Australia and New Zealand

Question 1

What is the largest wine exporter of the New World?

Answer 1

Australia

Question 2

What is Australia’s most widely planted grape?

Answer 2

Shiraz (Syrah) - Chardonnay is second

Question 3

What is a wine region called in Australia?

Answer 3

A GI (geographical indication)

Question 4

What is the whimsical Australian term for dessert wines?

Answer 4

Stickies

Question 5

What varietals are the region of Tasmania known for, and why?

Answer 5

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and sparkling wines - it is the southernmost, and therefor coolest, of the Australian regions

Question 6

What are the best known regions of the New South Wales GI? What varietal are they best known for?

Answer 6

Hunter Valley (Semillon) and Mudgee (Cabernet Sauvignon)

Question 7

What are the best known regions of the Victoria GI?

Answer 7

Rutherglen (known for fortified Muscats), the Yarra Valley and the Mornington Peninsula (Pinot Noir and Chardonnay), and Heathcote (Shiraz)

Question 8

What region, in the South Australia GI, is known for it’s terra rossa soils, producing excellent Cabernet Sauvignons?

Answer 8

Coonawarra

Question 9

Name rhe four famous valley regions around Adelaide in the South Australia GI.

Answer 9

Barrossa, Clare, Edan, and McLaren

Question 10

What grape are Barrossa Valley and McLaren Vale noted for?

Answer 10

Shiraz

Question 11

What varietal are Clare and Eden Valley in the South Australia GI noted for?

Answer 11

Riesling

Question 12

What is the only main region of the Western Australia GI?

Answer 12

Margaret River, noted for whites, especially Chardonnays and Rielsings

Question 13

What Australian region has the largest volume? What region is physically the largest?

Answer 13

Riverland for production - Riverina for size

Question 14

What is the top planted varietal in New Zealand?

Answer 14

Sauvignon Blanc - Pinot Noir is #2

Question 15

What is the main topographic feature of New Zealand?

Answer 15

The Southern Alps, a high mountain chain that runs down the western coast of the South Island

Question 16

In both Australia and New Zealand, what % is required to list place of origin, vintage, or single variety on a label?

Answer 16

85%

Question 17

What is the largest of New Zealand’s regions? Which island is it on?

Answer 17

Marlborough, on the northeast corner of the South Island - over 85% of Sauvignon Blanc acreage is in the region. It is also the largest Pinot Noir producing region

Question 18

What is the second largest, and one of the warmest, regions in New Zealand? Which island is it on?

Answer 18

Hawkes Bay, on the eastern coast of the North Island

Question 19

What region is known as the “Chardonnay Capitol of New Zealand”? What island is it on?

Answer 19

Gisbourne, on the eastern coast of the North Island, just above Hawkes Bay

Question 20

What is the southernmost region of New Zealand, and indeed, the world?

Answer 20

Central Otago

Question 21

Along with Marlborough, what other region sits at the northern point of the South Island and is famous for Sauvignon Blanc?

Answer 21

Nelson

Question 22

Name all of the important South Island regions

Answer 22

Marlborough, Nelson, Central Otago, and Cantebury

Question 23

Name all of the important regions of the North Island

Answer 23

Hawkes Bay, Gisbourne, Martinborough, Wellington, Wairarapa, - less important are Northland, Aukland, and Waikato/Bay of Plenty