Development of terrons for the Lower Hunter Valley wine-growing region

摘要

This study developed terrons for the Lower Hunter Valley wine-growing region. Terrons, combined soil and landscape classes, are a quantitative and practical approach to developing terroirs. From a survey of some 1500 data points covering some 22,077 ha, and eight individual soil and seven landscape attributes 12 distinct terrons were created. By utilising terrons it is possible to summarise large disparate soil characteristics in a manner that was easy to represent graphically. It may be possible to use this model to simplify the manner in which consumers and growers look at soil and as such may be able to add value to local wine production.