Australia

Question 1

Name all the regions of the limestone coast

Answer 1

W
•Mt Benson
•Robe

E
•Padthaway
•Wrattonbully
•Coonawarra
•Mt Gambier

Question 2

Where’s Fleurieu?

Answer 2

It’s an island off the coast of South Australia

-Kangaroo Island : BDO grapes

Question 3

What’s the name of the river that divides NSW from Victoria?

Answer 3

•Murray River

Question 4

Which wine producing zone is shared between NSW and Victoria?

Answer 4

• Murray-Darling Sunraysia

* Swan Hill

Question 5

Where’s swan hill?

Answer 5

It’s in the border of NSW and Victoria on the Victoria side

Question 6

Where’s Yarra Valley?

Answer 6

Victoria

Cool climate, producers make “Syrah” unlike shiraz

Question 7

What’s Australias varietal labeling percentage?

Answer 7

85 %

Question 8

Arrange these from biggest to smallest

Region
State
Zone

Answer 8

State, zone, region, sub region

Question 9

What’s the name of the only superzone in Australia?

Answer 9

•Adelaide super zone, located in southern Australia
And made up of

• Barossa
• Fleurieu
• Mt Lofty Ranges

Question 10

What are the two regions of the Barossa Zone?

Answer 10

• Barossa Valley

* Eden Valley

Question 11

Where’s the Darling Range located?

Answer 11

Western Australia

Question 12

Name all the states of Australia

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Where’s the Great Dividing Range located?

Answer 13

It’s in New South Wales, Australia

Question 14

Which zone or region is heavily irrigated and it’s the source of mass produced wines and about 12% of Australia’s total production?

Answer 14

Riverina in NSW

This is where yellow tail is located

Question 15

Who is De Bortoli? And what’s he known for?

Answer 15

It’s a famous producer from Australia based in riverina NSW, and makes the “noble one”-a bortritised semillon dessert wine

Question 16

Who makes yellow tail?

Answer 16

Casella, sourcing most of its fruit from riverina in NSW

Question 17

Where are the Brokenback mountains located?

Answer 17

•NSW, west of the Hunter Valley

Question 18

Where’s Broke Fordwich?

Answer 18

It’s a subregion of the lower hunter valley, famous for having the oldest plantings of Verdelho

Question 19

Explain the climate of the hunter valley

Answer 19

It’s sub-tropical and hot, rain shadow of the Brokenback mts, but mitigated by the ocean, rain and wind

Question 20

Where are the snowy mnts?

Answer 20

In NSW, the tumbarumba makes good sparkling wines of PN and Chard

Question 21

Which GI in NSW is known for cool alpine climate sparkling wines?

Answer 21

•Tumbarumba GI SW of Canberra (east coast)

Question 22

What’s the smallest and COOLEST state in Australia?

Answer 22

•Victoria

Question 23

Where in Australia can you find wines labeled as “Syrah”?

Answer 23

In Yarra Valley, Victoria

Question 24

Which GIs are know for topaque and sweet fortified wines?

Answer 24

• Rutherglen (Sweetest wines in the world)
• Glenrowan

Both in Victoria

Question 25

What’s a distinctive maker of Coonawarra can?

Answer 25

Eucalyptus

Question 26

What’s the name of the soil in Coonawarra?

Answer 26

Terra rosa

Question 27

Where are the Mt Lofty Ranges?

Answer 27

East of Barossa in southern Australia

Question 28

Arrange the following GIs from North to south

McLaren Vale, Barossa, Eden Valley, longhorn creek, Clare valley

Answer 28

• Clare Valley
• Barossa
• Eden Valley
• McLaren Vale
• Longhorne Creek

Question 29

What’s longhorne creek known for?

Answer 29

Dessert wines and it’s located in southern Australia

Question 30

Where’s the “Hill of Grace” located?

Answer 30

In the Eden Valley region of the Barossa Zone of the southern Australian state

Question 31

What are the different levels of types of Rutherglen Muscat?

Answer 31

• 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

Question 32

Where’s Tamar Valley located?

Answer 32

Tasmania

Question 33

Where’s the Kalimna vineyard?

Answer 33

Barossa valley, penfolds makes a shiraz out of it