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When was viniferia spread throughout Australia? What companies were founded soon thereafter?

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During the 1830s. The 1840s saw the genesis of Lindeman’s (1843), Penfolds (1844), Orlando Wines (1847), and Yalumba (1849)

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When was the Australian gold rush? Why was this significant?

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1851 onward. This brought many new European settlers, and much new interest in winemaking.

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What is the top wine-producing state in Australia?

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South Australia

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Australia’s wine production was dominated (until the 1960s) by what kind of wine?

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sweet, fortified wines

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Maurice O’Shea founded what winery? In which region? What do they make?

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Mt. Pleasant, in Hunter Valley, in 1925. Shiraz and Semillon, notably. Some of Australia’s first varietally labelled wines

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Who is Max Schubert?

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1948 to 1975 as Chief Winemaker for Penfolds, created Grange

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What was the first vintage of Grange?

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Then called “Grange Hermitage,” 1951. 1952 was first commercial release. Then made in secret from 57-59, and then again officially in 1960 onward

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Who makes “Hill of Grace” shiraz?

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Henschke, from Eden Valley

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Name a bottling from Leeuwin Estate? Where are they located?

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“Art Series” Chardonnay; Margaret River

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Name a bottling from Rockford. Where are they located?

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“Basket Press” Shiraz; Barossa

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Who makes “Graveyard” Shiraz? Where is it from?

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Brokenwood; Hunter Valley

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Who makes “Astralis” Shiraz? Where is it from?

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Clarendon Hills; McLaren Vale

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What grape is Bass Philip known for? Where is the estate?

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Pinot Noir; Victoria

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What are important bottlings from d’Arenberg? Where are they located?

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“dead arm shiraz” - McLaren Vale.

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Name a high quality Victoria Chardonnay producer

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Giaconda

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Where is Wendouree? What grapes do they work with?

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Clare Valley; Shiraz, Cabernet, Malbec, Mataro (Mourvedre/Monastrell)

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Where is Torbreck? What grapes do they work with?

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“RunRig” Shiraz, ; Barossa

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Who makes “Polish Hill” Riesling? Where is the estate?

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Grosset; Clare Valley

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Tahbilk

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In Victoria, makes Marsanna and Shiraz; top bottling is “1860 Vines” Shiraz, made from small parcel of prephylloxera vines

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What is the Australian name for Mourvedre?

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Mataro

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Where is Seppeltsfield Winery?

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Barossa. Founded in 1851. Famous for 100-year-old Para Tawny.

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What is the most important GI of Western Australia? Notable grape?

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Margaret River; Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends

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What are the three biggest producing states of Australia?

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South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria

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What are the most planted grapes of Australia?

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Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Semillon

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What is the regulatory body for wine in Australia?
Wine Australia
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What is the hierarchy of GIs in Australia?
countrywide Australia GI itself, then states, followed by zones, regions, and sub-regions
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South Eastern Australia GI encompasses what areas?
Victoria, Tasmania, and New South Wales, along with the winegrowing areas of South Australia and Queensland
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Which aromatic compound gives Syrah its classic peppercorn notes?
rotundone
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What is Dekkera bruxellensis?
Brettanomyces
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Is chaptalization legal in Australia?
NO
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What were the "first truly premium wines to be released under screwcap anywhere in the world"
they were issued from a group of producers in Australia’s Clare Valley, in 2000
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What is the capital city of Western Australia?
Perth
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What was the first commercially released Margaret River wine?
Vasse Felix Riesling, 1971
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What are the dominant soils of Margaret River?
gravel and sandy loam over granite and gneiss
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Who are the "first five" producers of Margaret River?
Vasse Felix, Leeuwin Estate, Cullen, Cape Mentelle, Moss Wood
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Discuss the creation of Margaret River as a wine producing region:
efforts of John Gladstone, local agronomist, researched the suitability of the area for vine-growing, planted first experimental vineyards in 1966
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Major geographical features of Margaret River:
Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge, a band of rolling hills running 90 km north-south from Cape Naturaliste to Augusta Indian Ocean to the west Southern Ocean to the south Geographe Bay to the north
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What is the "Gladstone Line"
The Eastern border of Margaret River GI
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What are Yallingup, Carbunup, Wilyabrup, Treeton, Wallcliffe, and Karridale?
Unofficial subzones of Margaret River
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What are two Australia regions known for premium Cabernet Suavignon?
Margaret River, Coonawarra
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What is the most important unofficial sub zone of Margaret River?
Wilyabrup
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What is the Gingin clone?
The most planted Chardonnay clone of Margaret river, hen and chick clone, elsewhere known as Mendoza
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Where is Great Southern GI?
In Western Australia
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What are the 5 sub-regions of Great Southern GI?
Mount Barker, Frankland River, and Porongurup; and the coastal GIs of Denmark and Albany
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Name two producers in Mount Barker GI
Forest Hill Vineyard and Plantagenet
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Where is Geographe GI in relation to Margaret River?
Immediately to the north
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Who is the most important producer in Geographe GI?
Capel Vale
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Soils and grapes of Geographe GI:
sandy soils in coastal areas, heavier gneiss and richer loam inland ``` Red Grapes (58%): Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz White Grapes (42%): Semillon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc ```
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Which state is Australia’s coolest and southernmost wine-producing area?
Tasmania
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What is the least significant state in Australia in terms of wine?
Queensland
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What is the most planted grape of Tasmania?
Pinot Noir (at 42%)
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Name a producer of Tasmanian sparkling wines:
Jansz
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What GI is to the north of the city of Perth?
Swan District GI
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Swan District GI region falls under which "zone" GI?
Greater Perth GI
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What are the most important regions of South West Australia Zone GI?
Margaret River, Geographe, and Great Southern
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When was the Barossa Old Vine Charter formalized?
2009
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What are the 4 designations of the Barossa Old Vine Charter?
Barossa Old Vine: Min. 35 years old Barossa Survivor Vine: Min. 70 years old Barossa Centenarian Vine: Min. 100 years old Barossa Ancestor Vine: Min. 125 years old
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The Adelaide Super Zone is found in which Australia state?
South Australia
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The Adelaide Super Zone encompasses which important regions? Which is not included?
Barossa Valley, Eden Valley, McLaren Vale, and Clare Valley are included. Coonawarra is not.
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Which GI is immediately to the south of Adelaide?
McLaren Vale GI
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Hunter GI includes which three subregions?
Upper Hunter Valley GI (est. 2010) Pokolbin GI (within Lower Hunter, between Singleton and Cessnock, est. 2010) Broke Fordwich GI
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Hunter Valley is a zone or a GI?
A zone, "Hunter" is the GI
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What is the most import zone of New South Wales?
Hunter
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Are are some important wine growing regions in NSW?
Mudgee, Orange, Canberra District
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Major grapes of Hunter GI?
``` Red Grapes (43%): Shiraz, Merlot White Grapes (57%): Semillon, Chardonnay, Verdelho ```
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Which region (state) was the first home of the Australian wine industry?
NSW - now decidedly South Australia
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IN which state are the Geelong, Macedon Ranges, Pyrenees, and Rutherglen GIs found?
Victoria
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What wines is Rutherglen known for?
"stickies" - sweet Muscat and "Topaque" (Muscadelle)
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Name a Rutherglen producer:
Yalumba
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name a Geelong producer (and grapes):
By Farr, Pinot and Chardonnay
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Where are Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley?
In Victoria, outside Melbourne (to the south and north, respectively)
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What is the most important grape of Mornington Peninsula?
Pinot Noir
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Name a Mornington Peninsula producer:
Kooyong
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Name the 5 closest GIs to Melbourne. Which zone are these all inside?
Macedon Ranges, Geelong, Sunbury, Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula; Port Philip Zone
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Which GI is home to Chandon Australia?
Yarra Valley
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What is Penfolds' flagship white wine?
"Yattarna" - a cool climate Chardonnay that draws heavily from Tasmania, also Adelaide Hills. 1998 was the first release, vintage was 1995
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Which GI is virtually synonymous with Semillon
Hunter
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What are the soils of Hunter GI?
Mostly volcanic in origin: Upper Hunter Valley GI: Black silt loam, dark clay loam Lower Hunter: Friable loam, red friable duplex soils
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What are the three most important white grapes of Hunter GI?
Semillon, Chardonnay, Verdelho
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Name an important Upper Hunter Valley GI producer and grape:
Rosemont, Chardonnay
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Australia drought vintages:
2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009
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Where is Gippsland? Who makes wine there?
Victoria/New South Wales; Bass Philip Pinot Noir

MS 2020 - Australia/New Zealand (3 decks)

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