage is one of the four corner stones of our modern wine industry.
© graphical resources: Part 3: Henschke Wines – Dragan Radocaj, Part 4: Leeuwin Estate, Margaret River
The live sessions are available on vimeo
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