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Australia Flashcards

1
Q

How many zones in Australia?

A

28

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2
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When was Australia established as a colony?

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1788, Captain Arthur Phillip, Sydney, including first vine cuttings

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3
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Difference between Grange and Hill of Grace?

A

Blend of vineyards vs vineyard designate

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4
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Grange 1st Vintage?

A

1951

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5
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Hill of Grace 1st vintage?

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1958

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6
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Who Classifies Australia’s top wines? How many most recently (8th edition)

A

Langton’s Auction House

21- First Classified
79- Classified

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7
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What is the northern most wine region in Australia?

A

South Burnett

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8
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What is the hottest wine region in Australia?

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Swan Valley (Western Australia/Greater Perth

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9
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Who promoted the idea for quality viticulture in Margaret River?

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Dr. John Gladstone

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10
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What region in West Australia has 5 official sub regions?

A

Great Southern

Albany
Denmark
Frankland River
Mount Barker
Porongurup

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11
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What 3 zones combine to make the Adelaide Super Zone?

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Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges

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12
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Name 2 other famous Barossa Shiraz (Not Grange)

A

Elderton’s- The Command
Torbreck- RunRig (120-160 year old vines, small % Viognier)
or
The Laird (Original Shiraz Clone)

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13
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What is the only subregion of the Barossa zone?

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High Eden

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14
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Name the regions within Fleurieu

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Kangaroo Island
Langhorne Creek
Currency Creek
Southern Fleurieu
McLaren Vale

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15
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What lake touches the borders of Langhorne Creek and Currency Creek?

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Lake Alexandrina

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16
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What is the name of the Gulf that hugs Adelaide?

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Gulf St. Vincent

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17
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What major river feeds into Lake Alexandrina?

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Murray River

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18
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Name the regions of the Limestone Coast.

A

Mount Benson
Robe
Padthaway
Wrattonbully
Coonawarra
Mount Gambier

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19
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What are the most coastal regions of the Limestone Coast?

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Mount Benson and Robe

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20
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Where are you most likely to find high quality Grenache in Australia?

A

McLaren Vale

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21
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What is the body of water between Tasmania and Victoria called?

A

Bass Strait

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22
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What is Scarce Earth?

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~must me a member of McLaren Vale Sustainable Winegrowing Australia

~ Shiraz from single sites.

~Vine age minimum 10 yrs

23
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Name 2 producers from McLaren Vale.

A

D’Arenberg

Chapel Hill

24
Q

Name the regions of Mount Lofty Ranges

A

Clare Valley
Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Plains

25
Q

Which Mount Lofty Range region has 2 sub regions

A

Adelaide Hills

Lenswood & Picadilly Valley

26
Q

Name where these producers are from:
Jim Barry
Pewsey Vale
Clarendon Hills
Clonakilla
Henschke
Vasse Felix
Leeuwin
Grosset
Powell & Son
Penny’s Hill
Wendouree

A

JB- Clare Valley
PV- Eden Valley
Clarendon Hills- McLaren Vale
Clonakilla- Canberra
Henschke- Eden Valley
Vasse- Margaret
Leeuwin- Margaret
Grosset- Clare Valley
Powell & Son- Eden Valley
Penny’s Hill- McLaren Vale
Wendouree- Clare Valley

27
Q

Where were stelvin’s created?

A

Clare Valley

28
Q

What is Polish Hill known for?

A

Blue Slate bedrock similar to Devonian Blue slate of Mosel Valley

29
Q

Most planted variety of Adelaide Hills?

30
Q

Coonawarra possible translations?

A

Honeysuckle Ridge
Place of Signal fires
Black Swan
Pile of excrement

31
Q

Peppermint Patty producer and region?

A

Maldera
Coonawarra

32
Q

Who is the most relevant Coonawarra producer?

What is their top bottling?

A

Wynn’s
John Riddoch

33
Q

What famous Northern Rhône producer established a winery in Mount Benson?

A

Michel Chapoutier

34
Q

What grapes are in Seppetsfeld’s 100 yr Para?

35
Q

Coolest wine region on Australian mainland?

A

Macedon Ranges

36
Q

What region is Australia’s leader in production?

37
Q

Who makes Mt. Edelstone

38
Q

What is Australia’s oldest continuously operated winery?

A

Hunter Valley’s Wyndham (1828)

39
Q

What 3 regions lie within the Central Ranges Zone?

A

Mudgee
Orange (Coolest, 600-1000 meters), volcanic soils
Cowra

40
Q

What volcano is in Orange?

A

Mount Canobolas

41
Q

What are the rivers of the Big Rivers Zone

A

Murray
Murrumbidgee

42
Q

Top producing zone in Australia?

A

Big Rivers

43
Q

Who owns Yellow Tail?

A

Casella, based in Riverina

44
Q

What zone is Canberra in?

A

Southern New South Wales Zone

45
Q

What is the ACT?

A

Australian Capital Territory

46
Q

What is Australia’s capital?

47
Q

What 2 regions are located in Victoria and New South Wales?

A

Murray Darling
Swan Hill

48
Q

What was Black Saturday?

A

Huge fires in Yarra Valley, 2009.

173 deaths,
5% of vineyards

49
Q

Phylloxera struck which Australian states the hardest?

A

Victoria
New South Wales

50
Q

Barossa old Vine Charter Age started when:

What are the 4 names and years classified?

A

2009

Old- 35
Survivor-70
Centenarian- 100
Ancestor- 125

51
Q

Who creates wine law and what is the set of laws called:

What yr did it start

A

Wine Australia
Label Integrity Program

1990

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