Australia Flashcards by Fernando Monzon

Regions within Fleurieu, Aus (5)

Currency Creek
Kangaroo Island
Langhorne Creek
McLaren Vale
Southern Fleurieu

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Regions within Barossa (2)

Barossa Valley

Eden Valley

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Regions within Greater Perth, Aus (3)

Peel
Perth Hills
Swan District

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Producer of Noble One
Region, Country
GV

De Bortoli
Riverina, NSW, Australia
Semillon

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Zones included within Adelaide GI

Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges

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Regions within Port Phillip, Australia

Geelong
Macedon Ranges
Mornington Peninsulas
Sunbury
Yarra Valley

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Regions within South Coast, Aus

Shoalhaven Coast

Southern Highlands

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Regions within North West Victoria

Swan Hills

Murray Darling

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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

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MPGV in Australia

Shiraz/Chard/CS

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Where are Australia’s oldest Verdelho plantings located?

What producer uses them?

Hunter Valley

Tyrrell

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Largest Estate in Australia

Western Australia

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Regions within North East Victoria

Alpine Valleys
Beechworth
Glenrowan
King Valley
Rutherglen

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Describe threats to Aus. winemaking

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

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Regions within Western Victoria

Grampians
Henty
Pyrenees

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Regions within Southern New South Wales

Canberra
Tumbarumba
Hilltops
Gundagai

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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