Australia Flashcards
Who is Max Schubert?
Pioneering Australian winemaker, most notably credited with creating Penfolds Grange Hermitage
What is the Label Integrity Program? What are its stipulations?
Introduced in 1990, it stipulated that wines labeled by variety, vintage, or region must contain 85% of stated grape, year, or region.
When were the first GIs rolled out?
1994
What areas are included within the Southeastern Australia Zone?
Part of South Australia, Part of Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales
True or False: Chaptalization is illegal in Australia
TRUE
What are the G.Is of the Mount Lofty Ranges
Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains, Clare Valley
What Zone contains Adelaide Hills?
Mount Lofty Ranges
What are the GIs of Western Australia?
Swan Valley, Perth Hills, Peel, Geographe, Blackwood Valley, Margaret River, Manjimup, Pemberton, Great Southern
What are the G.I.s of Great Southern?
Albany, Denmark, Frankland River, Mount Barker, Porongorup
What is the northernmost GI of Great Southern?
Frankland River
Where is Mount Barker, Mount Benson, and Mount Gambier respectively?
Mount Barker is a GI of Great Southern. Mount Gambier and Mount Benson are both GIs within the Limestone Coast of South Australia.
What varieties are common in Mount Barker GI?
Riesling and Shiraz
What are the key varieties of Denmark and Albany?
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Who are the “first five” of Margaret River
Vasse Felix, Leeuwin Estate, Cullen, Moss Wood, Cape Mentelle
Where does Cullen produce wine?
Margaret River
Recommend a cabernet based wine from Margaret River GI
Vasse Felix Heytesbury
Recommend a chardonnay from Margaret River
Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay
What is the Australian synonym for Mourvedre?
Mataro
What is the climate of Margaret River?
Maritime. Mediterranean in terms of rainfall.
What bodies of water lie to the West and South of Western Australia?
Indian Ocean is West. Southern Ocean is South.
What is the hottest GI in Western Australia
Perth Hills
What does the term ‘doctors-cum-winemakers’ refer to? Give an example.
Early development of viticulture, particularly in Western Australia dominated by Doctors. Dr. Tom Cullity of Vasse Felix.
Where is Castelli Estate?
Great Southern GI of Western Australia
True or False: South Australia is phylloxera free
TRUE
What region is Australia is known as ‘The Wine State’?
South Australia
What vineyard has the world’s oldest syrah vines? What year were they planted?
Langmeil ‘Freedom’ Vineyard. Barossa. 1843
Where is the ‘Freedom’ Vineyard?
Barossa
Where is Robe GI?
Limestone Coast of South Australia
Where is Mount Benson?
Limestone Coast of South Australia
Where is Mount Gambier?
Limestone Coast of South Australia
What are the GIs of the LImestone Coast?
Robe, Coonawarrra, Padthaway, Mount Benson, Mount Gambier, Wrattonbully,
Where is Wrattonbully?
Limestone Coast of South Australia
Where is the Lower Murray Zone?
South Australia
What is the sole GI of the Lower Murray Zone?
Riverland GI
Where is Riverland GI?
Lower Murray Zone, South Australia
What are the GIs of the Fleurieu Zone?
Mclaren Vale, Southern Fleurieu, Langhorne Creek, Currency Creek, Kangaroo Island
What zone contains Kangaroo Island?
Fleurieu Zone
What zone contains the Southern Flinders Ranges?
Far North Zone, South Australia
What are the GIs of the Barossa Zone?
Eden Valley, Barossa Valley
How old must vines be to be listed as Centenarian vines in the Barossa Charter?
100 years
How old must the vines be for Ancestor vines in the Barossa Charter?
125 years
How old are Survivor Vines in the Barossa Charter?
70 years
What are the 4 categories of the Barossa Charter?
Old Vines, Survivor Vines, Centenarian Vines, Ancestor Vines
Who produces ‘The Laird’?
Torbreck
What are the soils of Barossa?
Loamy, clay soils
What is second most planted variety in Barossa?
Cabernet Sauvignon
What is the most planted variety in Barossa?
Shiraz
What is the most planted white grape in Barossa?
Chardonnay
Where is the North Para River?
Barossa
Recommend a Shiraz from Barossa Valley
Elderton Command.
True or False: Penfolds Grange is 100% Barossa Fruit
FALSE
What are the main differences between Barossa and Eden Valley?
Eden Valley is cooler, wetter, higher elevation, and is more sparsely planted
Where is ‘Hill of Grace’?
Eden Valley
Who makes ‘Virgilius’? Where is it located?
Yalumba. Eden Valley.
Recommend a riesling from Eden Valley
Pewsey Vale Contours Riesling. Released after 5 years!
Where is Heggies Vineyard? What is it most known for?
Eden Valley. Chardonnay.
What are the sub regions of Adelaide Hills?
Lenswood and Piccadilly Valley
What is the most planted grape of Adelaide Hill GI?
Sauvignon Blanc. Whites account for 70% of plantings here.
Where is ‘Mount Edelstone’? Who produces this wine?
Eden Valley. Henschke
Where is Polish Hill?
Clare Valley
Where is Lenswood GI?
Adelaide Hills
Where is Piccadilly GI?
Adelaide Hills
What are the unofficial sub regions of Clare Valley?
Watervale, Polish Hill
Recommend two producers of riesling from Clare Valley
Grosset, Pikes
True or False: Whites are more commonly planted in Clare Valley
False. Reds dominate with 64% of plantings.
What is the climate of McLaren Vale?
Maritime
What is the most planted white of McLaren Vale?
Chardonnay
Who produces ‘Dead Arm’? Where is it produced?
D’Arenberg. McLaren Vale
What are the soils of McLaren Vale?
Brown loamy soils
Recommend a chardonnay from McLaren Vale
Gemtree ‘Citrine’ Chardonnay
Who produces ‘Obsidian’? Where is it produced?
Gemtree, McLaren Vale
Where does Clarendon Hills make Astralis?
McLaren Vale
What is Terra Rossa?
Type of red clay produced by weathering of limestone caused by oxidation and the appearance of iron oxide.
Who owns half of the vineyards of Coonawarra?
Wynns
Where is Wynns famous for making wine?
Coonawarra
Where is Majella estate?
Coonawarra
What are the most planted varieties in Mount Gambier GI?
Pinor Noir and Sauvignon Blanc
True or False: Victoria has been phylloxera free
FALSE
Where is Domaine Chandon in Australia?
Yarra Valley, Victoria
What zone contains Sunbury GI?
Port Phillip
What zone contains Geelong GI?
Port Phillip
What are the GIs of Port Phillip?
Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Geelong, Macedon Ranges, Sunbury
What is the most planted variety in Yarra Valley GI?
Chardonnay
Where is Coldstream Hills based?
Yarra Valley, Victoria
Recommend a pinot noir from Victoria
BINDI ‘Block 5’ Pinot Noir Macedon Ranges, Victoria
What region is Tahblik well known for?
Goulburn Valley
Who is the most famous producer of Goulburn Valley?
Tahblik
Is botrytis desireable in Rutherglen Muscat?
No. Ruins varietal character
What is the main difference from Rutherglen Muscat and Topaque?
Topaque is produced from white grapes while Muscat can be red or white
What is the grape of Topaque
muscadelle
Recommend a Rutherglen Muscat
Chambers Rare Rutherglen Muscat
What other GI produces similar styles of Fortified wines as Rutherglen?
Glenrowan
Where is Giaconda estate?
Beechworth
Where is Beechworth GI?
North East Victoria
What GI contains Great Western GI?
Grampians GI
Where is Pyrenees GI?
Western Victoria
What Zone in Victoria does not contain any GIs?
Gippsland
What are the GIs of North East Victoria?
Rutherglen, King Valley, Alpine Valleys, Beechworth, Glenrowan
What are the GIs of Central Victoria?
Bendigo, Goulburn Valley, Heathcote, Strathbogie Ranges, Upper Goulburn
What are the GIs of Port Phillip?
Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Geelong, Macedon Ranges, Sunbury
What are the GIs of Western VIctoria?
Grampians, Pyrenees, Henty
What are the GIs of NorthWest Victoria?
Murray Darling, Swan Hill
Where is Broke Fordwich?
Hunter Valley
Where are the oldest plantings of Verdelho in Australia?
Broke Fordwich, Hunter GI
Where is Pokolbin?
Hunter GI
What are the sub regions of Hunter GI?
Upper Hunter Valley, Broke Fordwich, Pokolbin
What is the most planted grape in Hunter Valley?
Semillon
Recommend a bottling of Hunter Valley Semillon
Tyrell’s Vat 1
What is Brokenwood ‘ILR Reserve’? Where is it produced?
Semillon. Hunter Valley
What are the GIs of the Central Ranges Zone?
Mudgee, Cowra, Orange
Where is the Central Ranges Zone?
New South Wales
What is the difference between Swan Valley and Swan Hill?
Swan Valley is in Western Victoria. Swan Hill is in New South Wales.
Where is Craigmoor?
Mudgee GI
What GI has the highest elevations in the country?
Orange GI, New South Wales
Where is Riverina?
Big Rivers Zone. New South Wales.
What GI is also known as the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area?
Riverina
What is the difference between Riverina GI and Riverland GI
Riverina GI is located in the Big Rivers Zone of New South Wales. Riverland GI is located in the Lower Murray Zone of South Australia.
Where is the Canberra District? What is it known for?
South New South Wales. Syrah. Comparisons to Cote Rotie.
Where does Clonakilla produce wine?
Canberra District GI
Where is Perricota GI?
Big Rivers Zone, New South Wales
What GI is shared between Victoria and New South Wales?
Murray Darling
Where is Hastings River?
Northern Rivers Zone, New South Wales
Where is New England Australia?
Northern Slopes Zone, New South Wales
What GI is located in Northern Slopes?
New England Australia
What are the GIs of Big Rivers Zone?
Murray Darling, Perricota, Riverina, Swan Hill
What are the GIs of the South Coast Zone?
Shoalhaven Coast, Southern Highlands
Where is Tumbarumba GI?
Southern New South Wales, New South Wales
Where is Gundagai?
Southern New South Wales, New South Wales
Where is Hilltops GI?
Southern New South Wales, New South Wales
Where is the Western Plains Zone?
New South Wales
Where is CoalRiver?
Tasmania
Where is the Tamar Valley?
Tasmania
What is Australia coolest and southernmost wined producing area?
Tasmania
Recommend a producer of sparkling wine from Tasmania
Jansz Premium Vintage cuvee
What is the most planted variety of Tasmania?
Pinot Noir
Who produces Cyril Cabernet?
Henschke
Who owns Penfolds and Lindemans?
Treasury Wine Estates
What GIs touch the coast in Victoria?
Henty in Western Victoria, Mornington Peninsula and Geelong in Port Philip, and Gippsland.
Name the zone for the following appellations: Bendigo and Pyrenees.
Bendigo is in Central Victoria. Pyrenees is in Western Victoria.
Who was Maurice O Shea?
He founded Mt.Pleasant in Hunter Valley in 1925 and produced some of Australia’s first wines labeled by variety.
When was the first vintage of Grange Hermitage
1951
What was the first vintage of Hill of Grace?
1958
What are the three categories of Langton’s Classification of Australian wine?
Exceptional, Outstanding, and Excellent
List 3 wines that are recognized in Langton’s Classification of Australian wine
Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay, Rockford Basket Press Shiraz, Wendouree Shiraz, Moss Wood Cabernet, Clarendon Hills Astralis, Giaconda Chardonnay, Grosset Polish Hill Riesling
What happened in the 2003, 2006, 2008, and 2009 vintages of Australia?
Drought
What unique events occured in the 2009 and 2011 vintages of Australia?
In 2009 the Victorian bush fires and in 2011 La Nina inflicted some of the wettest growing seasons ever in South East Australia
Name 3 wineries owned by Treasury Wine Estates
Coldstream Hills, Penfolds, Wynns, Beringer, BV Vineyards
What is the most planted white in Australia?
Chardonnay
If multiple grapes are included in a blend, what is required by the Label Integrity Program?
They must be listed in order of proportion in the blend
What are 3 stipulations of the Label Integrity Prregion.
Min. 85% of variety, vintage, and Region. If a blend, all varietys included must be listed in proportion of the blend. All components must make up 85%. Also any reference to foreign geographical regions is prohibited. Labels must also declare the amount of standard drinks the wine contains
What is the largest state in Australia?
Western Australia
What is typical of much of the typography in Western Australia?
Most vineyards are planted on relatively flat coastal plains
What two ocean breezes moderate temperatures in Western Australia?
Albany Doctor and Freemantile Doctor
What are the soils of Margaret River?
Free draining gravels and sandy loam
Who was Dr. John Gladstones
a Legal agronomist that identified and suggested the creation of six different sub regions based on climate and soil difference in Margaret River
Where is Wilyabrup?
Margaret River
Where is Yallingup?
Margaret River
Where is Karridale?
Margaret River
Name two subregions of Margaret River
Wilyabrup, Wallcliffe, Yallingup, Karridale, Treeton, Carbunup
Where does Voyager estate produce wine?
Margaret River
What subregion of Margaret River is considered the Cabernet Heartland?
Wilyabrup Valley
What is the ‘Golden Triangle’
The holy trinity of Margaret River Chardonnay, all within Wallcliffe–Cape Mentelle, Leeuwin Estate, and Voyager Estate
What is the 2nd most prominent GI in Western Australia?
Great Southern GI
Where is Forest Hill? Why is this important?
It is in Mount Barker. This was the site where Houghton and its famed winemaker Jack Mann, produced Great Southern’s first red wine from Forest Hill Cabernet Grapes in 1972.
What grape variety is the most planted in both Pemberton and Manjimup GIs?
Sauvignon Blanc. Remember these are cool climate regions that sit parallel to Great Southern GI.
Where does Houghton produce wines?
They are a BIG player in Western Australia
What GIs are contained within the Adelaide Super Zone?
Mount Lofty Ranges, Barossa Zone, and Fleurieu Zone
Where does Jacob’s Creek produce wine?
Barossa. Located in Rowland Flat, thiswas also where Orlando Wines was established.
Who produces Bin 707?
Penfolds. Flagship Cabernet wine
What are Australia’s oldest Cabernet vines?
Penfolds Block 42 in Barossa
Where is Seppeltsfield?
Barossa
Who produces ‘RunRig’? Where is it produced?
Torbreck. Barossa
Who produces Plexus? Why is this worth conversation?
John Duval,former winemaker for Grange at Penfolds
What are key differences between Eden Valley and Barossa?
Eden has higher elevation, a more hilly terrain, is cooler, wetter, with stonier soils
What is the coolest region in South Australia?
Adelaide Hills GI
What is the most planted grape in Adelaide Hills?
Sauvignon Blanc
Who produces the Armagh? Where is it produced?
Jim Barry. Clare Valley.
What body of water lies west of Mclaren Vale?
The Gulf of St. Vincent
What body of water supplies water for Langhorne Creek?
Lake Alexandrina. The region didn’t kick off until the 1990s when licenses were granted to transport irrigation water from the lake to the mouth of the Murray River
Who is the longest producer in Langhorne Creek?
Metala. They make a redblend at Stonyfell Vineyard
Who was John Riddoch?
Landowner and politician who owned 28,500 haof land across Australia and planted the first vines in Coonawarra in 1891
What is the climate of Coonawarra?
Cool Mediterranean
List from north to South: Coonawarra, Padthaway, Wrattonbully
Padthaway, Wrattonbully, Coonawarra
Who were the Ryrie brothers?
Three Scottishborn cattlemen from Sydney that leased 43,000 acres for grazing in Yarra Valley–and named their property ‘Yerring’
Where did Phylloxera first appear in Victoria?
Geelong
Who produces Quintet? Where is it produced?
Mount Mary. It is a Cabernet based blend that is produced in the Yarra Valley. Veryfamous wine.
What is the coolest GI on the Australian mainland?
Macedon Ranges
Who produces 1860 Vines Shiraz?
Tahbilk
Who produces 1927 Vines Marsanne?
Tahbilk
True or False: Rutherglen muscat is produced by red grapes
True. Red grapes.
What eight wineries produce Muscat wines in Rutherglen?
All Saints, Chambers, Campbells, Stanton and Killeen, Rutherglen Estates, Buller, Pfeiffer
Where does Stanton and Kileen produce wine?
Rutherglen (Muscat)
Where does All Saints produce wine?
Rutherglen (muscat)
What is the Great Dividing Range?
A complex of mountain chains runing along the entire coastline of New South Wales, blocking western areas from rainfall and cooling maritime breezes
What geological feature influences the climate of New South Wales rainfall?”
Great Dividing Range
What is Australia’s oldest continuously operating winery?
Wyndhams in New South Wales
Who produces Graveyard Shiraz?
Brokenwood
who produced Vat 47 Pinot and what is it?
Tyrell. The Country’s first bottling of Chardonnay in 1971
Where does Lark Hill produce wine?
Canberra District GI
Where is Granite Belt GI?
Queensland
Where is South Burnett GI?
Queensland
What body of water separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland?
Bass Straight
Tamar Valley is in what part of Tasmania?
Northern Tasmania
Coal River is in what part of Tasmania?
Southern Tasmania
Name two subregions of Northern Tasmania
Tamar and Pipers River
Where is Pipers River?
Northern Tasmania
Where is the Derwent Valley?
Southern Tasmania
Where is Huon valley?
Southern Tasmania
Where does Jasper Hill produce wine?
Victoria. Ron Laughton considered a legend in region. Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz
Where does Cloudburst produce Pinot?
Margaret River
When was the first vines in Australia arrived?
in 1788
What’s the biggest wine procuding state in Australia? and how’s the production?
South Australia produces 51%
What was the biggest production post-phylloxera in Australia?
fortified wine. about 80%
What is prohibited winemaking method in Australia?
Chaptalization
When was the Wine Australia (government authority) established?
in 1981
What’s the min % of stated grape, year, or region in Australia?
85%
True or False: All components making up a min 85% of the blend must appear on the label in Australia.
TRUE
What is GIs in Australia?
Geographical Indications
Name 6 States produce wine in Australia
- South Australia
Which State has the first vineyards in Australia?
New South Wales in 1788
Name 8 zones of New South Wales.
- Northern Slopes
NAme 4 GIs of Big Rivers
- Murray Darling
Name 3 GIs of Central Ranges
- Cowra
Name 3GIs of Hunter Valley
- Broke Fordwich
Name 1 GIs of Northern Rivers
Hastings River
Name 1 GIs of Northern Slopes
New England Australia
Name 2 GIs of South Coast
- Shoalhaven Coast
Name 4 GIs of Southern New South Wales
- Canberra District - Shiraz & Viognier
Name 2 GIs that are located in both New South Wales ad Victoria.
- Murray Darling
Who produces Yellow tail?
Casella in Riverina
Who produces Noble One, a botrytised semillon dessert wine?
De Bortoli in Riverina
Which GIs is famous for oldest Verdelho planting?
Broke Fordwich of Hunter Valley
Name the 6 zones in Victoria
- North West Victoria
Name GIs of Central Victoria
- Bendigo
Where is Nagambie Lakes?
Goulburn Valley
Name GIs of North East Victoria
- Alpine Valleys
NAme GIs of North West Victoria
- Murray Darling - Chardonnay & Shiraz
Name GIs of Port Phillip
- Geelong
Name the GI’s of Western Victoria Zone
- Pyrenees
Where is Great Western?
Grampians
What’s the smallest & coolest state on the Australian mainland?
Victoria
Which GI is the oldest wine region in Victoria?
Yarra Valley
Where is Domaine Chandon?
in Yarra Valley, in 1987
Climate of coastal Victoria?
Maritime climates
What’s the coolest GI in Victoria?
Mornington Peninsula
Climate of Inland Victoria?
Continental Climate
Who has one of the oldest Shiraz and Marsanne vines in Australia?
Tahbilk, “1860 vines” shiraz
what is formely Tokay, a fortified wine produced from Muscadelle grapes?
Topaque?
What is the Muscat of Rutherglen Network?
Established in 1995. Producer imposed 4-tier classification system of sweet wines, based on age, sweetness and complexity.
List all 4-tier classification system of Muscat of Rutherglen Network.
- Rutherglen Muscat - 3-5 yrs average, Fresh raisin aromas, rich fruit, clean spirit and great palate length.
Name three producers of muscat of rutherglen network
- All saints
Name all 8 zones of South Australia
- Far North
What’s subzones of Adelaide Superzone
- Barossa
Name all GIs of Barossa
- Barossa Valley
Name 3 top producers from the Barossa Valley.
- Penfolds - Grange
Name a sub GI of Eden Valley
High Eden
Name top producers from the Eden Valley
- Henschke - Hill of Grace
Name all GIs of Fleurieu
- Currency Creek
Name top 3 wines from McLaren Vale.
- D’Arenberg - Dead Arm Shiraz
Name all GIs of Mount Lofty Ranges
- Adelaide Hills - Sauvignon Blanc
Name 2 unofficial sub GIs of Clare Valley.
- Watervale
The best producer in Clare Valley.
Grosset
Name sub GIs of Adelaide Hills
- Lenswood
Name all GIs of Far North
Southern Flinders Ranges
Name all GIs of Limestone Coast
- Coonawarra
Name all GIs of Lower Murray.
Riverland
What is terra rossa soil and where is it found?
well-drained red topsoil in Coonawarra & Padthaway.
Climate of Fleurieu?
Mediterranean
Name 5 Zones of Western Australia
- South West Australia
Name all GIs in Greater Perth
- Peel
What’s the hottest GI in Australia?
Swan District in Greater Perth
Name sub GIs in Swan District
Swan Valley
Name all GIs of South West Australia
- Blackwood Valley
Name 3 key producers in Margaret River
- Vasse Felix
Name all sub GIs in Great Southern.
- Albany
Name 2 GIs of Queensland
- Granite Belt
Name all unofficial GIs in Northern Tasmania
- Pipers River
Name all unofficial GIs in SouthernTasmania
- Derwent Valley
Name Key producers in Northern Tasmania
- Pipers Brook Vineyard
Name Key producers in SouthernTasmania
- Domaine A
What are the most focused categories in Tasmania?
- Sparkling wine
Where is Henschke?
Eden Valley
Who’s the current winemaker of Henschke?
Stephen Henschke
What’s the first vintage of hill of grace?
1958
what’s the difference between hill of grace and hill of roses?
hill of roses is the wine from younger vines that are not ready for hill of grace.
Where is Torbreck?
Barossa Valley
who’s the founder of torbreck?
David Powell
who’s the current winemaker of torbreck?
Craig Isbell
Name 3 cuvees from torbreck.
- Runrig
where is d’Arenberg?
McLaren Vale
who’s the founder of d’Arenberg?
Francis d’Arenberg
who’s the current winemaker of d’Arenberg?
Chester Osborn
What’s the first vintage of dead arm shiraz?
1993
where is Wendouree Cellars?
Clare Valley
When did Wendouree establish?
in 1892
Who’s the owner of Wendouree?
Tony & Lita Brady
Who’s the winemaker of Wendouree?
Stephen George
Where is Jim Barry?
Clare Valley
Who’s the current winemkaer at Jim Barry?
Tom Barry
when is the first vintage of The Armagh Shiraz?
1985
Where is Tahbilk?
Nagambie Lakes in Goulhorn Valley in Victoria
Who produces 1860 Vines Shiraz?
Tahbik in Nagambie Lakes
What is Mataro?
A synonym for Mourvedre
Who produces Cyril Cabernet Sauvignon?
Henschke
Penley Estate, Belnaves, and Parker are top producers in what region?
Coonawara
What body of water is directly west of McLaren Vale GI?
Gulf of St. Vincent
Where is Giaconda?
beechworth
Wilyabrup, Yallingup, and Karridale are all informal sub-regions found in what GI?
Margaret River
What are the 3 major rivers which irrigate the majority of Australia’s vineyards?
Murray
What is seppeltsfield?
one of the oldest winery foundin 1851. signature wine 100 year old para tawny
What’s the blend of seppeltsfield?
Shiraz, Mataro, Grenache and Cabernet
where is main ridge estate and paringa estate?
Mornington Peninsula
