Australia

Question 1

6 major Australian wine growing regions

Answer 1

1) South AU
2) New South Wales
3) Victoria
4) Western Australia
5) Tasmania
6) Queensland

Question 2

What region is Hunter Valley in?

Answer 2

NSW

Question 3

What are formal appellations called in AU?

Answer 3

GI: Geographical Indications

Question 4

What state was home of AU’s first vineyards?

Answer 4

NSW

Question 5

Mountains in NSW

Answer 5

Great Dividing Range

Question 6

2 major producers of NSW and their flagship wines

Answer 6

Casella - “Yellow Tale”

De Bortoli - “Noble One”

Question 7

Climate of Hunter Region

Answer 7

Sub tropical

Question 8

What is Hunter Riesling

Answer 8

semillon

Question 9

Name a popular Hunter Riesling producer and their wine

Answer 9

Tyrell - “Vat 1”

Question 10

Which subregion claims to have the oldest Verdelho plantings in country

Answer 10

Broke Fordwich, Hunter Region

Question 11

Smallest state in AU

Answer 11

Victoria

Question 12

Oldest region in Victoria

Answer 12

Yarra Valley

Question 13

Where is Moet & Chandon’s Australian Domaine?

Answer 13

Yarra Valley, in 1987

Question 14

2 GI that are shared by Victoria & NSW

Answer 14

Murray Darling Swan Hills

Question 15

Who is Tahbilk?

Answer 15

• producer from Nagambie Lakes, Victoria

- had shiraz vines from 1860 since protected them from phylloxera

Question 16

What is Coonawarra known for?

Answer 16

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 17

Flavor profile of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon

Answer 17

soft tannin, red fruit , notes of eucalyptus

Question 18

What is Coonawarra’s famous soil?

Answer 18

red “terra rossa”

Question 19

3 producers of Coonawarra

Answer 19

Wynn - “John Ridgnon”

Parker Estate - “First Growth”

Pennley Estate - “Pheonix”

Question 20

Major producers of Mclaren Vale

Answer 20

D’Arenberg - “Dead Arm” (Shiraz)

Yangarra - “High Sands” (Grenache)

Clarendon Hills - “Astralis” (Shiraz)

Question 21

Why is Adelaide GI a “super zone”

Answer 21

Allows producers to blend from Barossa, Fleurieu, AND Mount Lofty

Question 22

What is Barossa Valley surrounded by

Answer 22

Mount Lofty Ranges

Question 23

2 famous shiraz by Henschke

Answer 23

“Hill of Grace”

“Mount Edelstone”

Question 24

Where is the Margaret River?

Answer 24

Western Australia

Question 25

Producers from Margaret River GI

Answer 25

Cullen
Leeuwin Estate
Cape Mentelle

Question 26

What is the hottest appellation in AU

Answer 26

Swan Valley, Western Australia

Question 27

Where does Australia practice the traditional method in sparkling wine?

Answer 27

Tasmania

Question 28

What is AU’s coolest area for wine

Answer 28

Tasmania

Question 29

Label integrity progam

Answer 29

85% state varietal

Question 30

Penfold’s Grange, where is it from?

Answer 30

Labeled as “south au” so expensive making you think thinking its a terroir driven wine but it’s from multiple sites.

Question 31

What producer in what region produces “The Octavius” what varietal?

Answer 31

Yalumba