Ep 490: Tasmania, Australia
Wine for Normal People
Wine for Normal People
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This week we cover Australia’s coolest and most southerly region, Tasmania. This island, which is 240 km/150 off the mainland has had some starts and stops in wine, but the recent past has seen it on an upward trajectory for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, sparkling made of those grapes, plus Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Syrah, and Pinot Gris, among others. We give an overview of this very distinct Australian region, discuss terroir and climate, the sub areas, and then talk about the bright future of these high-acidity, elegant wines.
Photo: Vineyards in Tasmania. Credit: Getty Images/Canva
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https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/australia-tasmanian-wine/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery |
| 0:12.6 | that goes with it. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People book, and certified |
| 0:20.0 | wine dork. |
| 0:21.0 | And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person. |
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| 0:44.0 | Because I am about to go to Italy, this show is absolutely not about Italy. |
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| 0:52.9 | We have another fantastic tour of Piedmont plant. |
| 0:55.7 | I'm really excited for this, and I so appreciate our first trip takers, and the second trip |
| 1:02.4 | takers are going to have a totally different experience. |
| 1:06.2 | My goal is to always mix things up when we go on these trips and do things a little differently |
| 1:11.3 | each time, just like I do with the classes and everything else, just because I don't |
| 1:15.9 | want to be. |
| 1:16.9 | You don't want people to have the same experience over and over? |
| 1:19.2 | Well, not just that. |
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