Australia Flashcards
Name all the regions of the limestone coast
W
•Mt Benson
•Robe
E •Padthaway •Wrattonbully •Coonawarra •Mt Gambier
Where’s Fleurieu?
It’s an island off the coast of South Australia
-Kangaroo Island : BDO grapes
What’s the name of the river that divides NSW from Victoria?
•Murray River
Which wine producing zone is shared between NSW and Victoria?
- Murray-Darling Sunraysia
* Swan Hill
Where’s swan hill?
It’s in the border of NSW and Victoria on the Victoria side
Where’s Yarra Valley?
Victoria
Cool climate, producers make “Syrah” unlike shiraz
What’s Australias varietal labeling percentage?
85 %
Arrange these from biggest to smallest
Region
State
Zone
State, zone, region, sub region
What’s the name of the only superzone in Australia?
•Adelaide super zone, located in southern Australia
And made up of
- Barossa
- Fleurieu
- Mt Lofty Ranges
What are the two regions of the Barossa Zone?
- Barossa Valley
* Eden Valley
Where’s the Darling Range located?
Western Australia
Name all the states of Australia
- Western Australia
- Northern Territory
- southern Australia
- Queensland
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Tasmania
Where’s the Great Dividing Range located?
It’s in New South Wales, Australia
Which zone or region is heavily irrigated and it’s the source of mass produced wines and about 12% of Australia’s total production?
Riverina in NSW
This is where yellow tail is located
Who is De Bortoli? And what’s he known for?
It’s a famous producer from Australia based in riverina NSW, and makes the “noble one”-a bortritised semillon dessert wine
Who makes yellow tail?
Casella, sourcing most of its fruit from riverina in NSW
Where are the Brokenback mountains located?
•NSW, west of the Hunter Valley
Where’s Broke Fordwich?
It’s a subregion of the lower hunter valley, famous for having the oldest plantings of Verdelho
Explain the climate of the hunter valley
It’s sub-tropical and hot, rain shadow of the Brokenback mts, but mitigated by the ocean, rain and wind
Where are the snowy mnts?
In NSW, the tumbarumba makes good sparkling wines of PN and Chard
Which GI in NSW is known for cool alpine climate sparkling wines?
•Tumbarumba GI SW of Canberra (east coast)
What’s the smallest and COOLEST state in Australia?
•Victoria
Where in Australia can you find wines labeled as “Syrah”?
In Yarra Valley, Victoria
Which GIs are know for topaque and sweet fortified wines?
- Rutherglen (Sweetest wines in the world)
- Glenrowan
Both in Victoria
What’s a distinctive maker of Coonawarra can?
Eucalyptus
What’s the name of the soil in Coonawarra?
Terra rosa
Where are the Mt Lofty Ranges?
East of Barossa in southern Australia
Arrange the following GIs from North to south
McLaren Vale, Barossa, Eden Valley, longhorn creek, Clare valley
- Clare Valley
- Barossa
- Eden Valley
- McLaren Vale
- Longhorne Creek
What’s longhorne creek known for?
Dessert wines and it’s located in southern Australia
Where’s the “Hill of Grace” located?
In the Eden Valley region of the Barossa Zone of the southern Australian state
What are the different levels of types of Rutherglen Muscat?
- basic (Rutherglen Muscat) 3-5 yrs 180-240 g/l
- Classic 6-10 yrs 200-280 g/l
- Grand 11-19 yrs 270-400 g/l
- Rare 20+ yrs 270-400 g/l
Where’s Tamar Valley located?
Tasmania
Where’s the Kalimna vineyard?
Barossa valley, penfolds makes a shiraz out of it
