New South Wales - Canberra District
Emerging as one of New South Wales’ premier wine regions, the Canberra district.
These cool-climate wineries re-emerged within the 1970s much appreciated by a few CSIRO researchers. who carefully investigated the area of vineyards, grape choice, and the utilisation of conventional strategies to deliver vintages to reflect the genuine nature of the assortment, developing season and character of the wine.on and character of the wine.
THE CLIMATE
Canberra is one of Australia’s sunniest capital cities, with an average of 7.7 hours of sunshine every day. Our city is known for clear blue skies and clean air. That might be why our population is the most active in Australia. We love to get outside and explore this beautiful part of the world.Â
The Canberra District is an elevated region with varying altitudes and a continental climate of extremes: cold, crisp winters and hot, dry summers.Â
THE SOIL
Soils are for the most part hard red duplex with shallow dirt top soils.
INTRODUCING THE WINES THAT MADE THE CANBERRA DISTRICT GREAT
The main varieties in this region are:
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RIESLING:
