Australia

Question 1

What state will you find Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula in?

Answer 1

Victoria

Question 2

What is “tokay” in Australia?

Answer 2

Dessert wine made from Muscadelle

Question 3

What is Terra Rossa?

Answer 3

A nine mile strip of reddish soil over limestone, located in Coonawarra; makes the climate/soil very much like Bordeaux

Question 4

Which Australian state has not seen phylloxera and why?

Answer 4

South Australia, because of its strict quarantine laws

Question 5

What kind of wines are the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula known for?

Answer 5

Cool-climate Pinot Noir, some Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 6

In which state would you find Adelaide Hills GI?

Answer 6

South Australia

Question 7

Name the levels in the Australian appellation system from biggest to smallest

Answer 7

Australia
South Eastern Australia Super Zone
State of Origin
Zone
Region
Sub-Region

Question 8

What is the minimum percentage needed for a variety, region and vintage to be listed on an Australian wine label?

Answer 8

85%

Question 9

Where is Perth?

Answer 9

Western Australia

Question 10

What are 3 important GIs within Western Australia?

Answer 10

Margaret River
Great Southern
Swan District

Question 11

What was Australia’s first wine region?

Answer 11

Swan Valley, within Western Australia

Question 12

Name all of Australia’s states

Answer 12

Western Australia 
Northern Territory
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia 
Tasmania

Question 13

Where is Brisbane?

Answer 13

Queensland

Question 14

Where is Sydney?

Answer 14

New South Wales

Question 15

Who makes Yellow Tail, and where are they based?

Answer 15

Casella, New South Wales

Question 16

Where is the Hunter Valley located, and what is it most well known for?

Answer 16

New South Wales; dry Semillon

Question 17

What is the climate of the Hunter, and how does it affect the winegrowing there?

Answer 17

Hot and humid; semillon is picked early when acid is still high

Question 18

Name two “bulk wine” producing GIs of New South Wales

Answer 18

Riverina 
Murray Darling (shared with Victoria)

Question 19

Where is Melbourne?

Answer 19

Victoria

Question 20

What are 3 important subregions of Victoria?

Answer 20

Rutherglen
Mornington Peninsula
Yarra Valley

Question 21

What kind of wine is Rutherglen famous for?

Answer 21

Fortified dessert wines based on muscat and muscadelle; grapes are slightly raisined, then aged in old wooden casks for years; appears brown

Question 22

What grape is most important to Mornington Peninsula?

Answer 22

Pinot noir

Question 23

Where is Adelaide?

Answer 23

South Australia

Question 24

What are the stylistic differences in Rieslings between Eden Valley and Clare Valley?

Answer 24

Eden: floral, mineral; loses acidity more quickly; grapefruity
Clare: longer lived, lime notes

Question 25

Where is McLaren Vale located?

Answer 25

South Australia

Question 26

What is unique about Coonawarra?

Answer 26

The terra rossa soil–250 mi stretch of red, crumbly soil on top of limestone and a permanent water table

Question 27

What region is Coonawarra in?

Answer 27

Limestone Coast

Question 28

Where is Riverland, and what is it known for?

Answer 28

South Australia; box wine

Question 29

What kind of climate does Tasmania have, and what grapes are most important here?

Answer 29

Extremely cool; Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Riesling