Planting chapter

Australia’s wine regions mentioned, people usually think of Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, Hunter Valley, where few people would refer to Langhorne Creek (Langhorne Creek). In fact Langhorne Creek wine industry could be described as the unsung heroes of South Australia, the grapes for several wineries in the supply of raw materials, this is my first leg of trip to vineyards. Langhorne Creek region is a Mediterranean climate type, mild climate, the wine produced by soft, fruity full-bodied. Average annual rainfall in the region as a 393mm, the soil type is red-brown soil, sand and clay. Vineyard Zhu Xingju is 1.8 × 2.5 meters, the trunk is about one meter high, without Maitu winter. Vineyards of the Central has a reservoir for irrigation, water cited in Murray River, each line of grape has a Diguan Guan Road, on which there is a drip holes every 40cm, you can make even the supply of water plants. Most of the grapes here from mid-January into the turn color period, Brix sugar content of fruit maturity an average of 25 since mid-February harvest, Orlando where the company has 630 hectares of vineyards, Jie Kasi many raw materials have from here, because with the harvesting machine harvesting, promise a large base of more than 600 hectares harvested only 12 individuals completed all the work.
Vineyard cultivars of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Riesling, Merlot and Chardonnay, and another small amount of Pinot Noir, Grenache and Sauvignon blanc, because of the ideal climatic conditions, each species is doing well. Langhorne Creek vineyards is an important base Jie Kasi, from design to management of each link can be described as meticulous and careful care. Jie Kasi success of many factors, from here you can get a glimpse, because the quality of wines from the most fundamental sense, the quality of grapes is the most important.
Then also went to two very special vineyards, one is only 2.5 hectares of Steingarten vineyard, this piece of Riesling grown in quality and very high on the hillside, so selected as heritage series (Heritage) of raw materials, this wine is currently not yet listed in the mainland, but to participate in the Hong Kong exhibition at Vinexpo wine “wine by the magazine,” saw several issues of Ҍ

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