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Journal articles on the topic "Australian shiraz"
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Carew, Richard, and Wojciech J. Florkowski. "The Importance of Australian Corporate Brand and Grape Varietal Wines: Hedonic Pricing in the British Columbia Wine Market." Journal of Wine Economics 3, no. 2 (2008): 194–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1931436100001218.
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AbstractA hedonic analysis is applied to a unique data set of Australian wines imported by the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch. The data included the important corporate red wine brands produced in Australia. Hedonic price functions are estimated for red Australian wines to show how price premia associated with the attributes of wine brands including the grape variety and alcohol content differ by corporate brands. Results show the positive effects on price of highly reputable brands, positive effect of grape variety Shiraz, and premia for alcohol content. (JEL Classification: D49, L15, L66, QII)
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Mezei, Laura V., Trent E. Johnson, Steven Goodman, Cassandra Collins, and Susan E. P. Bastian. "Meeting the demands of climate change: Australian consumer acceptance and sensory profiling of red wines produced from non-traditional red grape varieties." OENO One 55, no. 2 (April 14, 2021): 29–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2021.55.2.4571.
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To endure the challenge of climate change, the Australian wine industry could adopt new wine grape varieties more tolerant of these pending conditions. The aims of this study were to (i) generate sensory profiles and (ii) gain knowledge about Australian wine consumers’ liking of Australian and international wines made from selected drought-resistant, red wine grape varieties not traditionally grown in Australia but better suited for a changing Australian climate. A Rate-All-That-Apply (RATA) sensory panel (n = 43) profiled 24 commercial red wines made from 9 purportedly drought-tolerant red grape varieties, plus a single example of an Australian Cabernet-Sauvignon, Grenache and Shiraz wine. A subset of 10 wines was subjected to preference trials with Australian red wine consumers (n = 113) and underwent basic chemical composition measures. Consumers liked all 10 wines, scoring them greater than 5.7 on a 9-point Likert scale. The Fine Wine Instrument (FWI) identified 3 consumer segments (Wine Enthusiasts (WE); Aspirants (ASP) and No Frills (NF)). WE liked the 2 Touriga Nacional and Nero d’Avola wines significantly more than the NF consumers and the Graciano significantly more than the ASP. Correlation tests determined that the WE segment liked wines with aromas of vanilla, sweet taste, jammy, confectionary, vanilla and woody flavours and a non-fruit after taste, and the attributes responsible for the ASP segment's liking of the wines were red colour, jammy and toasty/smoky aromas, jammy and savoury flavours and alcohol mouthfeel and non-fruity aftertaste. NF consumers liked wines with aromas of vanilla, confectionary, jammy and red fruit flavours; smooth mouthfeel and a fruity aftertaste, but disliked wines displaying aromas of cooked vegetables and savoury, bitter taste, flavours of cooked vegetables, forest floor, green pepper and herbaceous, and rough mouthfeel. WE liked wines reminiscent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Grenache and Shiraz while the ASP and NF consumers had preferences leaning towards wines similar in style to a Shiraz and Grenache, respectively. These findings indicate to wine producers the potential of these new wines in the current Australian market and the possibility that increasing future cultivation of these varieties as a response to climate change might lead to a more sustainable wine industry in the future.
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Wu, Qi, Nuredin Habili, Fiona Constable, Maher Al Rwahnih, Darius E. Goszczynski, Yeniu Wang, and Vinay Pagay. "Virus Pathogens in Australian Vineyards with an Emphasis on Shiraz Disease." Viruses 12, no. 8 (July 28, 2020): 818. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v12080818.
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Grapevine viruses are found throughout the viticultural world and have detrimental effects on vine productivity and grape and wine quality. This report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review on grapevine viruses in Australia with a focus on “Shiraz Disease” (SD) and its two major associated viruses, grapevine virus A (GVA) and grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3). Sensitive grapevine cultivars like Shiraz infected with GVA alone or with a co-infection of a leafroll virus, primarily GLRaV-3, show symptoms of SD leading to significant yield and quality reductions in Australia and in South Africa. Symptom descriptors for SD will be outlined and a phylogenetic tree will be presented indicating the SD-associated isolates of GVA in both countries belong to the same clade. Virus transmission, which occurs through infected propagation material, grafting, and naturally vectored by mealybugs and scale insects, will be discussed. Laboratory and field-based indexing will also be discussed along with management strategies including rogueing and replanting certified stock that decrease the incidence and spread of SD. Finally, we present several cases of SD incidence in South Australian vineyards and their effects on vine productivity. We conclude by offering strategies for virus detection and management that can be adopted by viticulturists. Novel technologies such as high throughput sequencing and remote sensing for virus detection will be outlined.
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De Bei, Roberta, Xiaoyi Wang, Lukas Papagiannis, and Cassandra Collins. "Assessment of bunch thinning as a management technique for Semillon and Shiraz in a hot Australian climate." OENO One 56, no. 1 (February 21, 2022): 161–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2022.56.1.4835.
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Bunch thinning is a widespread management practice in vineyards and it has been reported to improve grape and wine quality depending on the timing and intensity of its application. This study assessed whether bunch thinning could affect vine performance, grape and wine chemistry and sensory attributes for Shiraz and Semillon in a hot Australian climate.Own rooted Semillon and Shiraz vines planted in 1990 at the Waite Campus of the University of Adelaide were evaluated. For both varieties, bunch thinning was carried out by removing 50 % of bunches at veraison (EL35) for four and two seasons for Semillon and Shiraz, respectively. Vine performance, berry and wine chemistry and berry and wine sensory characteristics were assessed. Results showed a dramatic effect on yield but only minor effects on the other yield components. Berry and wine chemistry were also mostly unaffected by the treatment. Semillon wines from un-thinned vines were preferred, while for Shiraz, bunch thinning improved the wine acceptance by the sensory panel.To support the decision on whether to bunch thin and justify its cost, a significant increase in fruit and wine quality should be expected; however, in this study, only mild effects were found. This study provides the wine industry with a better understanding of the effects of bunch thinning in a hot climate.
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Li, S., J. W. Blackman, and L. M. Schmidtke. "Exploring the regional typicality of Australian Shiraz wines using untargeted metabolomics." Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 27, no. 3 (April 12, 2021): 378–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12493.
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Minaei, K. "First report of an endemic Australian thrips, Thrips australis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Eucalyptus in Shiraz, Iran." Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 44, no. 2 (August 31, 2012): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jear.2012.e9.
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The gum tree thrips, <em>Thrips australis</em> (Bagnall) is recorded from Shiraz, Fars province, Iran for the first time. Variation in color and structure of species is discussed and illustrations are provided.
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Pellegrino, Anne, Deidre Blackmore, Peter Clingeleffer, and Rob Walker. "Comparison of methods for determining budburst date in grapevine." OENO One 56, no. 1 (January 21, 2022): 73–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2022.56.1.4751.
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Methods for determining budburst date in grapevine are poorly documented. Budburst date defined from cumulative shoots burst (or arising) and cumulative buds burst (expressed as % of total) were compared using different cultivars, pruning systems and irrigation treatments and assessed at the plant, bearer and individual bud level. The study was conducted at three sites within an Australian vineyard over two years on mechanical pruned Chardonnay and Cabernet-Sauvignon; mechanical, spur and minimally pruned Shiraz; and control, regulated and prolonged deficit irrigated Cabernet-Sauvignon. Budburst defined as ‘50 % of total shoots burst’ was more reliable than ‘50 % of buds burst’ for determining budburst date when final % budburst was low, as observed under lighter (mechanical or minimal) pruning for Shiraz. Differences in final % budburst between pruning systems and deficit irrigation treatments were related mainly to the distribution (%) of bearers according to size (based on node or bud numbers) and their specific budburst percentage at each node position. The timing of budburst based on ‘50 % of total shoots burst’ was dependent on a unique set of parameters for each cultivar, regardless of pruning treatments and irrigation levels. The new knowledge gained in this study about the impact of pruning system and irrigation treatment on % budburst and timing may be useful for adapting phenological models to Australian vineyards.
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MINAEI, KAMBIZ. "Wing polymorphism in Anaphothrips graminum (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)." Zootaxa 4450, no. 5 (July 27, 2018): 597. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4450.5.8.
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Of the 83 species of Anaphothrips in the world (ThripsWiki 2018), only four are recorded in Iran so far (Alavi et al. 2018): A. microptera, A. obscurus, A. sineconus and A. sudanensis. Among these, A. sineconus was collected from Haloxylon persicum (Amaranthaceae) while the others are related to various grasses (Poaceae). Color and structural variation among and within the species of Anaphothrips have been demonstrated by several authors (Kudo, 1989, Nakao 1996, Mound & Masumoto 2009). In this paper a fifth species, A. graminum, is recorded from Iran based on specimens collected from grasses. The previously unknown micropterous morph of this species is described, as this is different in color from the macropterous morph, and in contrast to the original description the male has a pore plate on sternite VIII. The terminology used here follows Mound and Masumoto (2009). Most specimens are deposited in the Department of Plant Protection, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran (PPSU). Two females (one micropterous and one macropterous) are deposited in ANIC - the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra.
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Pearson, W., L. M. Schmidtke, I. L. Francis, S. Li, A. Hall, and J. W. Blackman. "Regionality in Australian Shiraz: compositional and climate measures that relate to key sensory attributes." Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 27, no. 4 (May 14, 2021): 458–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12499.
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Riovanto, Roberto, Wies U. Cynkar, Paolo Berzaghi, and Daniel Cozzolino. "Discrimination between Shiraz Wines from Different Australian Regions: The Role of Spectroscopy and Chemometrics." Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 59, no. 18 (September 28, 2011): 10356–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf202578f.
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Kovesdi, Zsófia. "Optimizing wine quality in Australia, Coonawarra wine region: vinification and fermentation control management in Shiraz wine. Internship report." Master's thesis, ISA, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19578.
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European Master of Science in Viticulture and Oenology - Instituto Superior de Agronomia / Institut National d'Etudes Superieures Agronomiques de MontpellierThis paper presents an internship at Balnaves of Coonawarra winery and describes the specialties of the wine region trough the current technologies both in winemaking and viticulture. The biggest concern of the region is the global warming increasing average temperature and CO2 content in the air which can effect on grape maturity, and increase oenological parameters such as pH, sugar and alcohol level. Thus, temperature influences grape development, especially the breakdown of acids and berry color development. In this study, a Shiraz (Vitis vinifera L.) vintage 2018 harvested with high maturity level and potential alcohol was monitored during alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. Oenological parameter were collected from the date of harvest to investigate the possibility of quality optimization and reduction of microbiological spoilage. To overcome the problem of high sugar media and high pH must corrections were made. The organoleptic results showed minimal difference in the evaluated wines qualities concluding that with using correct winemaking technologies wine quality can be increased in case of overripe grape harvest. This is a promising view on winemaking in climate change; considering Balnaves of Coonawarra winemaking technologies could increase fermentation efficiency and closing the gap for potential spoilage in wine
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Horvath, Laszlo. "Opportunities in partial whole cluster fermentation on Shiraz (Vitis vinifera L.Syrah) from the Great Southern Wine Region, WA, Australia. Professional Internship Report." Master's thesis, ISA, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19579.
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Vinifera Euromaster European Master in Viticulture and Oenology - Instituto Superior de Agronomia / EMAVEWhole cluster fermentation as an ancient winemaking technique seems to be a newly discovered fashionable way to elaborate elegant, complex Shiraz wines in Australia Our experimental study conducted at Rockcliffe Winery during the 2018 vintage with Australian Shiraz from the Great Southern Wine Region (WA) in order to evaluate the impact of high level ( 1/3 and 1/2) whole cluster incorporation on the wines fermentation kinetics, chemical composition, and organoleptic properties at pre malolactic stage. The results were compared with Shiraz wines obtained by conventional winemaking techniques under the same experimental conditions Regarding fermentation kinetics, minor differences were detectable between the samples, however, the whole berry component resulted a sluggish phase at the end of the fermentation. Presumably the introduced stems, absorption properties were responsible for the lower values in Color Intensity, Total Pigments, Polymerized Pigments, Total Anthocyanins, and Colorized Anthocyanins. However, the differences were negligible in Total Phenol concentration. .The highest proanthocyanidin levels were obtained in the red wines elaborated with grape stems, especially in the modality with the highest stem percentage. The tasters rewarded the aromatic and flavor complexity, related to the contribution of the whole clusters and supposedly to the longer maceration time applied on the whole cluster incorporated ferments. The intact whole berry effect was less pronounced on the wines organoleptic properties than the impact of the stem originated phenolic compounds. The green/herbaceous attributes were observed and described by the tasters with terms like stalkiness and capsicum The whole-cluster incorporation and longer maceration time clearly impacted and modified positively the wine sensory and chemical properties, compared to the hand harvested, destemmed-crushed and the machine harvested destemmed-crushed samples. The application, the potential integration into the Rockcliffe Winery’s industrial-scale Shiraz winemaking technology requires further research
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Ben, Harush Orit Rivka. "Communicating friendships : a case study of women in an Australian 'seachange' town." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41494/1/Orit_Ben_Harush_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis proposes =friendworks‘ as an important sub-group of social networks, comprised of networks of friends. It investigates friendworks of a particular group of adult Australian women as a way of understanding neglected aspects of social networking practices. Friendworks are contextualised to highlight two main themes of interest: population mobility and communication practices. The impact of relocation on individuals, local communities and the wider society is explored through a case study of female friendworks in a seachange community. Research findings point to the importance of friendworks in building and cohering social and emotional support, well-being, belonging and senses of place and community. Different types of communication methods were used by research participants for mediating different kinds of social ties within the friendworks considered here. Communication patterns were influenced by geographical proximity to friends, and the type of social support required of them (emotional, instrumental or companionship). Most findings were consistent with broader social patterns of communication. For example, face-to-face interactions were the dominant and most favoured communication method between local friends, regardless of whether they were weak or strong ties. The fixed-telephone and the internet were commonly in use to maintain old and geographically distant social ties, while mobile phones were used the least among friends in comparison with other communication methods. The key finding of this thesis is that friendworks are an extremely important solid network in contemporary society, providing mooring relations in a mobile world. Paradoxically, however, for women in this study, the mobile phone, which is popularly perceived as a flexible, multi-purpose communication technology for people on the move, was the least versatile of all technologies for maintaining friendworks. The cost of services was the main inhibitor here. The internet was found to be the most versatile communication technology and was used to support various types of social ties: strong, weak, local and distant. This thesis also highlights the value of the concept of friendworks as well as networks for communication research and policy investigating individuals‘ motivations and practices.
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Asquith, Nicole. "Race riots on the beach: A case for criminalising hate speech?" British Society of Criminology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3896.
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noThis paper analyses the verbal and textual hostility employed by rioters, politicians and the media in Sydney (Australia) in December 2005 in the battle over Sutherland Shire¿s Cronulla Beach. By better understanding the linguistic conventions underlying all forms of maledictive hate, we are better able to address the false antimonies between free speech and the regulation of speech. It is also argued that understanding the harms of hate speech provides us with the tools necessary to create a more responsive framework for criminalising some forms of hate speech as a preliminary process in reducing or eliminating hate violence.
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Hazell, Peter, and n/a. "Community title or community chaos : environmental management, community development and governance in rural residential developments established under community title." University of Canberra. Resource, Environment and Heritage Science, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050415.124034.
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This thesis contends that; in mainstream rural residential development around the
Australian Capital Territory, use of community title guidelines for sub-division should
consider social processes and environmental considerations along-side economic
imperatives and interactions.
Community title is a form of land tenure that allows for private freehold ownership of
land as well as community owned land within the one sub-division. In New South
Wales, community title was introduced in 1990 under the Community Land
Development Act 1989 (NSW) and the Community Land Management Act 1989
(NSW). Since the introduction of community title, upwards of one hundred and fifty
developments, ranging from just a few blocks to the size of small suburbs, have been
approved throughout the state. The original aim of community title was to provide a
legal framework that underpinned theme-based broad-acre development. Themebased
development could include a Permaculture© village, a rural retreat for likeminded
equine enthusiasts, or even a medieval village.
Community title is also seen as an expedient form of land tenure for both developers
and shire councils. Under community title, a developer only has to submit a single
development application for a multi-stage development. This can significantly reduce
a developer's exposure to risk. From a shire council's perspective, common land and
resources within a development, which would otherwise revert to council
responsibility for management, becomes the collective responsibility of all the land
owners within the development, effectively obviating council from any responsibility
for management of that land. Community title is also being touted in planning and
policy as a way of achieving 'sustainable' environmental management in new subdivisions.
The apparent expediency of community title has meant that development
under these guidelines has very quickly moved beyond theme-based development into
mainstream rural residential development.
Community title effectively provides a framework for participatory governance of
these developments. The rules governing a community title development are set out in
the management statement, which is submitted to the local council and the state
government with the development application. A community association, which
includes all lot owners, manages the development. Unless written into the original
development application, the council has no role in the management of the common
land and resources.
This thesis looks at the peri-urban zone around one of Australia's fastest growing
cities - Canberra, whose population growth and relative affluence is impacting on
rural residential activity in the shires surrounding the Australian Capital Territory.
Yarrowlumla Shire, immediately adjacent to the ACT, has experienced a 362 percent
increase in population since 1971. Much of this growth has been in the form of rural
residential or hobby farm development. Since 1990, about fifteen percent of the
development in Yarrowlumla Shire has been community title. The Yass Shire, to the
north of the ACT, has shown a forty five percent population increase since 1971.
Community title in that shire has accounted for over fifty percent of development
since 1990. The thesis case study is set in Yass Shire.
The major research question addressed in the thesis is; does community title, within
the context of rural residential development around the Australian Capital Territory,
facilitate community-based environmental management and education? Subsidiary
questions are; what are the issues in and around rural residential developments within
the context of the study, who are the stakeholders and what role do they play and;
what skills and support are required to facilitate community-based environmental
management and education within the context of the study area?
To answer the research questions I undertook an interpretive case study, using
ethnographic methods, of rural residential development near the village of
Murrumbateman in the Yass Shire, thirty kilometres north of Canberra. At the time of
the study, which was undertaken in 1996, the developments involved had been
established for about four years. The case study revealed that, as a result of
stakeholders and residents not being prepared for the management implications of
community title, un-necessary conflict was created between residents and between
residents and stakeholders. Community-based environmental management issues were
not considered until these issues of conflict were addressed and residents had spent
enough time in the estates to familiarise themselves with their environment and with
each other.
Once residents realised that decisions made by the community association could affect
them, there developed a desire to participate in the process of management.
Eventually, earlier obstacles were overcome and a sense of community began to
develop through involvement in the community association. As residents became
more involved, the benefits of having ownership of the community association began
to emerge.
However, this research found that management of a broad acre rural residential
development under community title was far more complicated than any of the
stakeholders, or any but the most legally minded residents, were prepared for.
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Johnson, Trent Edward. "Regionality and drivers of consumer liking : the case of Australian Shiraz in the context of the Australian domestic wine market." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/79626.
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Understanding the needs of consumers is a fundamental principle of marketing and Shiraz is arguably the most important grape variety produced in Australia, as it is the variety most widely associated, both domestically and globally, with Australia’s wine industry. This three part project examined consumers in the Australian domestic wine market in respect of their liking of Australian Shiraz and provided up to date market intelligence on that market. The first stage of the project consisted of a study that segmented the Australian domestic market using a newly developed Fine Wine Instrument (FWI) that consisted of three variables, as the base. This instrument identified three segments in the market which were denoted: “Connoisseurs”; “Aspirants”; and “No Frills” wine consumers. The Connoisseur segment consumed more wine, spent more money on wine and was more knowledgeable about wine than the other segments identified in the market. The results demonstrated that this segment of consumers was important to the Australian wine industry, as they offered large potential lifetime earnings to the industry. This project also identified a number of stable segments within that market and provided updated information on the market. The next stage introduced the Shiraz variety into the project and was motivated by Wine Australia’s “Regional Heroes” brand segmentation. The aim of the project was to identify those sensory attributes that might differentiate Shiraz wines from a number of delimited Australian Shiraz producing regions. The study employed a number of wine experts to undertake a sorting task, where wines that were perceived as similar by the experts were sorted together in groups. If wines from a single region were perceived as similar, then they were sorted together. The data from this task identified three dimensions that separated the wines and these dimensions generally represented sensory attributes associated with Australian Shiraz. The wines also underwent sensory descriptive analysis which confirmed that the wines occupied diverse sensory spaces. However, identifying specific sensory attributes that differentiated wines from different regions was problematic and we concluded that any future studies of this type should concentrate on a single wine region, with a large cross section of wines from that region, rather than examining a number of wines from many regions. The last study combined elements of the previous two, where a diverse sub set of twelve of those Shiraz wines was tasted by a cohort of Australian Shiraz wine consumers and the consumers rated their acceptability, or liking, of each wine. Those consumers also completed a questionnaire so that they might be segmented using the FWI developed in the first study. The sensory data for each of the wines was married with the consumers’ acceptability data and the sensory attributes that drove the liking (and disliking) of the wines were identified. A similar exercise was undertaken with a cohort of wine experts and the results compared. The results demonstrated that as consumers’ wine knowledge and wine involvement increased, their wine preferences mimicked those of the wine experts and they preferred more elegant and complex wines. By comparison, the consumers with lower levels of wine knowledge and involvement tended to prefer wines that demonstrated more one dimensional fruit and oak characters. This technique of marrying sensory with consumer data can be transferred to any wine style and identified consumer segment. The project provides the wine industry with tools that might enable producers to better identify and meet the needs of their consumers. This, in turn, might improve their profitability and increase consumer satisfaction, both admirable goals.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, 2013
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Rawson, Graeme Andrew. "The influence of geology and soil characteristics on the fruit composition of winegrapes (Vitis vinifera cv: Shiraz), Hunter Valley, New South Wales - implications for regionality in the Australian wine industry." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1312930.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Geographical identity of wines and wine regions is a potent marketing took that highlights the value and uniqueness of a particular product. Many Old World viticultural countries place great importance on the role of soil properties in determining geographical identity of wines. However this view has not gained currency in Australia, which does not have the density of plantings to highlight any soil influences on wine. It is relatively intuitive to suggest that soils have an influence on wine style and quality. After all, grapevines are grown in soils and are dependent upon them for support, nutrients and water. However, although there is a voluminous world literature declaring this relationship to be true, a meticulous examination of it points to the fact that the scientific evidence is scant and that very few studies could claim to have established clear links via truly repeatable, rigorous scientific methods. Much of what has been written is either biased by preconceived notions, journalistic licence, or flawed by an inattention to the complexity of the path from soil through root, vine and grape, to wine. Previous attempts at establishing relationships between soil geography and wine have been embroiled in the complexities of the definition of the French term 'terroir'. Examination is made of the world literature on terroir and the various attempts at classifying regions based on this sometimes tenuous concept. Literature related to the classification of wines based on their labaratory-determined constituents is also examined. By using a rigorously controlled geographical approach, this thesis attempts to "bridge the gap" between the wine industry's use and misuse of the concept of terroir and the detailed soil and plant physiological research which, although extremely valuable, has not often been readily transferable to the field situation. 11 soil locations were identified and described in the Pokolbin viticultural district that had distinctly different soil properties but were: a) planted to same grape variety (shiraz) with the same age and history; b) within the same mesoclimatic area; c) having identical soil and canopy management; and d) no irrigation influences. Thus all possible environmental influences on grape composition were controlled for except for soil variation. A wide range of juice and grape composition measures were obtained at harvest from each soil location, over three successive vintages, 1994, 1995 and 1996. These included yield parameters, juice composition, pigments, phenolics, glycosyl and mineral composition. Differences in grape composition were compared between soil locations and between years to gauge the relative influence of soil versus seasonal effects. Soil properties were examined in detail and used to help explain the variation in grape composition. It was found that significant variation in grape composition existed that could only have been attributed to soil variation. In many instances the soil location effects were significantly more influential than the vintage effect, even though the three seasons studied differed considerably in climatic conditions. Multivariate analysis of the grape composition data highlighted interactions between measures that were influenced by soil location effects. Interactions between calcium and magnesium in the grape were examined in more detail, and it was shown that a positive correlation exists between these two measures. This relationship is influenced and hidden by soil properties, namely the relative proportion of calcium and magnesium in soils. The broad implications of these results are discussed with relevance to site selection of vineyards and viticultural trials, the relative importance of soil chemistry in viticulture, irrigation management, and Geographical Indications in Australia.
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Shresth, Swati. "Sahibs and Shikar: Colonial Hunting and Wildlife in British India, 1800-1935." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/1647.
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This dissertation explores the colonization of wildlife in nineteenth and early twentieth century British India. It discusses hunting and colonial policies on wildlife to explore the political, social and cultural concerns that influenced British interactions with Indian wildlife, with their compatriots and with natives. Hunting, I argue was deeply implicated in the exercise of power in all these interactions. British policies on wildlife in the nineteenth century favored a neat categorization of wild animals as "vermin and "game." By the beginning of the twentieth century however, with decreasing numbers of carnivores and native opposition, the perceived complementarily between game preservation and vermin extermination was shattered. While the colonial administration continued both these policies, they also actively sought to formulate policies to protect all animals in areas designated as sanctuaries and national parks. Colonial hunting as it emerged from the late nineteenth century reflects the changing nature of the colonial state and a new imperial ideology of dominance. I also argue racial differences between the colonialists and colonized were articulated in the domain of hunting. While hunting represented domination of nature and natives, the "colonial hunt" also came to signify a paternal benevolent British rule. The importance given to hunting and to the notion of fair play in their hunting served to "identify" the moral and physical superiority of British rulers. The new ideology of paternalism was realized in the figure of the hunter-officer, the Sahib who in hunting dangerous carnivores was seen to act as a protector of the native. The changing nature of the colonial state and creation of racial differences also had a profound impact on colonial society which became increasingly self conscious of its own identity and image. Given the metropolitan engagement with social Darwinism and their location on the fringes of civilization as it were, colonialists became the center of metropolitan preoccupation with racial contamination. The emphasis on fair play, I argue reflects the efforts of the colonial elite to enforce a model code of conduct on its members and reassure an anxious metropole of the racial distance with the native. Policing behavior of their own, through categories like fair play was therefore essential to the agenda of creating racial differences. Due to a perceived connection between hunting, power and privilege, hunting also played an important role in social relations in colonial society. As hunting came to be regulated by laws by late nineteenth century, it often became the focal point of tensions in class and power within the colonial elite on the question of access to animals.
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Atherfold, Joanna. "Watermark: a short story cycle." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1309822.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Watermark is a short story cycle exploring intergenerational and personal relationships in coastal communities. The stories observe the complexity of characters drawn together, but also separated, by family, topography and circumstance. Written to reflect experiences from the 1960s through to present times, the stories reveal individuals responding to the uncertainty and disorder of life-changing events and unexpected revelations. Located in a quintessentially Australian landscape, the characters transgress physical and metaphorical boundaries and experience pivotal moments of transformation, even if – and, as it will be argued, because – those times are fleeting or unsustainable. The stories oscillate between their autonomous status and their interconnection within the broader narrative framework of the short story cycle. This structural aesthetic enables continuity through recurring characters, settings and themes. Paradoxically, these elements combine to reflect fractured relationships and unstable characters against a backdrop that is constantly changing. The exegesis draws on the notion of liminality to explore the generic and thematic concerns that emerged during the composition of the stories, particularly in relation to the oppositions and paradoxes evinced above. It looks at the complexities and challenges of the short story cycle with close reference to three short story cycles with coastal settings – The Bodysurfers by Robert Drewe, The Turning by Tim Winton and Having Cried Wolf by Gretchen Shirm. These texts reveal that Australian short story writers regard the coastline as more than simply a setting; it is a place of transition and a viable site to explore character development and transformation.
Books on the topic "Australian shiraz"
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Minter, Peter, and Belinda Wheeler. The Indigenous Australian Novel. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199679775.003.0021.
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The history of the Indigenous Australian novel begins in the second half of the twentieth century and can be traced to the traditions of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. The Indigenous novel combines elements of the oral and performance traditions of classical Indigenous cultures with one of Western modernity's central narrative forms. The traditions of storytelling and poetic narration that underpin the Indigenous novel have always occupied a central place in the cultural expression of Indigenous peoples. The chapter considers Indigenous Australian novels published in four different periods: before and during the mid-1970s, 1978–1987, 1988–2000, and 2000 to the present. These include David Unaipon's (Ngarrindjeri) My Life Story (1954), Shirley Perry Smith's (Wiradjuri) Mum Shirl: An Autobiography (1981), Ruby Langford Ginibi's Don't Take Your Love to Town (1988), Kim Scott's Benang (2000), and Alexis Wright's Carpentaria (2006).
Book chapters on the topic "Australian shiraz"
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Mayes, Robyn. "Corporate funding and local community development: a case from the mining industry in Australia." In Funding, Power and Community Development, 85–100. Policy Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447336150.003.0006.
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This chapter elucidates the social and political complexities of corporate community development as practised in the mining industry, with attention to implications for meanings of ‘community’ and ‘development’. This is achieved through examination of corporate funding of community initiatives in the rural Shire of Ravensthorpe in Western Australia, the greenfield site of the Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation owned by BHP Billiton (BHPB) until 2010. The chapter begins with an overview of corporate social responsibility and the contested concept of development before examining the community development practices undertaken by the mining sector in Australia. It critically analyses BHPB's claimed commitment to community development and then explores more specifically its role in ‘developing’ Ravensthorpe.
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Pease, Wayne, Lauretta Wright, and Malcolm Cooper. "Hervey Bay in Transition." In Global Information Technologies, 1656–66. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch120.
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In regional Australia there is a growing interest and investment in community capacity building and this is beginning to be formalised in a desire to integrate information communications technology opportunities with other forms of community development. This paper explores the opportunity for greater social integration based on the formation of community-based information communication technology (ICT) driven organizations, using a case study approach. It is suggested that whether disseminating information, collaborating with other communities, assisting the development of new industries, or simply by sharing the lessons learned along the way, community-based IT can assist and support a community’s economic and social development. Further, the paper supports the view that, where understanding and developing new forms of information technology through community informatics is accepted as an integral part of such development, communities will not just ‘improve the old’ but will more radically restructure themselves towards a knowledge-based future. The case study that underpins these observations is that of the development of Bay Connect, a community-based Internet development and training project, begun in Hervey Bay with Networking the Nation support, and which is now expanding into the adjacent Maryborough and surrounding Shires. It is also supported by the University of Southern Queensland’s Wide Bay and has an emergent role in supporting new and existing IT businesses, Bay Connect and the Hervey Bay City Council, in the creation and nurturing of an IT skills base within the region.
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Pease, Wayne, Lauretta Wright, and Malcolm Cooper. "Hervey Bay in Transition." In Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions, 223–37. IGI Global, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-132-2.ch015.
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In regional Australia there is a growing interest and investment in community capacity building and this is beginning to be formalised in a desire to integrate information communications technology opportunities with other forms of community development. This paper explores the opportunity for greater social integration based on the formation of community-based information communication technology (ICT) driven organizations, using a case study approach. It is suggested that whether disseminating information, collaborating with other communities, assisting the development of new industries, or simply by sharing the lessons learned along the way, community-based IT can assist and support a community’s economic and social development. Further, the paper supports the view that, where understanding and developing new forms of information technology through community informatics is accepted as an integral part of such development, communities will not just ‘improve the old’ but will more radically restructure themselves towards a knowledge-based future. The case study that underpins these observations is that of the development of Bay Connect, a community-based Internet development and training project, begun in Hervey Bay with Networking the Nation support, and which is now expanding into the adjacent Maryborough and surrounding Shires. It is also supported by the University of Southern Queensland’s Wide Bay and has an emergent role in supporting new and existing IT businesses, Bay Connect and the Hervey Bay City Council, in the creation and nurturing of an IT skills base within the region.
Conference papers on the topic "Australian shiraz"
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Saeedi, Azin. "Community Participation in Conservation Proposals of Islamic Pilgrimage Sites." In The 38th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand. online: SAHANZ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.55939/a4025pfdgv.
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There is increasing pressure on urban landscapes surrounding Islamic pilgrimage sites to accommodate growing numbers of pilgrims. Recent developments have responded to this issue with comprehensive clearance of historic urban landscapes, constructing grand open spaces and dislocating local residents. The traditional expansion of Islamic pilgrimage sites was characterised by a layering of interconnected structures with continuous functions that merged gradually over time into the surrounding landscape. The rift between the traditional urban growth and the recent expansion approach across the Muslim world is inconsistent with international developments that seek to incorporate sustainable development into urban heritage conservation. To achieve sustainability, developments should meet intergenerational equity and protect the interests of stakeholders including the community. Literature has established two operational characteristics for sustainable development that helps gauging the extent to which it is integrated into practice: Stakeholder participation and strategic planning. Participatory processes create shared visons among stakeholders and facilitate long-term directions. However, in non-Western contexts where decision-making power and financial control reside in the central state, participation is either considered a threat to the state or its potential benefit is unrecognised. This paper argues where conservation objectives are determined by experts in isolation from the community’s interests, the plans fail to be achieved. This will be demonstrated by undertaking a comparative analysis of conservation proposals prepared by international heritage experts for Islamic pilgrimage sites of Mecca, Medina, Kāzimayn and Shiraz. Visited by millions of pilgrims annually, the four sites have similar clearance and expansion patterns. This paper analyses the extent of community participation integrated into these proposals as one of the significant operational dimensions of sustainable development and a crucial link that enhances strategic planning. Finally, by reflecting on site specifics and social methods, this paper recommends participatory methods to enhance community engagement.
Reports on the topic "Australian shiraz"
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Cunningham, Stuart, Marion McCutcheon, Greg Hearn, Mark Ryan, and Christy Collis. Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis: Sunshine Coast. Queensland University of Technology, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.136822.
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The Sunshine Coast (unless otherwise specified, Sunshine Coast refers to the region which includes both Sunshine Coast and Noosa council areas) is a classic regional hotspot. In many respects, the Sunshine Coast has assets that make it the “Goldilocks” of Queensland hotspots: “the agility of the region and our collaborative nature is facilitated by the fact that we're not too big, not too small - 330,000 people” (Paddenburg, 2019); “We are in that perfect little bubble of just right of about everything” (Erbacher 2019). The Sunshine Coast has one of the fastest-growing economies in Australia. Its population is booming and its local governments are working together to establish world-class communications, transport and health infrastructure, while maintaining the integrity of the region’s much-lauded environment and lifestyle. As a result, the Sunshine Coast Council is regarded as a pioneer on smart city initiatives, while Noosa Shire Council has built a reputation for prioritising sustainable development. The region’s creative economy is growing at a faster rate that of the rest of the economy—in terms of job growth, earnings, incomes and business registrations. These gains, however, are not spread uniformly. Creative Services (that is, the advertising and marketing, architecture and design, and software and digital content sectors) are flourishing, while Cultural Production (music and performing arts, publishing and visual arts) is variable, with visual and performing arts growing while film, television and radio and publishing have low or no growth. The spirit of entrepreneurialism amongst many creatives in the Sunshine Coast was similar to what we witnessed in other hotspots: a spirit of not necessarily relying on institutions, seeking out alternative income sources, and leveraging networks. How public agencies can better harness that energy and entrepreneurialism could be a focus for ongoing strategy. There does seem to be a lower level of arts and culture funding going into the Sunshine Coast from governments than its population base and cultural and creative energy might suggest. Federal and state arts funding programs are under-delivering to the Sunshine Coast.