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The label integrity program of Australia asserts the rule of percentage?

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85%

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What winemaking technique is illegal in Australia?

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Chapitalization

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Where were vines brought to Australia’s from?

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Sout Africa

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What historical event effected the Australian wine industry in the 1800s?

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Gold rush

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What was Australia’s original forte before moving to table wines and then becoming a key international wine player?

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Fortified wine

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What are major varietals grown in Australia?

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Shiraz
Cab Sauv
Chardonnay
Merlot
Semillon
Grenache
Mourvèdre (mataro)
Pinot noir
Riesling
Viognier
Sauv Blanc
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What are common blends in Australia?

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Shiraz and Viognier
Shiraz and cab Sauv
Chardonnay and Semillon
GSM

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Recently Australia experienced significant droughts in what years?

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2003

2006-2009

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What is significant about Australia’s soil?

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It is one of the oldest and least fertile soils in the world, having lost many nutrients due to erosion. Acidic and high in salinity. These conditions cause stress on the vines, which results in lower yields of higher quality grapes!

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Describe the Barossa Old Vine Charter.

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Old vines: 35 years
Survivor vines: 70 years
Centenarian vines: 100 years
Ancestor vines: 125 years

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How is the system of geographical indications set up in Australia?

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Australia
super zone
State
Zone 
region
Sub region
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What is Grange Hermitage and why is it important?

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Debuted by Max Schubert in 1951 in Australia. Now known as le folds grange Shiraz. Sourced from multiple sites, in Australian multi-site-blending fashion.

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What grape is in hunter valley Riesling?

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Semillon

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What is “noble one?”

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A botrytised Semillon by De Bertoli from Riverina, Australia.

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What is “Hill of grace?”

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A single vineyard Shiraz by Henschke from Eden Valley, Barossa Zone, South Australia.

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What are stickies and where do they come from?

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Sweet, fortified, Muscat-based wines from Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.

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What is a famous cab Sauv from coonawara, south Australia?

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wynn’s “John riddoch”

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Which 2 regions in New South Wales are technically shared by Victoria?

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Murray darling and swan hill

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What are good vintages in Australia?

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2001-2006

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What is another name for riverina, Australia, and what is grown there?

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Murrumbidgee

Botrytised Semillon
Chardonnay
Shiraz

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Which grapes are grown in New South Wales?

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Chardonnay
Semillon
Shiraz
Riesling

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What is the general climate of New South Wales?

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Hot and humid, although cooler areas near mountains or with elevation

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What grapes are common in the Central ranges zone of New South Wales?

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Chardonnay
Merlot
Cab Sauv

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What are the alcohol levels of wines from the hunter valley, Australia?

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Surprisingly low to medium despite the heat

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Describe the climate of the hunter valley in Australia.

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Subtropical, hot, humid

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What is grown in the upper hunter valley?

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Chardonnay

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What is grown in the lower hunter valley?

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“Hunter valley Riesling,” which is actually Semillon

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What is Tumbarumba GI in New South Wales known for?

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Sparkling wines of Pinot noir and Chardonnay

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Where can you find Tempranillo in New South Wales?

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Southern highlands GI, South Coast Zone.

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What are the zones of New South Wales?

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Big rivers zone
Central ranges zone
Hunter valley zone
Northern rivers zone
Northern slopes zone
South coast zone
Southern New South Wales zone
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What is the climate of the Hastings River GI, where is it, and what grapes are grown there?

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Very hot and rainy.
northern rivers zone of New South Wales, Australia.
Semillon.

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What is the soil of New South Wales in general?

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Sand, alluvial, red clay

32
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Which mountains influence New South Wales?

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Great dividing range

Snowy mountains

33
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Where can you find chambourcin in Australia?

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Shoalhaven Coast GI, south coast zone, New South Wales

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What is the climate of Tumbarumba?

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Cool, alpine, sunny

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What grapes are grown in the Canberra district GI ? What French AOC has it been compared to?

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Shiraz
Pinot noir
Dry Riesling
Gruner vetliner

cote rotie, Rhone

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Which states of Australia are conducive to winemaking?

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New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
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What varietal is common in the New England Australia GI? What zone is that in?

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Shiraz

Northern slopes zone

38
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What is the name of the zone surrounding Melbourne in Victoria, Australia? What is the climate there?

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Port Phillips Zone

cooler to Mediterranean climate

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What is the general climate of Victoria, Australia?

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Cool, maritime coast and hot inland

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What is the mountain range that effects Victoria, Australia?

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Australian Alps

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What is a famous producer of sparkling wine based in the Yarra valley, Victoria, Australia?

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Australian domaine Chandon

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What is the climate of the Yarra valley?

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Cool, maritime

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What grapes are common in the Yarra valley and what winemaking influences help indicate them?

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Pinot Noir
cab Sauv
Merlot
Chardonnay - lees
Shiraz - low levels of oak
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What are the regions of the port Phillips zone in Victoria, Australia?

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Yarra valley
Mornington peninsula
Feeling
Sunbury
Macedon Ranges
45
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What is the climate of the mornington peninsula in the port Phillips zone of Victoria, Australia? What grapes are grown there?

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Cool, windy, maritime

Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir
Chardonnay

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What is the Muscat of Rutherglen Network?

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They classified a four tier system for age, sweetness and complexity of Muscat wines from Rutherglen, northeast Victoria, Australia. marked by an “R” in the label.

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What is Rutherglen known for?

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Brown Muscat stickies

Muscadelle Topaques

48
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What method helps sweeten grapes in Rutherglen and GlenRowan, Victoria?

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Passillerage

49
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Murray darling and swan hill are shared by which states? Which River runs through them? What grapes are grown there?

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New South Wales and Victoria
Murray River
Chardonnay and Shiraz

50
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What are two dry, warm GIs in Central Victoria that grow Shiraz?

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Heathcote and Bendigo

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What are two cool GIs in western Victoria where sparkling wine is produced?

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Grampians and Henty

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What is the climate of south Australia?

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Cool in south, warm inland and to the north

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Where can you find terra rossa soil?

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Coonawara, and Padthaway in the Limestone Coast Zone, South Australia

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In Barossa, and in Australia in general, what varietal is often blended with Shiraz?

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Viognier

55
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Where is home to a sparkling Shiraz wine?

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Barossa Valley, South Australia

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In south Australia, which GIs produce dry Riesling?

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Eden Valley in the Barossa Zone
Clare Valley in the Mount Lofty Ranges Zone
Padthaway in the Limestone Coast Zone

57
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What characterizes the Shiraz of McLaren Vale in the fleurieu zone in South Australia?

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High alcohol

Iron notes

58
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Which GI is very hot in south Australia?

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Barossa

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What are the GI zones of south Australia?

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Barossa zone
Mount lofty Mountains zone
Fleurieu zone
Limestone coast zone
Lower Murray zone
Far north zone
60
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Which GI in south Australia is known for dessert wines?

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McLaren Vale in Fleurieu GI

61
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What grapes are grown in McLaren Vale GI in Fleurieu Zone, South Australia?

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Shiraz, cab Sauv, Chardonnay, Grenache, Merlot

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Which GI is Australia’s self-proclaimed red wine center?

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Coonawara in the Limestone coast zone of south Australia.

63
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Which GI in Western Australia is known for fortified wines?

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Swan district/swan River valley

64
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What is an indicator of Chardonnay from the Margaret River GI in Western Australia?

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Prominent new oak

65
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What is the climate of tasmania and what grapes grow there? What type of wine is produced there?

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Cool but sunny. Still and sparkling wines.

Pinot Noir
Riesling
Chardonnay
Sauv Blanc

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What is the southern most GI in Australia?

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Tasmania

67
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Which grapes are common in Western Australia?

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Shiraz
Chardonnay
Cab Sauv
Cab franc
Merlot
Riesling
Pinot noir
68
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Which GI has more cool climate grapes in Western Australia?

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Great Southern GI

69
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What are Chardonnay vineyards in the Margaret River GI planted with in Western Australia?

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gingin clones

70
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What is the climate of Margaret River GI in Western Australia?

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Temperate to warm Mediterranean with a maritime influence

71
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Premium cab sauvs can be found in what western Australia GI?

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Margaret River GI

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