australia Flashcards
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llanIn what GI of Australia will you find bottles labeled “Prosecco”?
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King Valley GI
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What is Torbreck’s Langtons Exceptional bottling?
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The Runrig
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Brown Brothers call what GI home?
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King Valley GI
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Describe sour mash process as it relates to whisky vs beer?
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1st Ausie wine to age in new oak
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Grange, duh.
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Hunter Valley’s only Langton’s Exceptional wine
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Brokenwood’s “Graveyard V” SH
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Min elevation of southern Adelaide Hills
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1300ft
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House of Arras is associated with what GI and style?
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Tasmania; Sparkling
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If you are making wine in the Warbie, where are you making wine?
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Yarra Valley GI ***Warbie = name of road that runs thru Yarra
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The unofficial subregion of Queensland, “___”, is showing promise and will likely to become the state’s next GI.
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Darling Downs
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What Ausie GI has the highest amt of rainfall during the GS?
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Hastings River GI
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Top quality GI for PN in Port Philip Zone
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Mornington Peninsula GI
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What is Grange labeled under?
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South Australia GI
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Who produces “Entity” Shiraz
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John Duvall
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Name 3 wineries owned by Treasury Wine Estates
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Penfold’s, Lindemann’s, Wolf Blass, Wynn’s (+ Beringer, Etude)
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What is the soil of Barossa
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Clay Loam & Sand
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What GI borders Hunter Valley to the W?
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Mudgee GI (Central Ranges Zone)
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Why is expansion unlikely in Eden Valley?
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Saline soils
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Highest GI in Australia?
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New England Australia GI
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What are the GIs of the Central Ranges Zone?
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(NSW) Mudgee, Orange, Cowra
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Black Saturday had a devastating effect on what Ausie wine region? What year?
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Yarra Valley Wildfires; 2009
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Name 3 Barossa Ancestor Vines wines
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Langmeil “Freedom V” (1843) Henschke “HIll of Grace V” Penfolds “Block 42” CS Cirillo E “1850” Grenache; Turkey Flat “Ancestor”
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Australia is the worlds ___-largest producer of wine.
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7th (South Africa 10th)
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Name 2 GIs EAST of the Great Dividing Range
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Hastings River GI (Northern River Zone) & Southern Highlands GI/Shoalhaven Coast GI (South Coast Zone); Part of Hunter Valley
25
Name 2 MVSWGA members that produce Scarce Earth Wines
d'Arenberg, Clarendon Hills, Chapel Hill, Gem Tree
26
Which of the “First Five” producers did Robert Mondavi consult for?
Leeuwin (Horgan Fam)
27
Top grape of Cowra GI
Chardonnay
28
What is the Gladstone Line? What geographic feature does it border?
Line of longitude that markes E boundary of viticulture in Margaret River (115*18 E) → E border / follows Whicher Ranges
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Top GI in S Australia for sparkling wine
Adelaide Hills GI
30
Muscat of Rutherglen Network RS reqs
M:180-240 (3-5); Classic: 200-280 (6-10); Grand (11-19) / Rare (20+): 270-400
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Grange is what Bin No? In what year is it solidified as this?
95; 1964
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Top 3 most-planted W grapes of Australia
1) CH 2) SB 3) Pinot Gris!
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Most-planted W grape of Tamsania
CH
34
Jansz b/g as a JV b/w who?
Roederer & Heeemskerk (now owned by Yalumba)
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What is the MV6 vine selection? What grape variety?
PN "mother vine" James Busby brought into Australia from Clos Vougeot
36
What is the average annual angel's share for Muscat of Rutherglen?
5%; Angel's Share
37
Bag-in-Box arrives in the ___s.
1960's
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What is the Rhone producer that built a winery in Australia? What is the name of the winery & in what 2 GIs are they located?
Chapoutier; D Tournon; Pyrenees GI & Heathcote GI
39
Describe the topography of Coonawarra
flat
40
Harvest months in the southern hemisphere
Febrary / March / April
41
In what year is Australia united? Result?
1901 ("Federation"); S Australia solidifed as #1 wine state
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Where is Best's located & what style of wine did they pioneer?
Great Westerng GI (Grampians); TM sprakling Shiraz
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Clare Valley GI Climate
Continental: Despite Clare Valley’s warmer, continental climate and preponderance of red grapes in the vineyard, the GI offers Australia’s most classic and ageworthy interpretation of Riesling. Higher-altitude, west-facing slopes often produce the better wines, cooled by afternoon breezes and low nighttime temperatures.
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What is the climate of Hunter GI?
Hot Subtropical
45
Which producers make up the "Golden Triangle"? Where?
(Walcliffe): Cape Mentelle, Leeuwin Estate, Voyager Estate
46
Storm Bay is a geographic feature of what region?
Tasmania (S)
47
Soils of Orange
Basalt (Mt Canobolas = extinct volcano)
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#1 grape of Tasmania
PN (> W than R)
49
Australia's oldest Shiraz vineyard
(Barossa V) Langmeil's Freedom Vineyard = world's oldest Shiraz (1843)
50
Name a producer of Macedon Ranges GI
Bindi Wine Growers (PN & CH)
51
In what decade is Penfolds & Yalumba founded?
1840s (same decade in which vines arrive)
52
Where are the producers Forest Hill & Plantagenet located?
Great Southern GI (Mt Barker)
53
Top areas of production in Barossa
NW & center
54
Name the top 2 wine research organizations of Australia
AWRI & CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Org); ***Adelaide
55
Top-producing sub-zone of Tasmania
Tamar Valley
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The only wine that James Halliday ever ranked as 100 pts
Seppeltsfield 100 y.o. Para Liqueur
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Only Ausie wine to receive 100 points from RP & Wine Spectator in the same year; vintage?
Grange 2008
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Henschke's Langton Exceptional wine & inaugural vintage
"Hill of Grace" (1958); Mt Edelstone (1952) ***both EXCEPTIONALS
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What is the soil of Heathcote?
(red) Cambrian Volcanic Greenstone ***good water retention - irrigation not necessary
60
Craiglee Winery calls what GI home?
Sunbury GI
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Soil of Polish Hill
Polish Hill: Blue Slate ***vs Watervale: Terra Rossa over LS
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Name 2 viti techniques Ausies are famous for pioneering
Canopy Mgmt & Soil Mapping
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Australia's oldest, continuously-operating winery
Wyndham Estate (Hunter Valley)
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What is the spiritual home of Grange?
Penfold's Magill E in Adelaide Plains
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Hill of Grace is named after what landmark in the vineyard? 1st vintage?
Gnadenberg Lutheran Church; 1958
66
Where is D Chandon's outpost in Australia?
Yarra Valley GI
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1st vintage of 100 y.o. Para Vintage Tawny; blend?
(Seppeltsfield); 1878; G/S/M (according to Langton's website)
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2 Casella-owned wineries
Peter Lehmann, Yellow Tail
69
Unofficial subzones of Ferguson Valley, Donnybrook & Harvey are located in what Ausie GI?
Geographe GI
70
Name 2 Langton Exceptional bottlings under cork
Grange, Astralis (Clarendon Hills), Penfold's Bin 707 Cabernet, Torbreck "The Runrig"
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What are the "secret" vintages of Penfold's Grange?
1957, 1958, 1959
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When does table wine production outweight fortified in Australia?
1970s (1976)
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What is Penfold's Langton Exceptional Cabernet? What is it named after?
Bin 707; ***Cab version of Grange; named after Boeing 707 that permitted Ausies to travel & ultimately produce high-quality wines
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What is the source of Australia's oldest Cab Sauv?
Penfolds Block 42 (w/i Kalimna Vineyard)
75
Curly Flat Winery is a leading producer in what GI?
Macedon Ranges GI
76
Top 2 viti hazards of Coonawarra
Frost & Rain @ H (same as Ribera del Duero!)
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What GI does Hardy's call home?
McLaren Vale GI
78
Where is Padthaway GI?
LS Coast Zone
79
In what zone is Tumbarumba located? What style of wine is it known for?
S NSW Zone; sparkling
80
What is the GI w/ the most maritime climate in the Port Philip Bay zone?
Mornington Peninsula GI
81
Who makes "Dry Red No 1" & "Dry Red No 2"? Blends?
Yarra Yering; No 1: BDX; No 2: Shiraz / Vio (both Langton Outstanding / Excellent)
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GIs of Western Victoria Zone
Henty, Grampians (+ Great Western), Pyrenees
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Name 2 iconic bottlings of Hunter Riesling (producer & bottling)
Tyrrell's Vat 1 Semillon & Brokenwood ILR Rsv
84
Top GIs for Riesling? Name 2
Great Southern, Grampians, Henty, Canberry District, Clare Valley, Eden Valley
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GIs of Central Victoria in the Great Dividing Range
Upper Goulburn GI & Strathbogie Ranges GI
86
What is "Artisans of Barossa"?
Organization of 7 producers working together to promote small-batch / sub-regional Barossa winemaking; J Duvall, Spinifex, Schwarz Wine Co, Massena
87
Name Penfold's "Ancestor Vines" bottling
Block 42 Cabernet
88
What GI does Penley Estate call home? Top bottling?
Coonawarra GI; "Phoenix"
89
Name the sub-regions of Adelaide Hills GI
Piccadilly Valley GI & Lenswood Valley GI
90
Name 3 producers based in Eden Valley
Henschke, Pewsey Vale, Yalumba
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#1-planted grape of Yarra Valley GI
CHARDONNAY (no malo, no N.O.); followed by PN
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What organization of Barossa is carrying out research on diversity of its soils
Barossa Grounds Project
93
Moscadello is an (Italian) synonym of what grape?
MBaPG (i.e. Moscadello di Montalcino DOC)
94
2 major GFs of Clare Valley
a) huge DTS; b) Gulf of St Vincent (cool breezes)
95
Sydney sits on what body of water?
Tasman Sea (which is part of the S Pacific)
96
What is the only wine state not included in the Southeast Australia Super Zone?
Western Australia
97
Mountain range of Hunter GI
Brokenback Mtns
98
2 GIs the Murray River flows through
Snowy Mtns - Lake Alexandrina; Tumbarumba GI, Rutherglen GI, Goulburn V, Perricoota S, Murray Darling GI / Swan Hill GI, Riverland GI
99
S-most zone of the Limestone Coast Zone
Mt Gambier
100
#1 W-planted grape of Hunter GI
W: CHARDONNAY #1, Semillon, Verdelho (thick skins - good for humid cliamte); R: Shiraz
101
Cooling geographic feature of McLaren Vale
Gulf of St Vincent
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Soil of Yarra
Upper Yarra (S): Red Basalt
Lower Yarra (N): Grey Brown Sandy Clay Loam
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Hill of Grace 2nd wine
Hill of Roses (young vines)
104
What is Durif?
Petit SIRAH
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Name 2 high-end Barossa Riesling bottlings
Henschke "Juliu", P Lehman "Wigan", Jacob's Creek "Steingarten", Pewsey Vale "The Countours"
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Hill of Grace closure
Screwcap (vino-lok for export)
107
Who produces the wine "Phoenix"? In what region?
Penley Estate (Coonawarra)
108
When was the 1st Langton's Classification? It was now in its ___ installment; what are the 3 tiers?
1990; 7th!; Exceptional (22), Outstanding, Excellent
109
What is Australia's oldest family-owned winery?
Yalumba
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2 GI sources for sparkling wine
Tumbarumba GI (Southern NSW), Sunbury GI / Alpine Valleys GI, Tasmania GI
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Wine made in the "Bellarine" is made where?
Geelong GI
112
Name the 3 Clare Valley Langton Exceptional wines & their closures
Jim Barry "Armagh" (CORK), GRosset "Polish Hill R" (SC), Wendouree "Shiraz" (SC)
113
Name the inland GIs of the Limestone Coast Zone (N to S)
Padthaway GI, Wrattonbully GI, Coonawarra GI
114
Name the Ausie wine states & decade of 1st vines; 1st vitis Vinifera?
1) NSW: 1788 (1831 VV), 2) Tasmania: 1823, 3) W Australia: 1829, 4) Victoria: 1838, 5) S Australia: 1842
115
Driest GI of the Port Philip Zone
Geelong GI
116
When do vines arrive in South Australia? Who brings them? Where?
1842: Johan Gramp est Orlando wines & plants vines in Rowland Flat (BV)
117
GIs of Central Victoria Zone
Bendigo, Heathcote, Goulburn (+ Nagambie Lakes), Upper Goulburn, Strathbogie Ranges
118
Top 3 grapes of Ausie
1) SH, 2) CHARDONNAY / CS? (https://www.bkwine.com/news/australias-popular-grape-varieties/)
119
Name the GI & top bottling of Tappanappa
Wrattonbully GI); "Whale Bone V"
120
What is the winery that puts the Yarra Valley on the map?
Coldstream Hills (James Halliday's winery)
121
What is Torbreck's single vineyard Shiraz? Langton Exceptional?
The Laird ***NOTE: "Runrig" is a Langton Exceptional & a blend of vineyards; The Laird is > expensive
122
Soil of Wilyabrup
Red Gravelly Loam - good for CS
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#1-producing regional GI of Australia
1) Riverland 2) Murray Darling 3) Riverina
124
Canberra District GI is within what mountain range?
Snowy Mountains (part of GDR)
125
Where is the producer Mt Langi Ghiran located?
Grampians GI
126
S-most GI of South Australia Zone
Mount Gambier
127
In what year are the 1st vines of Australia planted? Where?
1788 @ Sydney (1st v=Vitis Vinifera in 1833)
128
Who produces "Hickenbotham Syrah" & "Romas Grenache"?
Clarendon Hills (Mclaren Vale)
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In ___, James ___ plants Eur. cuttings @ his Kirkton Estate in ___ & ___ Botanical Gardens.
1830; James Busby; Kirkton Estate in Hunter Valley & Sydney Botanical Gardens
130
Why was the multi-state zone created?
In response to EU laws requiring varietal wines to bear a specific region on label
131
Mt Pleasant, Tyrrell's & Brokenwood are all located in what GI?
Pokolbin GI (Hunter GI)
132
Name the drought vintages of Australia
2006 - 2009
133
What is "Generational Farming" & where will you find it?
Sustainable farming initiative in McLaren Vale GI
134
Why are vines planted on the East coast of Tasmania?
West is basically rainforest due to high rainfall - mountains create RSE
135
Name 2 factors that contribute to the concentration of Margaret River's Chardonnay
A) winds during flowering reduce crop B) tiny-berried Gingin clone is prone to millerandage
136
What mountain range marks the eastern & southern boundary of McLaren Vale?
Sellicks Hill Range (vs Skilly Hills which are part of the Mount Lofty Ranges)
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Soil of Margaret River
Red Gravely Loam over Granite BR
138
Who produces "Coppermine Road"? What is the grape?
d'Arenberg; CS
139
Name 3 regional GIs that Penfolds sources fruit from for Grange
Barossa V (mostly) + McLaren Vale, Coonawarra / Wrattonbully, Clare V, Magill E (Adelaide Plains)
140
Which of Penfolds wine is labeled under "Barossa Valley"? Grape?
RWT (Red WineMAKING Trail); Shiraz
141
Cooling influence of Port Phillip Zone
Southwesterlies: chilling winds from polar latitudes
142
Where are the Mount Camel Ranges?
Heathcote GI (Central Victoria)
143
When are EU geographic designations phased out from Australia? What is the exception?
2011 (Champagne, Burgundy, etc); Tokay not until 2020!
144
Giant Steps & Luke Lambert are producers in what GI?
Yarra Valley GI
145
Clodstream Hills (winery) is located in what GI? Who founds it?
Yarra Valley GI; James Halliday; ***puts Yarra on the map
146
Name the 3 Langton Exceptionals from Margaret River & their closures
Moss Wood, Cullen "Diana Madeline" Cab / MRT, Leeuwin "Art Series" CH; ***all screw cap
147
Name the region, producer & grape varietal of "Quintet"
Mt Mary (Yarra Valley); CABERNET SAUVIGNON
148
What year marks the beginning of mass-production in Australia? Why?
1912; Murray Irrigation Area
149
What is Australia's hottest GI?
Swan Valley GI
150
What is the most-planted grape of Rutherglen?
Shiraz
151
Zone of the Cowra GI
Central Ranges Zone
152
Name the GIs of NW Victoria Zone
Murray Darling GI, Swan Hill GI
153
Soil of Rutherglen
Rutherglen Loam! (also Black Dog)
154
The Horgan Family is associated with which Marg River First Five?
Leeuwin (Horgan Fam)
155
RDI vs. PRD? What's better and why?
RDI (Regulated Deficit Irrigation) only partially reduces water consumption; it reduces yields & can negatively impact dev. of aromatic varieties (by slowing accumulation of monoterpens); PRD reduces water use by 50%, achieves same heightened grape quality (as RDI) & does not reduce yields. PRD for the win!
156
In what decade does Phylloxera hit Australia? What GI?
1870s; Geelong
157
What Australian GI is home to the Drumborg Vineyard?
Henty GI (Seppelt owns it - accts for ⅔ viney acreage)
158
Mtns that influence Eden Valley
Barossa Ranges
159
Bellweather & Goaty Hill are top producers in what region?
Tamar Valley
160
The heart of the Hunter GI / where are top quality wines of Hunter produced?
Lower Hunter (includes Pokolbin GI & Broke Fordwich GI)
161
Name a 100-pt vintages of Grange
1976, 2008, 2013; ***2008 only Ausie wine ever awarded 100pts from both Wine Advocate & Wine Spectator
162
Which states Australia remains unaffected by phylloxera?
Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania
163
Most promising grape of Mt Gambier GI
(LS Coast); PN ***borders Henty!
164
Top vintages of the 1990's (aka the "breakout vintages")
1990 / 1991, 1998 ***1998 also GREAT in Southern Rhone
165
Margaret River's "First Five"
Vasse Felix, Cape Mentelle, Cullen, Leeuwin, Mosswood *Very Clever Cats Like Milk
166
Name the GIs of the SW Australia Zone
Geographe GI, Margaret River GI, Blackwood Valley GI, Manjimup GI, Pemberton GI, Great Southern GI
167
Cliamte of Coonawarra? Barossa Valley?
Coonawarra: Cool Mediterranean; Barossa V: Mediterranean
168
Soils of Barossa Valley GI & Eden Valley GI
Barossa Valley GI: clay loam & sand ( w/ underground water reserve); Eden Valley GI: loam intermixed w/ quartz & gravel
169
Where are the following subzones: Darling Downs, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
Queensland
170
___ plants SW Australia's 1st vines in ___ in ___.
Thomas Waters; 1829; Swan Valley
171
Henschke's Cab Sauv bottling
Cyril Henschke
172
Name all zones of S Autralia
...Far North Z (S Flinders Ranges GI), Lower Murray Z (Riverland GI), Adelaide Super Zone
173
Name the coastal GIs of the Limestone Coast Zone
Mt Gambier, Robe, Mt BENSON
174
Name the GIs of Southern NSW Zone
Canberra District GI, Gundagai GI, Hilltops GI, Tumbarumba GI
175
What Barossa prestige bottling is only produced in top years?
Torbreck "Runrig"
176
What decade does Phylloxera 1st arrive in the Yarra Valley?
2000s (2006)
177
Hobart sits on what body of water?
Storm Bay
178
3 requirements for "Region" & "Sub-Region" in Australia
1. Single Tracts of Land, 2. min 5 Individually-Owned Vineyards of 3. min 5 HA a piece 4. 500 tonnes grapes annually; THEREFORE NO MONOPOLE GIs?!?!?!?
179
Last vintage Grange is labeled "Grange Hermitage"
1989
180
Jasper Hill calls what GI home? Top 2 bottlings?
Heathcote GI; "Georgia's Paddock" & "Emily's Paddock"
181
First Champagne house to invest in Australia sparkling; what was the winery called?
Roederer (helps found Jansz w/ Heemskerk)
182
#1-prod state (What state accounts for > 50% of Australia's production?)
South Australia
183
Name 2 GIs in the Victorian Alps; the Snowy Mountains?
Victorian Alps (Northeast Victoria): Alpine Valleys GI, Beechworth GI, King Valley GI
Snowy Mtns (Southern NSW): Canberra District GI, Tumbarumba GI ***both part of GDR
184
To label a wine as Scarce Earth, members must be part of what other organization? Name 3 requirements; 3 producers?
MVSWGA members can submit Single Site Shiraz wines if 1. Vines min. 10 y.o, 2. No excessive oak/No Faults, 3. No over/under-ripe flavors; Chapel Hill, Gem Tree, Clarendon Hills, d'Arenberg
185
Ten Minutes by Tractor is located in what GI?
Mornington Peninsula GI
186
What is the climate of Pemberton GI?
Mediterranean w/ Maritime inluence (same as Margaret R!)
187
1st vintage of Grange
1951 (1952 1st commercial)
188
Domaine A is a producer in what Ausie GI? What style is it known for?
Tasmania; BDX
189
Specialty grape of Broke Fordwich
Verdelho
190
What is RDI? What does it stand for?
Regulated Deficit Irrigation: water stress during key periods of vine development; improves quality & reduces water usage (by lowering total amt. of water applied to vines)
191
Australia's 1st varietal CH bottling
Tyrrell's Vat 47 Pinot CH (1971)
192
What major bodies of water surround Tasmania?
Indian Ocean (W), Bass Strait (N), Tasman Sea (E), Southern Ocean (S)
193
Where is Swan Valley GI?
Sub-GI of Swan District (w/i Greater Perth Zone)
194
Seppelt is a pioneer of what GI?
Henty GI
195
Who produce's Amy's Blend?
Moss Wood
196
Name 2 producers of botrytis wines in Australia
De Bortoli & LillyPilly
197
Hunter GI sub-zones
Upper Hunter GI, Pokolbin GI (Lower H), Broke Fordwich GI (Lower H)
198
Who produces "Bella's Garden" & "Ares"?
Two Hands (Barossa)
199
Name the GIs of the South Coast Zone & respective grapes
Shoalhaven Coast GI (Chambourcin) & Southern Highlands GI (Tempranillo, PN!)
200
Who is credited w/ saving OV Barossa Shiraz from extinction in the 1980s?
Peter Lehmann
201
Soils of Hunter Valley
A) W alluvial LOAM & SAND; [B) Red Volcanic (Pokolbin / higher up)]
202
2/3rds of Queensland's wine is produced in what GI?
Granite Belt GI
203
In what Australian GI is SB the #1-planted grape?
Adelaide Hills GI
204
What GI sits between Cape Naturalist (N) & Cape Leeuwin (S)?
Margarat River GI
205
Name the bodies of water that surround Margaret River
Geographe Bay (N), Indian Ocean (W) & S Ocean (S)
206
What organization is in charge of regulating labels, defining geograpic boundaries, moderating exports/trade & promotion of Ausie wine? When is it founded?
Wine Australia; 1981 as Wine & Brandy Corporation
207
Most-planted grape of Eden Valley GI
SHIRAZ (no longer Riesling!)
208
Hunter Semillon rings in at what % abv? Why?
10-12%; early picking b/c of cloud cover / rain
209
Name the GI of Tahbilk
Nagambie Lakes GI (w/i Goulburn V GI); "1927 Marsanne" & "1860 Syrah"
210
How is M of Rutherglen & Topaque made?
A) PASSERILLAGE B) short fermentation on skins C) FORTIFICATION D) extended barrel aging
211
World's oldest Shiraz? Year planted?
Langmeil's "Freedom" V; 1843
212
Rutherglen GI's red-headed twin
Glenrowan GI
213
Where is the Forest Hill Vineyard?
Great Southern GI (w/i Mt Barker - 1st vines of SW Australia)
214
Penfold's iconic white wine aka the white version of Grange
Yattarna (Bin 144); CHARDONNAY; (Adelaide Hills & Tasmania)
215
When are the terms "Champagne" & "Burgundy" phased out in Australia? "Tokay"?
2011; Tokay in 2020
216
#1 (grown) grape Tasmania
PN
217
John Kirk is assoc w/ what winery?
Clonakilla
218
Name the unofficial subzones of Margaret River GI from N to S; which one is inland?
(6): (you can't wait to wear khakis) Yallingup, Carbunup, Wilyabrup, Treeton, Walcliffe, Karridale ***Treeton is only inland subzone
219
Who produces "Tom Culity", "Filius" & "Heytsbury"? What is the grape?
Vasse Felix
220
What is the grape of Muscat of Rutherglen
M ROUGE a PG, Brown Muscat
221
What was Margaret River's first commercial wine?
(1st experimental plantings in 1966); 1971 Dr. Tom Cullity’s Vasse Felix label produced the first commercial Margaret River wine—Riesling
222
Who produces "Block 5 PN"?
Bindi WGs
223
What is Australia's S-most wine region?
Huon Valley (Tasmania)
224
1st Ausie region to embrace screw cap; decade?
Clare Valley GI; 2000
225
What are the "Seven Terranes" & what does it refer to?
7 unique geological areas of McLaren Vale
226
Largest family-owned Ausie wine company
Casella?
227
What GI does Kay Bros call home?
McLaren Vale GI
228
Regions of the Northern Rivers Zone
Hastings River GI
229
Name the zone & top grape of Pemberton GI
SW Australia Zone; Chardonnay ***showing promise
230
What's the specialty wine style of King Valley GI?
Sparkling! (Proescco)
231
Where is Killakanoon? Top Bottling?
Clare Valley GI; Oracle (SH)
232
Taltarni & Dalwhinnie are located in what GI?
Pyrenees GI
233
Where are you likely to find a wine labeled "Syrah" vs. "Shiraz"?
Yarra Valley GI (also Beechworth GI!)
234
"Murrumbateman" is an unofficial sub-region of what GI?
Canberra (where John Kirk 1st plants vineyards)
235
What is the name of Ausie's wine law & when is it established? Who is in charge of it? When are the 1st GIs rolled out?
Label Integrity Program (1990 / 1994 1st GIs); overseen by Wine Australia (founded 1981 as Wine & Brandy Corp)
236
Sub-region GI of Goulburn Valley
Nagambie Lakes GI
237
1st commercial plantings of Victoria were in the ___s @ ___ by the ___ brothers.
1838; Yering Station (Yarra Valley); Ryrie Bros (Scottish settlers)
238
Most common soil of McLaren Vale
Red Brown Loam
239
Who produces "Astralis"? What is the closure?
Clarendon Hills (Mclaren Vale); CORK
240
Who is the current WM @ Penfolds? Name the former WMs
Peter Gago; John Duvall, Don Ditter, Max Schubert
241
What geographical feature divides Victoria from NSW to the N & E?
Murray R
242
When are the first vines of Victoria planted?
1838 (Yarra Valley)
243
Name the region of the following producers: Pewsey Vale & Yalumba
Eden Valley GI
244
Wild Duck Estate calls what GI home?
Heathcote GI
245
Name 3 producers in Tasmania
Domaine A, House of Arras, Tolpuddle, Jansz
246
What is Australia's multi-state zone?
South Eastern Australia
247
Name the GI of the following producers: Philip Shaw, Bloodwood, Canobolas-Smith
Orange GI
248
Langhorne Creek GI is within what zone?
Fleurieu
249
Top GI in S Australia for Pinot Noir
Adelaide Hills GI
250
Producers association of Rutherglen
Winemakers of Rutherglen (prev Muscat of Rutherglen NW)
251
Climate of Grampians GI
Mediterranean
252
Rainiest Australia vintage of last 10 years
2011
253
Sullivan's Cove is a producer of what? Country?
Australia; Single Malt Whisky
254
Name the coolest GI of the Mt Lofty Ranges Zone
Adelaide Hills GI (elevation / cloud cover)
255
Name the sub-zones of Great Southern; which ones are coastal?
Coastal: Albany GI, Denmark GI; Inland: Frankland River GI, Mount Barker GI, Porongurup GI
256
Name 3 unofficiall sub-regions of Clare Valley GI
Auburn, Polish Hill, Sevenhill, Watervale
257
Aside from Chardonnay, what white grapes are popular in Marg River?
SBS / SSB blends
258
What is Terra Rossa? What are the benefits?
(Friable) iron-oxide clay over LS ***good drainage for a clay-based soil w/ good water retention for dry summers
259
What marks Margaret River GI's Eastern border?
Whicher Range
260
Maurice O'Shea is associated with what W?
Mt Pleasant (Hunter Valley)
261
What % of Tasmania's wine production is sparkling?
Only 35-40% (> still styles)
262
2 vintages of the 2000s in which no HIll of Grace was produced
2000, 2011
263
What is the most-planted grape of Adelaide Hills?
Sauvignon Blanc
264
In what decade are Margaret River's first vines planted?
1960s (1966)
265
Coonawarra GI Climate
MEdITERRANEAN
266
What are the 3-most-planted W grape of Barossa?
Riesling, CH, Semillon
267
Which Ausie GI is defined (by law) by elevation? What are its boundaries?
Orange GI; min 600m (max 1000m)
268
Top producer for BDX-blends in Margaret River
Cullen "Diana Madeline"
269
Name the zone of Sunbury GI
Port Philip Zone
270
David Powell is associated w/ what winery?
Torbreck (leaves in 2013)
271
Eden Valley sits at what average elevation?
~500m
272
Who produces "O'Riada" & "Murrumbateman" Shiraz?
Clonakilla
273
What was the first GI of Australia & in what year?
Tasmania GI (1994)
274
GIs of the Big Rivers Zone
Riverina, Murray Darling, Swan Hill, Perricoota
