Australia Flashcards
Regions within Fleurieu, Aus (5)
Currency Creek Kangaroo Island Langhorne Creek McLaren Vale Southern Fleurieu
Regions within Barossa (2)
Barossa Valley
Eden Valley
Regions within Greater Perth, Aus (3)
Peel
Perth Hills
Swan District
Producer of Noble One
Region, Country
GV
De Bortoli
Riverina, NSW, Australia
Semillon
Zones included within Adelaide GI
Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges
Regions within Port Phillip, Australia
Geelong Macedon Ranges Mornington Peninsulas Sunbury Yarra Valley
Regions within South Coast, Aus
Shoalhaven Coast
Southern Highlands
Regions within North West Victoria
Swan Hills
Murray Darling
Name the best Aus. region for the following GVs:
- CS
- Riesling
- PN
- Sparkling
- GSM
CS: Coonawarra Riesling: Clare Valley PN: Yarra Valley Sparkling: Tumbarumba, Mount Lofty Ranges GSM: Fleurieu
MPGV in Australia
Shiraz/Chard/CS
Where are Australia’s oldest Verdelho plantings located?
What producer uses them?
Hunter Valley
Tyrrell
Largest Estate in Australia
Western Australia
Regions within North East Victoria
- Alpine Valleys
- Beechworth
- Glenrowan
- King Valley
- Rutherglen
Describe threats to Aus. winemaking
Bushfires (2009-2020)
Drought
Spring frost
Overplanting (2000)
Regions within Western Victoria
Grampians
Henty
Pyrenees
Regions within Southern New South Wales
Canberra
Tumbarumba
Hilltops
Gundagai
When was wine Australia created?
Original name
1981
Australia Wine and Brandy Corporation
Name the “First Five” of Margaret River
Leeuwin Estate Cullen Cape Mentelle Vasse Felix Moss Wood
Regions within Big Rivers
Murray Darling
Perricoota
Riverina
Swan Hill
Regions within South West Australia
Blackwood Valley Geographe Great Southern Manjimup Margaret River Pemberton
Regions within Far North
Southern Flinders Range
Zones in New South Wales
Big Rivers Central Ranges Hunter Valley Northern River Northern Slopes South Coast Southern NSW Western Plains
Regions within Central Victoria
Bendigo Goulburn Valley Heathcote Strathbogie Ranges Upper Goulburn
Regions within Limestone Coast
Coonawarra Padthaway Robe Mount Gambier Mount Benson Wrattonbully
Name 2 producers that use old vines in Aus
Yalumba Clarendon HIlls Torbreck Tyrrell Tahbilk
GIs in Queensland, Aus
South Burnett
Granite Belt
Smallest state in Aus Mainland
Victoria
Regions within Central Ranges
Cowra
Orange
Mudgee
Regions within Lower Murray
Riverland
Australia’s largest production region
South Australia
Phylloxera destroyed the vines in Victoria, and the Commonwealth of Australia in 1991
Zones within Western Australia
Central Western Australia Easter Plains, Inland & North Western Australia Greater Perth South West Australia West Australian South East Coastal
Describe “Topaque”
Where is it produced
GVs
Sweet wine produced in Australia, formerly known as “Tokaj”
Rutherlgen/Glenrowan > North East Victoria
Muscadelle
Regions within Northern Rivers
Hastings River
Australia’s coolest wine producing area:
Inland
Outland
Victoria
Tasmania
Best/worst vintages
Best: 2018
Worst: 2011
Regions within Mount Lofty Ranges
Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Plains
Clare Valley
When was the “Label Integrity Program” first introduced?
What rule did it bring?
1990’s vintage
85%
Zones within South Australia
Adelaide Superzone Barossa Fleurieu Mount Lofty Ranges Far North Limestone Coast Lower Murray Peninsulas
Zones within Victoria, Australia
Central Victoria Gippsland North East Victoria North West Victoria Port Phillip Western Victoria
When was Southern Eastern Australia created?
What areas does it include?
1996
Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia, Melbourne
Where are Australia’s oldest Marsanne plantings?
Nagambie Lakes, Goulburn Valley, Central Victoria
