Australia Flashcards
What are the 8 regions of Australia
Western Australia Northern Territory South Australia Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Eastern Australia Tasmania
What is the Label Integrity Program?
Requires any wines labeled with variety or region to contain min 85% of stated grape or region
Requires any wine labels with vintage on the label to contain a min of 95% of the stated vintage
What is the most planted grape in Australia?
Shiraz
Which state has the greatest amount of wine production?
South Australia
What recent Australian vintages were affected by drought?
2003, 2006 and 2009
Who makes Runrig Shiraz?
Torbreck (Barossa Valley)
What is the top bottling from Drew Noon?
Eclipse Grenache (McLaren Vale)
Who makes Astralis Shiraz?
Clarendon Hills (McLaren Vale)
What is the state capital of South Australia?
Adelaide
What are the 8 zones of South Australia?
Far North Adelaide Super Zone Barossa Fleurieu Mount Lofty Ranges Limestone Coast Lower Murray The Peninsulas
What 3 South Australian Zones can be blended to make up the Adelaide Super Zone GI?
Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges
What are the GI’s of Barossa zone
Barossa Valley
Eden Valley
What are the GI’s of Fleurieu zone
Currency Creek Mc Laren Vale Kangaroo Island Southern Fleurieu Longhorn Creek
What are the GI’s of Lower Murray zone
Riverland (bulk)
What are the GI’s of the Limestone Coast zone
Coonawarra Mount Benson Mount Gambier Padthaway Wrattonbully Robe
What are the GI’s of the Mount Lofty Ranges zone
Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Plains
Clare Valley
What are the 8 Zones of New South Wales
Big Rivers Central Ranges Hunter Valley Northern Rivers Northern Slopes South Coast Southern New South Wales Western Plains
What are the GI’s of Big Rivers zone
Murray Darling*
Swan Hill*
Pericoota
Riverina
- Murray Darling and Swan Hill also in Victoria
What are the GI’s of Central Ranges zone
Cowra
Mudgee
Orange
What is the GI of Hunter Valley zone
Hunter
What are the sub regions of Hunter (Hunter Valley zone)
Broke Fordwich
Pokolbin
Upper Hunter Valley
What is the GI of Northern Rivers zone
Hasting Rivers
What is the GI of Northern Slopes zone
New England Australia
What are the GI’s of South Coast zone
Shoalhaven Coast
Southern Highlands
What are the GI’s of the Southern New South Wales zone
Gundagai
Hilltops
Canberra district
South Eastern Australia zone
Includes al zones except those in Western Australia
What are the 5 zones of Victoria
Central Victoria North East Victoria Port Phillip North West Victoria Western Victoria
What are the GI’s of Central Victoria zone
Bendigo Goulburn Valley Heathcote Strathbogie Ranges Upper Goulburn Gippsland
What is the sub region of Goulburn Valley in the Central Victoria zone
Nagambie Lakes
What are the GI’s of North East Victoria zone
Alpine Valleys Beechworth Glenrowan King Valley Rutherglen (sweet wines)
What are the GI’s of Port Phillip zone
Geelong Macedon Ranges Mornington Peninsula Sunbury Yarra Valley
What are the GI’s of North West Victoria zone
Murray Darling
Swan Hill
GI’s are also in New South Wales
What are the GI’s of Western Victoria zone
Grampians
Henty
Pyrenees
What is the sub region of Grampians in the Western Victoria zone
Great Western
What are the two GI’s of Queensland
Granite Belt
South Burnett
What is the sub region of Eden Valley in the Barossa zone
High Eden
What are the sub regions of Adelaide Hills in the Mount Lofty Ranges zone
Lenswood
Picadilly Valley
What are the 5 zones of Western Australia
Central Western Australia Eastern Plains, Inland and North of Western Australia Greater Perth South West Australia West Australia South Eastern Coastal
What are the GI’s of Greater Perth
Peel
Perth Hills
Swan
What is the sub region of Swan in the Greater Perth zone
Swan Valley
What are the GI’s of South West Australia zone
Margaret River Greater South Blackwood Valley Geographe Pemberton Manjimup
What are the sub regions of Greater South in the South West Australia zone
Albany Denmark Frankland River Mount Barker Porongurup
Where are terra rossa soils found in Australia?
Coonawarra and Padthaway; Limestone Coast, South AUS
Where is the best Cabernet Sauvignon grown in South Australia?
Coonawarra; Limestone Coast zone, South Australia
Where do the producers of Yalumba, Pewsey Vale, and Henschke make wine?
Eden Valley, Barossa zone, South Australia
What is Barossa Shiraz typically aged in?
American Oak “hogs head,” 300 liters
Which is Australia’s most important region for premium Shiraz?
Barossa Valley, Barossa zone, South Australia
What are the 5 unofficial subregions of Clare Valley?
Watervale (terra rossa) Polish Hill River (slate) Auburn Sevenhill Clare
Where are Picadilly and Lenswood?
Adelaide Hills, Mount Lofty Ranges Zone, South Australia
Where are the best examples of Riesling in South Australia?
Clare Valley GI, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Which is the coolest of South Australia’s wine regions?
Adelaide Hills (350m-700m), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
What is the single GI of Far North Zone?
Southern Flinders Ranges
What is the Multistate Zone GI?
South Eastern Australia GI (includes all states but Western Australia)
What are the min requirements for Australian regions and subregions?
- single tracts of land
- min 5 independently owned vineyards
- min 5 ha a piece
- min output of 500 tons of wine annually
Who owns Penfolds and Lindemans?
Treasury Wine Estates
What are the different aging requirements for the Barossa Old Vine Charter?
Old Vine: 35y
Survivor Vine: 70y
Centenarian Vine: 100y
Ancestor Vine: 125y
Where is Penfolds based?
Barossa Valley, South Australia
What bodies of water surround Australia?
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Where are Shaw + Smith located?
Adelaide Hills
Where would one find producers: Grosset, Kilikanoon, Jim Barry or Wendouree?
Clare Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Which wine region means “wild honeysuckle” in Aborigine?
Coonawarra, Limestone coast, South Australia
Who makes The Armagh Shiraz?
Clare Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Majella’s “Malleea” is a classic red blend from where?
Coonawarra, Limestone Coast, South Australia
What 2 GIs require irrigation and have be so successful (due to irrigation) to account for 40% of Australia’s wine?
Riverina, New South Wales
Riverland, South Australia
Who makes the collectible Grange Shiraz?
Penfolds, debuted by Max Schubert as “grange hermitage” in 1951
What is Hunter Riesling?
Semillon
What so great about Tahbilk winery?
- A compelling producer in the Nagambie Lakes subregion of Goulburn Valley, protected its vineyards from the pest and today produces a flagship Shiraz from vines planted in 1860.
- The estate also boasts the oldest Marsanne vines in Australia, and possibly the world.
What is Topaque?
Wines from Rutherglen or Glenrowan which are fortified from Muscadelle grape.
What is Brown Muscat of Rutherglen?
Muscat blanc a petit grains.
D’Arenberg’s “Dead Arm” Shiraz, Yangarra’s “High Sands” Grenache, Drew Noon’s Grenache-based “Eclipse”, and the dry-farmed Clarendon Hills’ “Astralis” Shiraz is found in which GI?
Mc Laren Vale, Fleurie, South Australia
What is the 2nd most grown varietal in Australia?
Chardonnay
