Australia

Question 1

When were the first convicts to arrive in New South Wales colony?

Answer 1

1788

Question 2

When were the first vines planted in Tasmania?

Answer 2

1823

Question 3

When were the first vines planted in South Australia?

Answer 3

1837

Question 4

When were the first vines planted in Western Australia?

Answer 4

1838

Question 5

When was Penfolds founded?

Answer 5

1844

Question 6

What was the first commercial winery in Barossa?

Answer 6

Orlando Wines founded in 1847

Question 7

When was Pewsey Vale vineyard planted?

Answer 7

1847

Question 8

When did phylloxera arrive?

Answer 8

1877 in Geelong

Question 9

What were the most recent drought vintages in Australia?

Answer 9

2003

2006-2009

Question 10

What were the challenging vintages in Australia from 2000 to present?

Answer 10

2010 was rainy with some mildew

2011 Botrytis and Mildew and challenging

Question 11

When was the Label Integrity Program introduced?

Answer 11

1990

Question 12

Who makes “Basket Press Shiraz”

Answer 12

Rockford, in the Barossa Valley

Question 13

Who makes Graveyard Shiraz?

Answer 13

Brokenwood in the Hunter Valley

Question 14

Who makes “Australis”

Answer 14

It’s a Shiraz made by Clarendon Hills in the McLaren Vale

Question 15

What are the requirements to be a wine region in Australia?

Answer 15

Single tract of land
5 independent vineyards of 5 hectares apiece minimum
Minimum of 500 tons of grapes

Question 16

Where is the wine Armagh from and who makes it? What grape is it from?

Answer 16

Made by Jim Barry in the Clare Valley from Shiraz

Question 17

Who makes the wine Diana-Madeline?

Answer 17

It’s a Cabernet-Merlot blend made by Cullen in Margaret River

Question 18

Where are the world’s oldest Syrah vines planted?

Answer 18

1843 at the Freedom Vineyard in Barossa

Question 19

Where is the oldest Cabernet in Australia?

Answer 19

Penfold’s Block 42 was planted in 1888 in Barossa

Question 20

35 year old vines in Barossa would be labeled how on a bottle?

Answer 20

Old vines

Question 21

Survivor vines in Barossa are how many years old?

Answer 21

70 years

Question 22

Ancestor vines are how old in Barossa?

Answer 22

125

Question 23

What are the levels of the Barossa Old Vine Charter?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Which Barossa winery is known to have a 100 year old Para Vintage Tawny?

Answer 24

Seppettsfield

Question 25

Where is Mount Mary winery located?

Answer 25

Yarra Valley

Question 26

Top South Australian vintages for the 1990s

Answer 26

1990 1991 1996 1998

Question 27

Great South Australian vintages for the 1980s

Answer 27

1983 | 1986

Question 28

Top vintages in South Australia for the 1970s

Answer 28

1971 | 1976

Question 29

Top south Australian vintages of the 1960s

Answer 29

1962 1963 1966

Question 30

Top South Australian vintages of the 1950s

Answer 30

1952 1953 1955

Question 31

What are two subregions of the Adelaide Hills GI?

Answer 31

Piccadilly GI | Lenswood GI

Question 32

What. Was the first vintage of “John Riddoch,” and who produces it?

Answer 32

Wynn’s Coonawara produces this since the 1982 vintage.

Question 33

What was the last official Australian GI to be formed?

Answer 33

Coonawara in 2003

Question 34

Who is Maurice O’Shea?

Answer 34

Winemaker who produced “Hunter Valley Shiraz” at Mount Pleasant winery in New South Wales

Question 35

What are the subzones of the Hunter GI?

Answer 35

Upper Hunter Valley Broke Fordwich Pokolbin Last two are part of Lower Hunter

Question 36

Where are the wineries of Tyrell’s, Brokenwood, McWilliam’s Mt. Pleasant located?

Answer 36

Hunter Valley

Question 37

Which grape is known as “Hunter Riesling?”

Answer 37

Semillon

Question 38

Who makes the top Semillon ILR Reserve?

Answer 38

Brokenwood- released 6 years after vintage.

Question 39

Which are the subregions of the Central Ranges GI in New South Wales?

Answer 39

Mudgee Orange Cowra All three regions are on the Western slopes of the Great Dividing Range.

Question 40

Where would you find the GI Hastings Rivers?

Answer 40

In the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales

Question 41

What are the GIs of the South Coast region of New South Wales?

Answer 41

Shoalhaven Coast GI | Southern Highlands GI

Question 42

Who makes the wine “Noble One,” which grape is it made from?

Answer 42

Botrytis Semillon from DeBertoli

Question 43

What is the geographic influence in the Canberra district of New South Wales?

Answer 43

The snowy Mountains, also there is a mild, continental climate like the northern Rhone.

Question 44

Where would you find the GI’s of Hilltops, Gundagai and Tumbarumba?

Answer 44

In the South New South Wales Zone.

Question 45

Who brought Pinot Noir to the Yarra Valley?

Answer 45

James Busby brought Clos Vougeot cuttings to the Yarra Valley in 1831.

Question 46

Where would you find the GIs of Geelong and Macedon Ranges?

Answer 46

In Victoria in the Port Philip Zone. Very cool regions. Pinot Noir grows well here.

Question 47

What are the GIs of the Port Philip Zone?

Answer 47

``` Yarra Valley Mornington Peninsula Geelong Sunbury Macedon Ranges ```

Question 48

What are the subregions of Tasmania?

Answer 48

Northern: Pipers River Tamar Valley North West Coast ``` Southern: Derwent Valley Huon Valley Coal River/Richmond The East Coast ```

Question 49

Which GI is farthest north in Western Australia? Swan District or Margaret River?

Answer 49

Swan District

Question 50

Albany, Denmark, Frankland River, Mount Barker and Porongurup are all subregions of what?

Answer 50

Great Southern in South West Australia

Question 51

What are the major grapes and wine style of Henty GI?

Answer 51

Sparkling wine from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. This is in Southwestern Victoria

Question 52

Major grape of Pyrenees GI?

Answer 52

In Western Victoria- main grape is Shiraz and Cabernet

Question 53

Where is Gippsland GI and what is the primary grape grown there?

Answer 53

It is in Eastern Victoria. Chardonnay is #1

Question 54

What are the subregions of Greater Perth GI?

Answer 54

Peel Perth Hills Swan District

Question 55

What are the 4 categories that the Muscat of Rutherglen Network has created?

Answer 55

Created in 1995 it is a self-regulating organization. This classification is applied to both Muscat and Topaque. Rutherglen Muscat: 3-5years. 180-240 g/l Classic: 6-10 years. 200-280g/l Grand: 11-19 years. 270-400g/l Rare: Min 20 years. 210-400g/l

Question 56

A bottle labeled “Rare” Rutherglen Muscat would be aged for an average of how many years? How many grams RS would it have?

Answer 56

Aged for a minimum of 20 years- this is the highest level of Muscat. RS would be between 210-400g/l

Question 57

What are two GIs that are shared by Victoria and New South Wales?

Answer 57

Murray Darling and Swan Hill. They are both in North West Victoria on the border of New South Wales.

Question 58

GI: Majella

Answer 58

Coonawara

Question 59

GI: Moss Wood

Answer 59

Margaret River

Question 60

GI: Mount Mary

Answer 60

Yarra Valley- Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Question 61

Best Barossa vintages since 2000

Answer 61

2005 2010 2015 2016

Question 62

Worst Barossa vintages since 2000

Answer 62

2011- rain at harvest 2009- excessive heat 2003

Question 63

Best Barossa vintages from the 1990s

Answer 63

1996 | 1998