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Wineries owned by Treasury Wine Estates?

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Penfolds, Rosemount, Wynn’s Coonawarra?

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  1. What is the name of the river that flows through the following GI? Barossa GI?
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a. Para River

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  1. What are the 4 quality levels of Rutherglen Muscat and the average age for each along with RS levels associated with each?
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a. Rutherlglen; 3-5 years; 180-240g/L
b. Classic: 6-10 years; 200-280g/L
c. Grand: 11-19 years; 270-400g/L
d. Rare: 20+ years; 270-400g/L

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Jacob’s Creek is owned by which parent company?

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Pernod-Ricard

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hunter valley soils- pokolbin

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weathered red basalt volcanic on ends/elevated hills of brokenback mtns- good for shiraz

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climate of nagambie lakes? what features mitigate?

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warm continental- inland lakes and lagoons helps to moderate

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macedon ranges soil

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volcanic, granite, alluvial

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warmest GI in Australian?

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swan valley

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how Margaret River subregions are divided?

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drainage direction for rivers and creeks- corresponded to the direction of air flow systems.

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yarra valley climate? different topograpahy btwn upper & lower- how effects wine style?

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cool maritime (region I) Lower Yarra- north- warmer- valley floor sandy loam soils - wines plumper and less aromatic; Upper Yarra- south- cooler, higher elevation-red basalt. Pinot Noir more defined and mineral

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what year was Yalumba founded ? which GI?

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1849; Eden Valley

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tumbarumba climate?

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continental (cool, alpine) basalt slopes of the Snowy Mountains- good for sparkling

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Largest Companies in Australia?

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Treasury Wine Estates;

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Who produces ‘Annexus’; ‘plexus’ ? GI?

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DuVal, Barossa Valley

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port phillip

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mediterranean: cooled by wind - cold polar southwesterlies; proximity to water; elevation for some- macedon

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geographic features of Margaret River?

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Margaret River, Blackwood River; Geographe Bay, Indian and Southern Oceans; Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge, a band of rolling hills running 90 km north-south from Cape Naturaliste to Augusta

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warmest to coolest? hunter valley, riverland, riverina

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Riverina>Hunter Valley>Riverland (swam warmer than all)

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Producers of Langton’s Exceptional?

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Penfolds ‘Grange’ Shiraz, Torbreck ‘RunRig’ Shirax; Clarendon Hills ‘Astralis Syrah; Brokenwood ‘Graveyard’ Shiraz,Leeuwin Estate “Art Series” Chardonnay

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adelaide hills GI climate?

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cool, rainy, elevation - ridges of South Mount Lofty Ranges; sandy loam

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polish hill soil ?

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blue slate bedrock like mosel

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producers in McLaren Vale?

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D’Arenberg, Clarendon Hills

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who has oldest marsanne vines? GI ? year?

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Tahbilk; Nagambie Lakes (Goulbourn) ; 1927 - also largest single holding in world.

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margaret river climate?

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mediterranean with martime influence

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What are the two basic requirements for inclusion in the Langtons Classification?

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a wine has been made for a minimum of 10 vintages and that it has a track record in the secondary market.

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  1. Who were the First Five of Margaret River?
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a. Vasse Felix
b. Leeuwin
c. Cullen
d. Voyager/ moss wood?
e. Cape Mentelle

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Who produces ‘the command’ ? grape? what year planted?

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Elderton; Shiraz; Barossa Valley; 1894 Bear

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coolest GI on the Australian mainland?

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Macedon Ranges- key is night time coolness

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2006 to 2009 vintages in Australia have what in common?

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drought

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clare valley

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warm continental (warmer on paper) elevation helps cool- 400-600m; diurnal shift -spring frost can be problem. dry - pests not issue- low rainfall in growing season, little groundwater-many dry-farmed vineyards, but drip irrigation more common today.

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eastern boundary of Margaret river?

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The “Gladstones Line”—the line of longitude 115° 18’ E—established the modern appellation’s eastern border, essentially following alongside the Whicher Range.

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Penfold’s Block 42 is sourced from which vineyard?

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Kalimna; Barossa Valley

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riverland climate?

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hot, arid continental but viticulture possible bc fertile, sandy soils along river - irrigation

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orange min elevation and defining geographic feature and soils?

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600m; mount canabolas - extinct volcano- basalt soils

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Who produces Mount Edelstone? first vintage?

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Henschke; 1952

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Eden Valley climate

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cooler - higher elevation 400-600m - red clay with granite outcrops- water scarcity (and salinity)

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Name 3 producers from most recent Langtons classification ‘expectional’?

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Exceptional - penfolds bin 95, grange, henschke hill of grace, clarendon hills, astralis syrah, Leeuwin art series torbreck run rig

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Great Southern GI climate- diff subregions?

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Coastal denmark & albany - strongly influenced by cool Southern ocean breezes moving northward from the Antarctic, and diurnal temperature range is minimal; inland GIs more continental

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Who produces ‘Run Rig’ ‘descendent’ ‘The laird’? GI?

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Torbreck; Barossa; all shiraz

39
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Grampians climate

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cool, arid, moderate high elevation. end of Great Dividing Range (sparkling wine)

40
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What bodies of water surround Tasmania?

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Tasman Sea (E), Bass Strait (N), Southern Ocean (W & S)

41
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First commercial vintage of Grange?

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1952 (first was 1951 non commercial) as “Grange Hermitage” until 1990

42
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producers in Clare Valley?

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Wendouree, Jim Barry, Kilikanoon, Sevenhill Cellars, Grosset

43
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Macedon ranges elevation?

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300 and 800 metres above sea level. 400 and 600 meters in elevation; highest in the Port Phillip zone and Macedon Ranges is the coolest region on the Australian mainland- extremely cold in windswept south-east and very cold in its north-west granite boulders of the Cobaw Range (part of macedon) in the North ; slate and gold-bearing gravels to the North West.

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highest GI?

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new england (orange highest region overall)

45
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Who produces ‘Coppermine Road’? ‘Ironstone Pressing’ ? grapes?

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D’Arenberg, McLaren Vale- Cab Sauv; Grenache

46
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Heathcote climate, geo features? soils?

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dry, warm, continental; more pronounced variation in elevation (than bendigo) due to the ridgelines of the Mount Camel Range; and difference in soil- on east- strip of red earth rich in 500-million-year-old Cambrian volcanic greenstone

47
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  1. What are 5 subregions of Clare Valley?
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a. Polish Hill
b. Auburn
c. Watervaled. Sevenhill
e. Clare

48
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who produces IRL semillon? what does is stand for?

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Brokenwood, Hunter Valley; winemaker Ian Leslie Riggs

49
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warmest & greatest diurnal variation margaret river subregion?

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Treeton- inland

50
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Oldest grenache vines- who? GI? year?

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Cirillo; Barossa Valley; 1850

51
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producers in Yarra Valley?

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Yarra Yering, Yering Station, Mount Mary, Luke Lambert

52
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Shaw & Smith, Bird in Hand, in which GI?

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Adelaide HIlls

53
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Magill estate owned by whom? GI? first established?

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Penfolds; Adelaide Plains (historical now); 1844

54
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first Australian family wineries and dates?

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Lindeman’s (1843), Penfolds (1844), Orlando Wines (1847), Yalumba (1849).

55
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Mc Laren Vale climate?

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warm dry mediterranean; South Mt. Lofty Ranges to east; Gulf of St. Vincent to the west; windy, warm climate alleviates fungal disease pressure but drought/water supply issues. some dry-farmed, but many irrigation from recycled wastewater from suburbs of Adelaide

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  1. What three zones make up the Adelaide Super Zone?
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a. Barossa b. Fleurieu c. Mount Lofty Ranges

57
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hunter valley soils-broke fordwich

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sandy, alluvial soils - better for semillon, chard

58
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What is the minimum elevation for Orange GI?

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600m (to 1000)

59
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canberra climate? geographical feature?

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continental- mild- against snowy mountains

60
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who produces Noble one Semillon ? style? Gi?

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De Bortoli; sweet fortified; Riverina

61
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  1. When was the Barossa Charter formalized and what are the 4 different age designations and the ages associated with?
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a. 2009 b. Barossa Old Vine Min 35 yo
c. Barossa Survivor Vine: min 70 yo
d. Barossa Centenarian Vine: Min 100 yo
e. Barossa Ancestor Vine: Min 125 yo

62
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rutherglen climate?

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hot continental (region iii); Murray River northern border.

63
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First vintage Hill of Grace?

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1958 Lava

64
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rivers through riverina?

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murray, lachlan

65
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McLaren vale different geological structures, or ‘terranes?

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The Ancient Rocks: Ancient bedrock
Sand and Sandstone: This terrane includes the subtypes Maslin Sands, Pirramimma Sandstone, Ochre Cove Formation (red and yellow sandstone), and Semaphore Sand (beach sand)
Limestone Country
Clay Plains of Aldinga
The Piedmont: Alluvial deposits
Talus Slope: Variable soils near the Willunga Fault
Alluvial Flats

66
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Maurice O’Shea founded Mt. Pleasant in what GI?

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Hunter Valley

67
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Tyrells Vat 1 - what grape? GI?

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Semillon; Hunter Valley

68
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Molly Dooker GI?

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McLaren Vale

69
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Who produces “octavius” shiraz? Name comes from where?

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Yalumba ; imports staves to their cooperage to make unique 100-litre “octaves,” sourced from multiple old-vine Barossa vineyards.

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who produces ‘Astralis’? GI?

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Clarendon Hills; McLaren Vale

71
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  1. What are three of the best vintages in Barossa Valley in the past 20? What are three of the worst?
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a. Best: 2005, 2010, 2012, 2015

b. Worst: 2000, 2003, 2011

72
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coonawarra climate/soil

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maritime; terra rossa soil

73
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hastings river winkler scale region?

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V! most rainfall during growing season

74
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Who produces Graveyard Shiraz? GI?

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Brokenwood, Hunter Valley

75
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Who planted oldest Shiraz vines? year? GI?

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Freedom vineyard (langmeil formerly Paradale); Barossa Valley; 1843

76
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Oscar Benno Pedro winemaker for which winery?

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Seppeltsfield 100 Year Old Para Tawny

77
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Wyndham estate GI?

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Hunter Valley

78
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Which australian producer means ‘meadow of the church’

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clonakilla; canberra

79
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In which GI would you find subregions Moorabool, Otways, and Bellarine Valley?

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Geelong

80
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Barossa Valley climate/soil ?

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warm continental (region III) 100-300 meters - flat valley floor, loamy clay, good for retaining water during dry summers.

81
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climate of Hunter Valley? factors that mitigate?

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subtropical- one of the warmest- climates in Australia— regiond IV- mitigated by high amounts of humidity, rain/monsoon! (but can cause rot) and wind (northeast from tasman bay/pacific); cloud cover; backdrop of brokenback mtns

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Margaret River soils

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gravel and sandy loam over granite and gneiss bedrock; Wilyabrup best- red gravelly loam

83
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Producers of McLaren Vale ‘Scare Earth’ Project

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d’Arenberg, Chapel Hill, and Gemtree

84
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what geological/climatic feature allows for ungrated vines in Goulbourn

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alluvial, sandy soils along Goulburn River (no phyllox)

85
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  1. What is Topaque? What is the grape and the GI origin?
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a. Muscadelle grown in Rutherglen GI and Glenrowan GI

86
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Yering Station, Mount Mary, Luke Lambert are based in which GI?

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yarra valley

87
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margaret river climate/soil

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mediterranean with maritime influence; dry summers and rainy winters—marginally warmer than Coonawarra or the Médoc; waters: Geographe Bay, Indian and Southern Oceans; Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge, a band of rolling hills running 90 km north-south from Cape Naturaliste to Augusta; cooling breezes from fremantle doctor wind; leeuwin current

88
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who produces ‘oracle’ and ‘the covenant’? Gi?

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Kilikanoon; Clare Valley

89
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driest GI in the Port Phillip zone?

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Geelong ; and spring frosts and wind damage can be especially challenging here

90
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Oldest Australian Cabernet vines?

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Penfolds Block 42 - planted around 1885-1888 - Penfold site says in 1880s ; thought to be oldest vines

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