Overlaying vineyard locations on a map of Bureau of Meteorology climate data provides insights into wine qualities. The climate maps from the Tasmania Wine & Gastronomy Map have been reproduced at one square metre each on the walls of a noted winery restaurant in the Tamar Valley.

Complex data should be represented so that they’re easy to grasp, not stupefyingly confusing. Making the difficult look effortless is the essence of good information design and the aim of vW Maps.

Simplifying many classes of geologic data and overlaying the vineyard locations reveals how erosion has produced the highly-valued terra rossa of Heathcote