21. Australia Flashcards
What percentage of Australia’s total crush does sparkling wine represent?
Less than 6%
What three styles of sparkling wine have driven export sales of Australian sparkling wine?
1) Moscato
2) Shiraz
3) Prosecco
What is Australia’s leading region for high-quality traditional method wines?
Tasmania.
What percentage of Tasmania’s wine grape production is made into sparkling wine?
36%
Compared with Tamar Valley, Piper’s River is warmer or cooler?
Cooler.
Southern Tasmania is generally cooler than the north except for which sub-region?
Coal Valley.
What are the two main weather hazards in Tasmania?
1) Spring frosts
2) High rainfall
What are the two main disease pressures in Tasmania?
1) Coulure
2) Botrytis
Fruit for inexpensive sparkling wine is grown in which three regions of Australia?
1) Riverina
2) Riverland
3) Murray-Darling
How is lower potential alcohol and acid retention achieved for sparkling wines labelled as ‘South Eastern Australia’?
Picked early.
In which three regions is fruit for Sparkling Shiraz typically grown?
1) Central Victoria
2) Barossa Valley
3) McLaren Vale
Why does fruit for Sparkling Shiraz prove an exception to the general rules about cooler sites and earlier picking?
The style requires richness and intensity of flavour so grapes are picked at the same time as for still wines.
Which two producers are leading Australia’s emergence of late disgorged sparkling wine?
1) Arras
2) Jansz
Why might a producer in Tasmania press fruit on the island but complete winemaking on the mainland?
Due to the high capital expenditure of specialist winemaking equipment for sparkling production.
Australia’s transfer, tank and carbonation method sparkling wines can be made from a number of varieties. Name four.
1) Chardonnay
2) Pinot Noir
3) Moscato
4) Glera
Why is it common for Sparkling Shiraz to have >20 g/L residual sugar?
To balance the effects of tannins and high alcohol.
Via which four methods might Sparkling Shiraz be made?
Traditional, transfer, tank or carbonation.
Does Sparkling Shiraz undergo MLC?
Yes.
Via which method is most inexpensive to mid-priced Moscato made?
Carbonation.
What is the main region in Australia for Prosecco/Glera?
King Valley.
When was the first Australia Prosecco released and by whom?
1) 2004
2) Dal Zotto
If Australian Prosecco is exported to the EU how must it be labelled?
As Glera
Via which method is most Australian Prosecco made?
Tank.
Describe an Australian Pet Net (3 )
1) White, rose or red
2) Possibly cloudy
3) Slightly or fully sparkling
In Australia what per cent of domestic wine sales by volume does sparkling wine represent?
12%
What two sparkling wine categories have risen in the large decade in Australia?
1) Moscato
2) Prosecco
What three reasons might contribute to the decline in Sparkling Shiraz sales?
1) A rise in the sale of Prosecco and Moscato
2) A reduced interest in high alcohol wines
3) A new interest in foreign wines
What is the sales trend of Australian traditional method?
Declined compared with Prosecco, Sparkling Shiraz and Moscato.
Why is the Tamar Valley warmer than Pipers River?
It has greater shelter from the Southern Ocean.
Which two companies collaborated to establish Tasmania as a premium sparkling wine production region in the mid-80s?
Heemskerk and Louis Roederer.
Besides Tasmania, which regions of Australia are renowned for their sparkling wine production? (5)
Adelaide Hills
Yarra Valley
Alpine Vic (King Valley)
Tumbarumba
Orange
The coolest parts of southern Tasmania are colder than Champagne, but can still ripen fruit for sparkling wine. Why?
Due to its latitude (42 degrees) being closer to the equator resulting in more sunlight.
