Australia Flashcards

1
Q

Regions within Fleurieu, Aus (5)

A
Currency Creek
Kangaroo Island
Langhorne Creek
McLaren Vale
Southern Fleurieu
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2
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Regions within Barossa (2)

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Barossa Valley

Eden Valley

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3
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Regions within Greater Perth, Aus (3)

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Peel
Perth Hills
Swan District

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4
Q

Producer of Noble One
Region, Country
GV

A

De Bortoli
Riverina, NSW, Australia
Semillon

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5
Q

Zones included within Adelaide GI

A

Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges

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6
Q

Regions within Port Phillip, Australia

A
Geelong
Macedon Ranges
Mornington Peninsulas
Sunbury
Yarra Valley
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7
Q

Regions within South Coast, Aus

A

Shoalhaven Coast

Southern Highlands

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8
Q

Regions within North West Victoria

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Swan Hills

Murray Darling

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9
Q

Name the best Aus. region for the following GVs:

  • CS
  • Riesling
  • PN
  • Sparkling
  • GSM
A
CS: Coonawarra
Riesling: Clare Valley
PN: Yarra Valley
Sparkling: Tumbarumba, Mount Lofty Ranges
GSM: Fleurieu
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10
Q

MPGV in Australia

A

Shiraz/Chard/CS

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11
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Where are Australia’s oldest Verdelho plantings located?

What producer uses them?

A

Hunter Valley

Tyrrell

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12
Q

Largest Estate in Australia

A

Western Australia

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13
Q

Regions within North East Victoria

A
  • Alpine Valleys
  • Beechworth
  • Glenrowan
  • King Valley
  • Rutherglen
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14
Q

Describe threats to Aus. winemaking

A

Bushfires (2009-2020)
Drought
Spring frost
Overplanting (2000)

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15
Q

Regions within Western Victoria

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Grampians
Henty
Pyrenees

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16
Q

Regions within Southern New South Wales

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Canberra
Tumbarumba
Hilltops
Gundagai

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17
Q

When was wine Australia created?

Original name

A

1981

Australia Wine and Brandy Corporation

18
Q

Name the “First Five” of Margaret River

A
Leeuwin Estate
Cullen
Cape Mentelle
Vasse Felix
Moss Wood
19
Q

Regions within Big Rivers

A

Murray Darling
Perricoota
Riverina
Swan Hill

20
Q

Regions within South West Australia

A
Blackwood Valley
Geographe
Great Southern
Manjimup
Margaret River
Pemberton
21
Q

Regions within Far North

A

Southern Flinders Range

22
Q

Zones in New South Wales

A
Big Rivers
Central Ranges
Hunter Valley
Northern River
Northern Slopes
South Coast
Southern NSW
Western Plains
23
Q

Regions within Central Victoria

A
Bendigo
Goulburn Valley
Heathcote
Strathbogie Ranges
Upper Goulburn
24
Q

Regions within Limestone Coast

A
Coonawarra
Padthaway
Robe
Mount Gambier
Mount Benson
Wrattonbully
25
Q

Name 2 producers that use old vines in Aus

A
Yalumba
Clarendon HIlls
Torbreck
Tyrrell
Tahbilk
26
Q

GIs in Queensland, Aus

A

South Burnett

Granite Belt

27
Q

Smallest state in Aus Mainland

A

Victoria

28
Q

Regions within Central Ranges

A

Cowra
Orange
Mudgee

29
Q

Regions within Lower Murray

A

Riverland

30
Q

Australia’s largest production region

A

South Australia

Phylloxera destroyed the vines in Victoria, and the Commonwealth of Australia in 1991

31
Q

Zones within Western Australia

A
Central Western Australia
Easter Plains, Inland & North Western Australia
Greater Perth
South West Australia
West Australian South East Coastal
32
Q

Describe “Topaque”
Where is it produced
GVs

A

Sweet wine produced in Australia, formerly known as “Tokaj”
Rutherlgen/Glenrowan > North East Victoria
Muscadelle

33
Q

Regions within Northern Rivers

A

Hastings River

34
Q

Australia’s coolest wine producing area:
Inland
Outland

A

Victoria

Tasmania

35
Q

Best/worst vintages

A

Best: 2018
Worst: 2011

36
Q

Regions within Mount Lofty Ranges

A

Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Plains
Clare Valley

37
Q

When was the “Label Integrity Program” first introduced?

What rule did it bring?

A

1990’s vintage

85%

38
Q

Zones within South Australia

A
Adelaide Superzone
Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges
Far North
Limestone Coast
Lower Murray
Peninsulas
39
Q

Zones within Victoria, Australia

A
Central Victoria
Gippsland
North East Victoria
North West Victoria
Port Phillip
Western Victoria
40
Q

When was Southern Eastern Australia created?

What areas does it include?

A

1996

Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia, Melbourne

41
Q

Where are Australia’s oldest Marsanne plantings?

A

Nagambie Lakes, Goulburn Valley, Central Victoria