Wine forum to savour Limestone Coast offerings

A south-east South Australian winemaker says the Limestone Coast has a lot to gain from Australia's first global wine forum in Adelaide this week.

The three-day Savour Australia event is expected to attract up to 800 winemakers, industry experts and journalists.

Winemaker Alison Hood says delegates who have visited the region have been impressed with the range of varieties on offer.

She they have been particularly interested in how the region's geology and geography affects the quality of its wines.

"How that limestone base does affect us 'viticulturally', how more specifically where we are how the cold ocean temperatures affect our viticulture," she said.

"I think these guys are fairly involved, they've got a fairly high level of understanding of viticulture, so for them to see how our geology and our climate affects quality, it's quite interesting."

Limestone Coast Wine Show

Meanwhile, more than 370 entries have been received for next month's Limestone Coast Wine Show.

Entries range across a range of different categories, with 67 exhibitors showcasing red and white varieties.

The three-year old cabernet class is the largest with 42 entries.

Wine show committee member Bruce Gregory says it is expecting some high quality wines.

"The 2010 cabernet classes have been very good over the wine show circuit this year and last year," he said.

"The Limestone Coast got quite a few trophies for that vintage wine, whether that be shiraz or cabernet and or a blend of cabernet and shiraz, so those varieties have done well over the rest of the show circuit, so we should really expect to see some very strong wines come out."

Source: ABC News, 16 September 2013