Vinexpo Daily 2018 - Preview Edition

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scene offers a unique, evocative and unparalleled
experience. The tasting comprises many of Australia’s
great wines of the 21 st century, and illustrates the enduring
quality and identity of the country’s wine regions and
distinctive house styles.
Andrew Caillard, MW
1.00pm to 2.30pm
Academy Room - Level 1, N109-110
AGEING AUSTRALIANS 2018
Hosted by Master of Wine, Phil Reedman, this session
delves into an underappreciated but important topic: the
cellar-worthiness of white wines from Australia.
The ability of a wine to mature for ten years or more
is frequently cited as a criterion of Greatness. Can
Australian white wines achieve this benchmark? This
tasting, featuring current vintage wines compared with
a cellared version of the same wine will provide the
answer. This tasting provides a unique opportunity to track
the development curve through the lens of two classic
Australian white wine styles: Hunter Valley Semillon and
Nagambie Lakes Marsanne.
Phil Reedman, MW
1.00pm to 1.40pm
Australian Wine Master Class Area
Level 1, Stand BC-70
COAST TO COAST: AN EXPLORATION
OF AUSTRALIAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of Australian wine’s
remarkable success stories, with original vines arriving
in the mid 1800’s. Over the years, Cabernet Sauvignon
has become an essential part of Australian wine
heritage, highlighting regionality and varietal qualities
as a single variety, but also being an important blending
component.
This master class, presented by Corinne Mui, Senior
Wine Educator AWSEC Hong Kong, will provide
a snapshot of the elegance, character and charm of
top quality Cabernet Sauvignon grown in four distinct
Australian wine regions with varying climates.
Each of the wines that will be tasted are from winemakers
who have taken Australian Cabernet Sauvignon to the
new level, creating a premium wine, that would be an
asset to any collector’s long-term collection.
Corinne Mui, Senior Wine Educator, AWSEC
2.30pm to 3.10pm
Australian Wine Master Class Area
Level 1, Stand BC-70
UNIQUE AUSTRALIAN TERROIRS
DISCUSSION PANEL
Australia’s pioneer vignerons of the 19 th century were
intent on selecting distinguished sites for vineyards and
matching variety to environment well before the word
terroir entered the fine wine lexicon.
These days, the concept of terroir is a much-debated
topic. This special tasting revisits some of those 19 th
century sites as well as exploring distinguished site
vineyards in Australian wine regions established and reestablished
since 1960, demonstrating and explaining
why they are distinguished sites for their chosen variety.
Winemaker Brian Croser, AO will lead this discussion
joined by Phil Reedman, MW, Andrew Caillard, MW
and Fongyee Walker, MW. Each panellist has selected
two wines to showcase the diversity, character and
quality of site specific Australian wines.
Dr. Brian Croser, AO, Winemaker,
Phil Reedman, MW,
Andrew Caillard, MW
Fongyee Walker, MW
4.00pm to 5.30pm
Academy Room - Level 1, N109-110
A REGIONAL FOCUS ON ORANGE:
WINE ABOVE THE SNOW LINE
Discover the Unique Terroir created by the change in
elevation on Cool Climate Chardonnay from Orange.
Explore the unique characters of this variety as the
elevation of the region moves from 600 to 1100 metres
above sea level.
Yvonne Cheung, Director of Restaurants,
Swire Hotels, Hong Kong
4.00pm to 4.40pm
Australian Wine Master Class Area
Level 1, Stand BC-70
CONFERENCE: ENSURING AUTHENTICITY
AND INTEGRITY OF AUSTRALIAN WINE
Australia’s wine regulatory system is world class. Wine
Australia’s label integrity program and strict export controls
underpin the system and ensure that wine exported from
Australia is authentic. Recent changes to the regulations
have strengthened Wine Australia’s ability to prevent the
export of ‘copycat’ wine brands and to cancel licences
where wine is exported from Australia that has the
potential to undermine the integrity of Australia’s wine
export industry. This conference will provide an overview
of the Australian wine regulatory system and explain the
recent changes to the export controls.
Rachel Triggs,
General Counsel, Wine Australia
3.30pm - 4.30pm
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