Australia Flashcards
What are the States in Australia?
Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland
What are the multi-zones in Australia?
South Eastern Australia Multi-Zone (all except Western Australia)
Adelaide Super Zone (Barossa, Fleurieu, Mount Lofty Ranges)
What are the Zones in New South Wales?
Big Rivers, Central Range, Northern Slopes, Northern River, Hunter Valley, South Coast, Southern New South Wales, Western Plains
What are the GIs in Queensland? Established year.
Granite Belt (1965), South Burnett (1993).
What are the Zones in Victoria?
Central Victoria, Gippsland, North East Victoria, North West Victoria, Western Victoria, Port Philip
What are the Zones in South Australia?
Barossa, Far North, Limestone Coast, Mount Lofty Ranges, Fleurieu, Lower Murray
What are the Zones in Western Australia?
South West Australia, Greater Perth, Central Western Australia, West Australia South East Coastal, Eastern Plains, Inland & North of Western Australia
What are the unofficial sub-regions of Tasmania?
North: Pipers River, Tamar Valley, North West Coast
South: Derwent Valley, Huon Valley, Coal River, The East Coast
What are the Regions in Big Rivers?
Perricoota, Riverina, Swan Hill, Murray Darling
*Shared with North West Victoria
What are the Regions in Central Ranges?
Cowra, Mudgee, Orange
What are the Regions in Hunter Valley?
Hunter [sub-regions: Upper Hunter Valley (North), Pokolbin (South), Broke Fordwich (South)]
Unofficial subregion: Allandale, Belford, Dalwood, Rothbury
What is the Region in Northern Rivers?
Hasting Rivers
What is the Region in Northern Slopes?
New England Australia
What are the Regions in South Coast?
Shoalhaven Coast, Southern Highlands
What are the Regions in Southern New South Wales?
Canberra District, Gundugai, Hilltops, Tumbarumba
What are the Regions in Barossa?
Barossa Valley, Eden Valley (sub-region: High Eden)
What is the Region in Far North?
Southern Flinders Ranges
What are the Regions in Fleurieu?
Currency Creek, Kangaroo Island, Southern Fleurieu, Langhorne Creek, McLaren Vale
What are the Regions in Limestone Coast?
Coonawarra, Mount Benson, Mount Gembier, Pathaway, Robe, Wrattonbully
What is the region in Lower Murray?
Riverland
What are the Regions in Mount Lofty Ranges?
Adelaide Plains, Clare Valley, Adelaide Hills (sub-regions: Piccadilly Valley, Lenswood)
What are the Regions in Central Victoria?
Bendigo, Heathcote, Strathbogie Ranges, Upper Goulburn, Goulburn Valley (sub-region: Nagambie Lake)
What are the Region in North East Victoria?
Alpine Valleys, Beechworth, Glenrowan, King Valley, Rutherglen
What are the Regions in North West Victoria?
Swan Hill, Murray Darling
What are the Regions in Port Phillip?
Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Geelong, Sunbury, Macedon Ranges
What are the Regions in Greater Perth?
Peel, Perth Hills, Swan District (sub-region: Swan Valley)
What are the Regions in South West Australia?
Manjimup, Blackwood Valley, Geographe, Pemberton, Margaret River, Great Southern (sub region: Albany, Denmark, Frankland River, Mount Barker, Porongurup)
What are the soils in Coonawarra?
Terra Rossa, Black Rendzina, Brown Rendzina
Who are the First Five? And where are they based?
Margaret River. Leeuwin Estate, Cullen, Vasse Felix, Moss Wood, Cape Mentelle
What is the grape used for Rutherglen?
Brown Muscat (Muscat Rouge a Petits Grains)
What are the classification for Rutherglen?
Rutherglen Muscat: Aged 3-5 years, 180-240g/l RS
Rutherglen Classic Muscat: Aged 6-10 years, 200-280g/l RS
Rutherglen Grand: Aged 11-19 years, 270-400g/l RS
Rutherglen Rare: Aged more than 20 years, 270-400g/l RS
What are the categories for Barossa Old Vine Charter?
Old Vine: min 35 years
Survivor Vine: min 70 years
Centenarian Vine: min 100 years
Ancestor Vine: min 125 years
Name some producers from Eden Valley?
Pewsey Vale, Yalumba, Henschke, Mountadam
Name some producers from Barossa Valley.
Penfolds, Two Hands, Torbreck, Wolf Blass, Peter Lehmann
What’s the first vintage of Penfold’s Grange? What was it called?
1951, Penfold Grange Hermitage. (Used to be from Magill Estate till 1989)
What is the range that runs through Barossa?
Barossa Ranges
Who produces the Laird?
Torbreck. 100% Shiraz, 36 months in new French oak.
Who produce Hills of Grace? First Vintage?
Henschke, 1958.
Where and when was the first vineyard planted in Australia?
New South Wales, 1788.
What is the name of the mountain range that runs through New South Wales?
Great Diving Range.
Who produces Noble One? Grape(s)?
De Bortoli, botrytised Semillon.
First vintage 1982
What is Riverina also known as?
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
Synonym for Semillon?
Blanc Doux (France), Hunter River Riesling (Australia), Greengrape (South Africa)
Moet & Chandon produces wine in Australia, what and where?
Australian Domaine Chandon, 1987 in Yarra Valley.
Where is Mount Mary based, prestige cuvée?
Yarra Valley.
White - Triolet (Bordeaux Blanc blend), 1987
Red - Quintet (Bordeaux blend), 1976
What are the 2 distinct soil of Yarra Valley?
Gray-brown sandy loam, red basalt-derived soil.
Where is Clonakilla based, what are they known for?
Canberra District (Murrumbateman) Shiraz-Viognier blend.
Where is Tahbilk based, known for?
Goulburn Valley (Nagambie Lake).
Old vines Shiraz, from 1860.
Oldest Marsanne, 1927.
What is the lake that runs through Langhorne Creek?
Lake Alexandrina
Some producers from McLaren Vale.
Clarendon Hills (Astralis), D’Arenberg (Dead Arm), Yangarra (High Sands), Noon Winery (Eclipse)
Unofficial subregion of Queensland?
Darling Downs (South of South Burnett)
Tasmania is best known for?
Traditional method sparkling.
Name a producer in Tasmania for sparkling wine.
Jansz.
In which year did Penfolds change Grange Hermitage to Grange?
1990.
Who is the winemaker that started Grange Hermitage?
Max Schubert.
First vintage of RunRig & The Laird?
RunRig - 1998.
The Laird - 2005.
First vintage of Tyrrell’s VAT 1 Semillon?
1963.
What are the unofficial subregion of Margaret River?
Yallingup, Carbunup, Wilyabrup, Treeton, Wallcliffe, Karridale
Subregion of Canberra District?
Unofficial subregion: Murrumbateman/Yass, Bungendore/Lake George, Hall/ACT
Unofficial subregion of Gundagai?
Tumut (South-East), Cootamundra (North), June (West)
Unofficial subregion of Barossa Valley?
Gomersal/Rosedale, Southern Barossa Valley (Lyndoch/Williamstown), Rowland Flat District, Barossa Foothills (Vine Vale), Light Pass/Stockwell, Northern Barossa Valley, Western Ridge (Greenock/Seppeltsfield), Stonewell/Central Tanunda
Unofficial subregion of Clare Valley.
Polish Hill, Watervale, Auburn, Sevenhill, Clare
Unofficial subregion of Gippsland?
South Gippsland, East Gippsland, West Gippsland
Unofficial subregions of Alpine Valleys?
Ovens Valley, Buffalo Valley, Buckland Valley, Kiewa Valley
Unofficial subregion of Blackwood Valley.
Boyup Brook, Bridgetown, Nannup
Unofficial subregion of Geographe.
Ferguson Valley, Donnybrook, Capel-Busselton, Harvey
Highest altitude vineyard in Australia?
Black Mountain (1300masl), New England Australia, Northern Slopes NSW
Which GI in New South Wales produce most of the region’s sparkling wine?
Tumbarumba, using majority Chardonnay & Pinot Noir
Where is Penfolds’ Magill Estate located at?
Adelaide Plains
Largest producing GI in Australia?
Riverland
Australia oldest continuous-running winery?
Wyndham Estate, 1828
Climatic feature of New South Wales?
Great Diving Range & Pacific Ocean
Where is Mount Canobolas?
Orange, NSW
What are the first 2 grapes planted in Victoria?
Muscat Hamburg & Sweetwater (Chasselas)
Wineries still producing Rutherglen?
All Saints, Morris, Campbells, Chambers, Stanton & Killeen, Rutherglen Estate, Buller, Pfeiffer
Soil type of Rutherglen?
Rutherglen loam (for fortified), Black Dog (fine sandy loam)
First vintage of Yangarra High Sands Grenache?
2005, using Grenache from 1946.
First vintage of Clarendon Hills Astralis?
1990, Shiraz from 1920.
First vintage of Two Hands Ares?
2000
First vintage of d’Arenburg Dead Arm Shiraz?
1993