page_title: Tasmanian wine
section_title: Climate and geography
hierarchical_section_title: Tasmanian wine / Climate and geography
caption_attribution_description: English: View over the Great Oyster Bay towards Freycinet peninsula, Tasmania, Australia Deutsch: Blick über die Great Oyster Bay auf die Freycinet-Halbinsel, Tasmanien, Australien
context_page_description: Tasmanian wine is wine produced in the Australian state of Tasmania. Located at a more southerly latitude than the rest of Australia's wine regions, Tasmania has a cooler climate and the potential to make distinctly different wines than in the rest of the country. The area grows primarily Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc, with some smaller plantings of Riesling, Pinot gris and Cabernet Sauvignon. Global warming has had positive effects on the Tasmanian wine industry, allowing most of the grapes in the past few vintages to ripen fully and produce more vibrant wine.
context_section_description: Being an island, Tasmania has a temperate climate that is marked by the strong winds of the Indian Ocean, Bass Strait and Tasman Sea. These winds necessitate the use of large screens around the perimeter of vineyards in order to protect the grapevines. The cool climate of the regions gives way to a late harvest typically around April. The effects of global warming have caused the area's grapes to progressively ripen slightly earlier which has allowed most of the recent vintages to be successful. It has opened up the prospects of increasing red wine production with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz.
caption: The Freycinet Peninsula has shown itself to be one of the more promising areas for Tasmanian red wine production.
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