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1
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What are the 8 regions of Australia

A 
Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
South Eastern Australia
Tasmania
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What is the Label Integrity Program?

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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

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What is the most planted grape in Australia?

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Shiraz

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Which state has the greatest amount of wine production?

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South Australia

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What recent Australian vintages were affected by drought?

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2003, 2006 and 2009

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Who makes Runrig Shiraz?

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Torbreck (Barossa Valley)

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What is the top bottling from Drew Noon?

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Eclipse Grenache (McLaren Vale)

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Who makes Astralis Shiraz?

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Clarendon Hills (McLaren Vale)

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What is the state capital of South Australia?

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Adelaide

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What are the 8 zones of South Australia?

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Far North
Adelaide Super Zone
Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges
Limestone Coast
Lower Murray
The Peninsulas
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What 3 South Australian Zones can be blended to make up the Adelaide Super Zone GI?

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Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges

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What are the GI’s of Barossa zone

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Barossa Valley

Eden Valley

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What are the GI’s of Fleurieu zone

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Currency Creek
Mc Laren Vale
Kangaroo Island
Southern Fleurieu
Longhorn Creek
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What are the GI’s of Lower Murray zone

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Riverland (bulk)

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What are the GI’s of the Limestone Coast zone

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Coonawarra 
Mount Benson
Mount Gambier
Padthaway
Wrattonbully
Robe
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What are the GI’s of the Mount Lofty Ranges zone

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Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Plains
Clare Valley

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What are the 8 Zones of New South Wales

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Big Rivers
Central Ranges
Hunter Valley
Northern Rivers
Northern Slopes
South Coast
Southern New South Wales
Western Plains
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What are the GI’s of Big Rivers zone

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Murray Darling*
Swan Hill*
Pericoota
Riverina

  • Murray Darling and Swan Hill also in Victoria
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What are the GI’s of Central Ranges zone

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Cowra
Mudgee
Orange

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What is the GI of Hunter Valley zone

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Hunter

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What are the sub regions of Hunter (Hunter Valley zone)

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Broke Fordwich
Pokolbin
Upper Hunter Valley

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What is the GI of Northern Rivers zone

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Hasting Rivers

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What is the GI of Northern Slopes zone

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New England Australia

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What are the GI’s of South Coast zone

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Shoalhaven Coast

Southern Highlands

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What are the GI’s of the Southern New South Wales zone

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Gundagai
Hilltops
Canberra district

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South Eastern Australia zone

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Includes al zones except those in Western Australia

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What are the 5 zones of Victoria

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Central Victoria
North East Victoria
Port Phillip
North West Victoria
Western Victoria
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What are the GI’s of Central Victoria zone

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Bendigo
Goulburn Valley 
Heathcote
Strathbogie Ranges
Upper Goulburn
Gippsland
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What is the sub region of Goulburn Valley in the Central Victoria zone

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Nagambie Lakes

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What are the GI’s of North East Victoria zone

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Alpine Valleys
Beechworth
Glenrowan
King Valley
Rutherglen (sweet wines)
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What are the GI’s of Port Phillip zone

A 
Geelong
Macedon Ranges
Mornington Peninsula
Sunbury
Yarra Valley
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What are the GI’s of North West Victoria zone

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Murray Darling
Swan Hill

GI’s are also in New South Wales

33
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What are the GI’s of Western Victoria zone

A

Grampians
Henty
Pyrenees

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What is the sub region of Grampians in the Western Victoria zone

A

Great Western

35
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What are the two GI’s of Queensland

A

Granite Belt

South Burnett

36
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What is the sub region of Eden Valley in the Barossa zone

A

High Eden

37
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What are the sub regions of Adelaide Hills in the Mount Lofty Ranges zone

A

Lenswood

Picadilly Valley

38
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What are the 5 zones of Western Australia

A 
Central Western Australia
Eastern Plains, Inland and North of Western Australia
Greater Perth
South West Australia
West Australia South Eastern Coastal
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What are the GI’s of Greater Perth

A

Peel
Perth Hills
Swan

40
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What is the sub region of Swan in the Greater Perth zone

A

Swan Valley

41
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What are the GI’s of South West Australia zone

A 
Margaret River
Greater South
Blackwood Valley
Geographe
Pemberton 
Manjimup
42
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What are the sub regions of Greater South in the South West Australia zone

A 
Albany
Denmark
Frankland River
Mount Barker
Porongurup
43
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Where are terra rossa soils found in Australia?

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Coonawarra and Padthaway; Limestone Coast, South AUS

44
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Where is the best Cabernet Sauvignon grown in South Australia?

A

Coonawarra; Limestone Coast zone, South Australia

45
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Where do the producers of Yalumba, Pewsey Vale, and Henschke make wine?

A

Eden Valley, Barossa zone, South Australia

46
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What is Barossa Shiraz typically aged in?

A

American Oak “hogs head,” 300 liters

47
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Which is Australia’s most important region for premium Shiraz?

A

Barossa Valley, Barossa zone, South Australia

48
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What are the 5 unofficial subregions of Clare Valley?

A 
Watervale (terra rossa)
Polish Hill River (slate)
Auburn
Sevenhill
Clare
49
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Where are Picadilly and Lenswood?

A

Adelaide Hills, Mount Lofty Ranges Zone, South Australia

50
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Where are the best examples of Riesling in South Australia?

A

Clare Valley GI, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia

51
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Which is the coolest of South Australia’s wine regions?

A

Adelaide Hills (350m-700m), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia

52
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What is the single GI of Far North Zone?

A

Southern Flinders Ranges

53
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What is the Multistate Zone GI?

A

South Eastern Australia GI (includes all states but Western Australia)

54
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What are the min requirements for Australian regions and subregions?

A
  • single tracts of land
  • min 5 independently owned vineyards
  • min 5 ha a piece
  • min output of 500 tons of wine annually
55
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Who owns Penfolds and Lindemans?

A

Treasury Wine Estates

56
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What are the different aging requirements for the Barossa Old Vine Charter?

A

Old Vine: 35y
Survivor Vine: 70y
Centenarian Vine: 100y
Ancestor Vine: 125y

57
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Where is Penfolds based?

A

Barossa Valley, South Australia

58
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What bodies of water surround Australia?

A

Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean

59
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Where are Shaw + Smith located?

A

Adelaide Hills

60
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Where would one find producers: Grosset, Kilikanoon, Jim Barry or Wendouree?

A

Clare Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia

61
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Which wine region means “wild honeysuckle” in Aborigine?

A

Coonawarra, Limestone coast, South Australia

62
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Who makes The Armagh Shiraz?

A

Clare Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia

63
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Majella’s “Malleea” is a classic red blend from where?

A

Coonawarra, Limestone Coast, South Australia

64
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What 2 GIs require irrigation and have be so successful (due to irrigation) to account for 40% of Australia’s wine?

A

Riverina, New South Wales

Riverland, South Australia

65
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Who makes the collectible Grange Shiraz?

A

Penfolds, debuted by Max Schubert as “grange hermitage” in 1951

66
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What is Hunter Riesling?

A

Semillon

67
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What so great about Tahbilk winery?

A
  • 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.
68
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What is Topaque?

A

Wines from Rutherglen or Glenrowan which are fortified from Muscadelle grape.

69
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What is Brown Muscat of Rutherglen?

A

Muscat blanc a petit grains.

70
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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?

A

Mc Laren Vale, Fleurie, South Australia

71
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What is the 2nd most grown varietal in Australia?

A

Chardonnay

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