How this garden contributes to developing visitors' knowledge of wine
If you've ever been confused by the tasting notes on a wine list, you're not alone.
Tasmanian winery owner Rebecca Duffy discovered that people who visited her winery wanted to know more about the wine they were drinking and how to taste the advertised notes.< /p>
"We were looking for something in addition to our cellar door experience that was educational but also self-guided," she said.
So how do you demystify the somewhat alienating world of wine?
Mrs. Duffy has planted a garden.
"We created a sensory garden to represent the different aromas, flavors and textures found in wine," she said.
" For example, in the pinot garden, there are strawberries, there are blueberries and raspberries, and rhubarb is also planted there.
"You can walk around the garden, taste the different fruits and see how it translates to the different characters you find in the wine."
The garden of Holm Oak Vineyard in the Tamar Valley is divided into different wines made on site: riesling, chardonnay, pinot noir, cabernet, syrah, sauvignon blanc and pinot gris.
Visitors can also touch the foliage in the texture garden to get a sense of how plants affect wine.
" You will get a smoother texture s rough with a bigger red wine, as opposed to the more velvety texture you might get with chardonnay or sparkling,” Duffy said.
Ms. Duffy won the state award for rural women in 2016 and used the money from the fellowship to research how cellar doors around the world have added new experiences for customers.
A similar project at a California vineyard inspired her to venture into the garden, which took eight years to establish.
"My husband likes to grow things and I like to do things like preserves so a garden with ...
If you've ever been confused by the tasting notes on a wine list, you're not alone.
Tasmanian winery owner Rebecca Duffy discovered that people who visited her winery wanted to know more about the wine they were drinking and how to taste the advertised notes.< /p>
"We were looking for something in addition to our cellar door experience that was educational but also self-guided," she said.
So how do you demystify the somewhat alienating world of wine?
Mrs. Duffy has planted a garden.
"We created a sensory garden to represent the different aromas, flavors and textures found in wine," she said.
" For example, in the pinot garden, there are strawberries, there are blueberries and raspberries, and rhubarb is also planted there.
"You can walk around the garden, taste the different fruits and see how it translates to the different characters you find in the wine."
The garden of Holm Oak Vineyard in the Tamar Valley is divided into different wines made on site: riesling, chardonnay, pinot noir, cabernet, syrah, sauvignon blanc and pinot gris.
Visitors can also touch the foliage in the texture garden to get a sense of how plants affect wine.
" You will get a smoother texture s rough with a bigger red wine, as opposed to the more velvety texture you might get with chardonnay or sparkling,” Duffy said.
Ms. Duffy won the state award for rural women in 2016 and used the money from the fellowship to research how cellar doors around the world have added new experiences for customers.
A similar project at a California vineyard inspired her to venture into the garden, which took eight years to establish.
"My husband likes to grow things and I like to do things like preserves so a garden with ...
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