Australia Flashcards
Where is Great Southern GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
Where is Henty GI Located?
Western Victoria zone
How is the Australian wine regulation organised?
State - Zone - Region - Subregions
What are the GI of South Coast zone?
New South Wales State
- Shoalhaven Coast GI
- Southern Highland GI
Where could you find Broke Fordwick? Why is it famous for?
Hunter GI // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
Zone with the oldest planting of Verdejo of Australia
What was the traditional market for the Australia producer in 19th century?
Fortified wines - Until the phylloxera crisis
Where is Kangaroo Island GI located?
South Australia State
- Fleurieu Zone
What are the sub regions of Great Southern GI?
- Albany
- Porongurup
- Denmark
- Frankland River
- Mount Barker (Plantagenet winery)
Where is located Greater Perth?
Western Australia
What is the water body of the Adelaide?
Gulf St Vincent: helps to keep region cooler
What is the soil type of the Riverland GI?
Alluvial soil:
- Alongside the Murray river
Where is Nagambie Lakes GI located?
Sub GI of Goulburn GI - Central Victoria (Northern part)
Victoria State - Australia
Who’s the fifth largest producer of wine worldwide?
Australia
behind Italy, France, Spain and Chile
Where is Gundagai GI located?
Southern New South Wales // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
Who contributes of the re-birth of Australian wine industry?
- CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research organisation-
- Australian wine research
Both based in Adelaide
What is “Black Dog” soil type?
Fine sandy loam from Rutherglen GI
– Victoria State / North East Victoria Zone
What are the GI of Fleurieu?
- Currency Creek GI
- Langhorne Creek GI
- McLaren Vale GI
- Southern Fleurieu GI
- Kangaroo Island GI
Where is Denmark GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
– Great Southern GI
What is Carbunup? Where would you find it?
one of the subregion of Margaret River GI - South West Australia Zone - Western Australia
- Other one are:
- Yallingup
- Wilyabrup
- Wallcliffe
- Karridale
Where is located Tubarumba GI?
Southern New South Wales // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
Where is Geographe GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
Where is Currency Creek GI Located?
South Australia State
- Fleurieu Zone
Where is Heathcote GI located?
Central Victoria (Northern part) Victoria State - Australia
What are the GI within the Mt Lofty Ranges GI?
- Clare Valley GI
- Adelaide Hills GI
- Lenswood GI
- Picadily Valley GI
- Adelaide Plains
What are the GI labelling regulations?
85% min of stated GI
What are the Zones of south Australia?
- Far North
- The Peninsulas
- Mount Lofty Ranges
- Barossa
- Lower Murray
- Fleurieu
- Limestone Coast
- Adelaide Superzone (Fleurieu, Barossa, MLR)
What are the mains influences of Western Australia?
Southern Ocean (South) Geographe Bay (Western) Blackwood / Swan Rivers Whicher Ranges (Geographe) Darling Range (Perth Hills)
What is the GI of Northern Rivers?
Hasting Rivers GI
Where is Goulburn GI located?
What is the subregion?
Central Victoria (North Eastern part)
Victoria State - Australia
– Nagambie Lakes GI
What are the GI of the Limestone Coast?
- Robe GI
- Coonawarra GI
- Padthaway GI
- Wrattonbully GI
- Mount Gambier GI
- Mount Benson GI
Where is Margaret River GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
What are the 6 zones of the Victoria state?
- North West Victoria
- Western Victoria
- Central Victoria
- Port Phillip
- North East Victoria
Gippsland
What are the GI of Central Ranges?
- Cowra GI
- Mudgee GI
- Orange GI
Where is Piper Rivers GI located?
Northern Tasmania
– Australia
What are the regulation for the “Rutherglen Muscat” in order to the classification?
Must be 3 to 5 y old
Reach a RS of 180/240g/L
Where is Coonawarra GI located?
South Australia State
– Limestone Coast zone
What is the Northern most GI of the limestone Coast zone?
Padthaway GI: Inland too
Where is Frankland River GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
– Great Southern GI
What is Wallcliffe? Where would you find it?
one of the subregion of Margaret River GI - South West Australia Zone - Western Australia
- Other one are:
- Carbunup
- Wilyabrup
- Yallingup
- Karridale
Where is Geelong GI located?
Western Port Philip Zone
- Victoria State - Australia
What are the sub-GI of Adelaide Hills?
- Lenswood GI
- Picadily Valley GI
Where is Hasting River GI located?
Norther Rivers Zone
– New South Wales / Australia
Where is the Gulf St Vincent located?
Water body of the Adelaide / Mt Lofty Ranges area
Where is the vines first appear in Australia?
New South Wales in 1788 with British prisoners
Where is Strathbogie Ranges GI located?
Central Victoria (Eastern part) Victoria State - Australia
What are the labelling Grapes regulation in Australia?
- if single grape stated on the label: 85% min
- For blended grapes: Must be listed in order to the blend. unnamed varietal can be in lower proportion than listed grapes
Where would you find the Darling Range?
Mountain Range in Western Australia - Perth Hills GI
Where is Alpine River GI located?
Within the North East Victoria zone
- Victoria State - Australia
Where is Shoalhaven Coast GI located?
South Coast zone // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
What is Wilyabrup? Where would you find it?
one of the subregion of Margaret River GI - South West Australia Zone - Western Australia
- Other one are:
- Carbunup
- Yallingup
- Wallcliffe
- Karridale
Where is Picadily Valley GI located?
- South Australia state
- Mount Lofty Range zone
- Adelaide Hills GI
Where is Macedon Ranges located?
Northern most GI of the Port Phillip Zone
- Victoria State - Australia
– Within the Macedon Range mountain = Granitic soil / Higher altitude
What is the GI of Hunter Valley? Its unofficial sub-zones?
Hunter GI
- Broke Fordwick
- Pokolbin
- Upper Hunter
Where is Wrattonbully GI located?
South Australia State
– Limestone Coast zone
What is the soil type of
- Adelaide Plains?
- Adelaide Hills?
Hills: Grey loamy soil
Plains: red brown sandy + clay
Where is Robe GI located?
South Australia State
– Limestone Coast zone
Where is Riverina GI located?
Big Rivers Zone
– New South Wales / Australia
Where is Orange GI located?
Central Ranges GI // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
Where is Rutherglen GI located?
Within the North East Victoria zone
- Victoria State - Australia
Where is located Southern Flinders Ranges GI?
Far North Zone
South Australia State
Why the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation been created for?
- oversight over the wine industry
- regulating label language
- defines geographic boundaries
- moderate export and trade
- market and promotes products at home and aboard
What is the “Black Dog Soil” Where would you find it?
Rutherglen GI
is a fine sandy loam
Where is Cowra GI located?
Central Ranges GI // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
What is Stelvin Closure? Who created it? When
“Screw caps” closure
Developed by Australian research centre in the early 1970’s
What are the 2 coastal GI of the Limestone Coast?
Robe GI (South) Mount Benson GI (North)
What is the GI of Far North? Where is it?
South Australia State
– Southern Flinders Ranges GI
North Border of Mt Lofty Ranges GI
Name a famous producer of Camberra District. What do they produced?
Clonakilla winery
- Based in Murrumbateman village
- First vines planted in 1971
- First commercial vintage: 1978
- Co-fermented Shiraz and Viognier bottling: iconic Australian wines
also produced CS, Riesling, SB, Viognier in single varietal
What are the zones of New South Wales?
- Big Rivers GI
- Northern slopes GI
- Northern Rivers GI
- Hunter Valley GI
- Central Ranges GI
- South Coast GI
- Southern New South Wales GI
- Western Plains GI
How is region (or subregion) defined by Wine Australia?
each single tract of land must have
- at least 5 independent producers
at least 5 hectares apiece
- produce a min of 500 tons of grapes annually
What is the Bass Strait?
water body dividing the Victoria (Australia Mainland) to the Tasmania.
Explain the Label Integrity Program?
Created in 1990
- Required wines to be label by varietal, Region or Vintage by a min of 85% of the state information
Where is Lenswood GI located?
- South Australia state
- Mount Lofty Range zone
- Adelaide Hills GI
What are the 5 zones of Western Australia?
- Central Wester Australia
- Eastern plains, Inland and North of Western Australia
- Greater Perth
- South West Australia
- Western Australian South East Coast
Who’s owned the Magill Estate? Where is it located?
Birthplace of Penfold: Base wine for Grange bottling
- Est in 1844
- Adelaide Hills
What is the GI of the Lower Murray GI? in what state?
Riverland GI
Eastern most part of the South Australia state
What is the LIP?
Label Integrity Program:
- Introduced in 1990: Australian labelling wine regulation
What is CSIRO?
Commonwealth Scientific & industrial research organisation
– Australian research centre
What is the altitude range of Barossa Valley?
250-370 m above the sea Level
What GI are shared in Victoria and NSW States?
Murray Darling
Swan Hills
What are the GI of the Port Phillip zone?
- Geelong GI
- Macedon Ranges GI
- Yarra Valley GI
- Mornington Peninsula GI
- Sunbury GI
Where is Swan Hill GI located?
GI shared between the NSW and Victoria states (North West Victoria zone)
What are the GI of South West Australia
- Geographe GI
- Blackwood GI
- Great Southern GI
- Manjimup GI
- Peberton GI
- Margaret River GI
Where is Pokolbin located?
Hunter GI // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
Where is Mount Gambier GI located?
South Australia State
– Limestone Coast zone
What ocean make the border of the Victoria?
Indian Ocean
What mountain range runs to the Victoria and NSW?
Great Dividing Range
Where is Plantagenet winery located?
Mount Baker GI - Great Southern GI
– South West Australia zone - Western Australia
Where is Porongurup GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
– Great Southern GI
What are the GI of Big Rivers Zones?
- Murray Darling GI (Shared with Victoria)
- Swan Hills GI (Shared with Victoria)
- Riverina GI
- Perricoota GI
What is the lake of the Upper Goulburn GI?
Eildon Lake
Where is Swan District?
Northern part of Greater Perth zone - Western Australia
– Swan Valley sub-region
What are the regulation for the “Rare Rutherglen Muscat” in order to the classification?
Must be aged for a min of 20 years in oak
Reach a RS of 270 to 400 g/L
What is the biggest GI of Australia?
When has it been created?
Multi state South Eastern Australia GI
1996
Where is McLaren Vale GI located?
South Australia State
- Fleurieu Zone
When does the table wine overpower the sweet wine in term of production in Australia?
1970’s
What are the Region of Greater Perth?
- Peel
- Perth Hill
- Swan District (Swan Valley sub-zone)
Where is Camberra District GI located?
Southern New South Wales // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
What is the sub-region of Swan District?
Swan Valley GI
What are the GI of the North West Victoria?
What is the particularly of it?
- Murray Darling GI
- Swan Hill GI
- Both are located between the Victoria and NSW
Where is Mudgee GI located?
Central Ranges GI // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
What does it make the strength of Australian wine production?
Techninal efficience:
- Mechanical harvesting
- Irrigation
- Blending
What are the 2 main cities of Western Australia?
Albany
Perth
What is Karridale? Where would you find it?
one of the subregion of Margaret River GI - South West Australia Zone - Western Australia
- Other one are:
- Carbunup
- Wilyabrup
- Wallcliffe
- Yallingup
Who’s developed the bag-in-box?
Australian winemaker:
Offer valuable varietal wines
What are the GI of Southern New South Wales zone?
- Camberra District GI
- Tubarumba GI
- Hilltops GI
- Gundagai GI
Where is Peel GI located?
Greater Perth zone- Western Australia
GI since 2001
North of Geographe
Where is Rutherglen GI located?
Within the North East Victoria zone
- Victoria State - Australia
How is the GI regulations protection?
Purely géographique.
No grape, yields or other regulation into it
Where is Blackwood GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
Where the wine production are in Australia in general? Why?
On the southern edge of Australia
- Cooler area, more suitable for vine growing
Where is Beechworth GI located?
Within the North East Victoria zone
- Victoria State - Australia
What is the smaller state and cooler of Australia mainland?
Victoria State - Southern most
What are the GI of the Barossa Zone?
- Barossa Valley GI
- Eden Valley GI
- High Eden GI
Where is located High Eden GI?
- Eden Valley
- Barossa Zone
- South Australia State
Where is Manjimup GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
Where is Albany GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
– Great Southern GI
Where is Tamar Valley located?
Northern Tasmania
– Australia
Where is Upper Goulburn GI located?
Central Victoria (South Eastern part) Victoria State - Australia
Where is located Upper Hunter?
Hunter GI // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
Where is the Alexandrina Lake located?
Within the Fleurieu zone - South Australia State
South of the Langhorne Creek GI
– End of the Murray river
What is the southern most region between Adelaide Plains and Adelaide Hills?
Adelaide Hills (South of the Barossa)
Where is located the Mornington Peninsula GI?
Southern most GI of the Port Phillip zone - South of Melbourne
Victoria State - South Australia
What is particular for Penfolds’ Grange
Iconic wine, and one of the most expensive in the world.
– Its produced by blending vineyard from different region in South Australia
Where is Peberton GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
What is Yallingup? Where would you find it?
one of the subregion of Margaret River GI - South West Australia Zone - Western Australia
- Other one are:
- Carbunup
- Wilyabrup
- Wallcliffe
- Karridale
what are the GI of Central Victoria?
- Bendigo GI
- Goulburn GI
- Nagambie Lakes GI
- Heathcote GI
- Strathbogie Ranges GI
- Upper Goulburn GI
What are the GI of Western Victoria zone?
- Grampians
- Great Western sub-GI
- Henty
- Pyrenees
What is the first winery builded in Coonawarra? Who is the current owner?
1896: Chateau Comaum
Created by John Riddoch
– Now owned by Wynns Coonawarra WInery
Where is Grampians? What is it sub-GI?
Western Victoria
Victoria
– Great Western
Where is Langhorne Creek GI located?
South Australia State
- Fleurieu Zone
What soil type would you expected in Eden Valley?
Sand base + Quartz soil
Where does the “Coonawarra” name come from?
Means “honeysuckle” in local dialect
What are the regulation for the “Classic Rutherglen Muscat” in order to the classification?
Must be 6 to 10 years old
Reach a RS of 200 to 280 g/L
Where is The Peninsulas zone? What is the geographic specific of it?
Zone within the South Australia State
– By the western coast, set drouth the Spencer Gulf
What is the main soil type of the Limestone Coast?
Terra Rossa
Thin iron rich loamy layer (20 cm to 2m deep) over a limestone base
What are the main Mountain Ranges of Western Australia?
- Darling Range (Perth Hills)
- Whicher Range (Geographe - South Western Australia)
- Leeuwin Naturaliste ridge (Natural parc east of Margaret River)
Explain the Terra Rossa soil type?
Limestone coast in South Australia in the best representation of it:
– Thin iron rich loamy layer (20 cm to 2m deep) over a limestone base
Where is King Valley GI located?
Within the North East Victoria zone
- Victoria State - Australia
Where is Pyrenees GI located?
Western Victoria zone
What is the grape used for Rutherglen Topaque?
Muscadelle
Where is located Riverland?
South Australia State
- Lower Murray Zone
- Along the Murray river bank = Alluvial soil
What are the regulation for the “Grand Rutherglen Muscat” in order to the classification?
Must be aged for 11 to 19 years in oak
Reach a RS of 270 to 400 g/L
What the the Narrow body of water of the Peninsulas GI?
Spencer Gulf
– Within the South Australia State
Where is Sunbury GI Located?
Northern Port Phillip zone
- Victoria State - Australia
Where is Southern Highland GI located?
South Coast zone // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
What are the 6 wine producers’s statesin Australia?
- Western Australia
- South Australia
- Victoria
- New south Wales
- Queensland
- Tasmania
Where is Bendigo GI located?
Central Victoria (western part) Victoria State - Australia
What is the Rutherglen classification? Explain it?
Classification in order to residual sugar content and aged range for the Muscat and Topaque in Rutherglen GI:
- Rutherglen Muscat: 3-5 y old = RS: 180/240g/L
- Classic Rutherglen Muscat: 6-10 y old = RS: 200/280 g/L
- Grand Rutherglen Muscat: 11-19 y old = RS: 270/400 g/L
- Rare Rutherglen Muscat: 20+ years = RS: 270/400 g/L
Where is Swan Valley located?
Western Australia - Greater Perth zone
– Swan Valley GI
in what zone is Melbourne Located in?
Port phillip zone - Victoria State
- Along the southern Indian ocean coast
Where you you place Adelaide plains precisely on the map?
- South Australia state
- Mount Lofty Range zone
- West of the Barossa, Coastal region
When is “Wine Australia” been created?
What was its current name?
1981 as Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation.
Where is Padthaway GI located?
South Australia State
– Limestone Coast zone
How do you call the water Body separating the Tasmania to the mainland?
Bass Strait
What is the soil type of Rutherglen? How is it call?
“Black dog”: Fine sandy loam
Where is located Gippsland GI?
within the Victoria state - on the south East of the state
protected by the Great Dividing Range on the North and the Southern Tasman Sea on the South
Where is Murray Darling GI located?
GI share between NSW (Big rivers) and Victoria (North West Victoria)
Where you you place Clare Valley GI precisely on the map?
- South Australia state
- Mount Lofty Range zone
- North of the Barossa, High altitude vineyard, inland
Where is Mount Barker GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
– Great Southern GI
What is the “Flying winemakers”?
Term created by Australian:
Spread their technique over the world by traveling
Name the GI of Northern Tasmania?
- Piper Rivers GI
- Tamar Valley GI
- North West coast GI
Where you you place Adelaide Hills precisely on the map?
- South Australia state
- Mount Lofty Range zone
South of the Barossa Valley
What is the GI of Northern Slopes?
New England Australia GI
How is the organisation of the winemakers?
Mainly big winery:
14 of them produces more than 70% of the total acreage of wine
Where is Perth Hills GI?
Greater Perth zone - Western Australia
GI: 1990
Gravelly loam
What is South Eastern Australia? When does it been created?
1996
Is a multi-state covering New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and part of the South Australia and Queensland
Where is Yarra Valley GI located?
Eastern Port Phillip zone - along the Yarra river
- Victoria State - Australia
What is Adelaide Superzone?
An GI overlooking the Barossa, Fleurieu, Mount Lofty Ranges
Allow blended wine within those boundaries
When first the vine came in Coonawarra? Who’s brought it?
- John Riddoch (schottische man) came on the region in 1861
- - He planted the first vine in 1890
What are the sub-region of Margaret River?
- Yallingup
- Carbunup
- Wilyabrup
- Wallcliffe
- Karridale
Who’s producing Basket Press Shiraz?
Where is it sourced from?
Rockford estate
Barossa Valley
What is the sub-GI of the Eden Valley?
High Eden GI
What are the GI of the North East Victoria?
- King Valley GI
- Alpine River GI
- Beechworth GI
- Rutherglen GI
- Glenrowan GI
When was the first commercial vineyard planted in Tasmania?
1823
Where would you find the Eildon Lake
Upper Goulburn GI
- Central Victoria (South Eastern part)
- Victoria State - Australia
Where is Chateau Comaum located? What important fact around it?
First estate builded in Coonawarra by John Riddoch in 1896
– Now under the Wynns Coonawarra Winery umbrella
What is the main city of Port Philip zone?
Melbourne
Where is New England Australia GI located?
Northern Slopes
– New South Wales / Australia
When is vine arrived first time in Australia?
1788: With the first Fleet of British prisoners
Where is Hilltops GI located?
Southern New South Wales // Hunter Valley Zone
– New South Wales // Australia
Name the GI of the Southern Tasmania?
- Coal Valley / Richmond
- Huon Valley GI
- Derwent Vallley GI
- The East Coast (Cambrook / Bicheno area)
Where is Perricoota GI located?
Big Rivers Zone
– New South Wales / Australia
Where is Mount Gambier GI located?
South Australia State
– Limestone Coast zone
