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Australia I (NSW & Victoria) Flashcards

1
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Smallest and coolest State in Australia

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Victoria

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Subregions of Victoria (6)

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  • North West
  • Central Victoria
  • North East
  • Gippsland
  • Port Phillip
  • Western
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Subregions of Central Victoria (5)

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  • Bendigo
  • Heathcote
  • Goulburn Valley
  • Strathbogie Ranges
  • Upper Goulburn
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In which subregion is Nagambie Lakes GI located, name a producer

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  • Goulburn, Central Victoria, Victoria

- Tahbilk

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Which winery protected its vineyards from the phylloxera, Shiraz vines planted in 1860 and well known for Marsanne, the oldest and largest plantation (70%) in the world

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Tahbilk, Nagambie Lakes GI, sub of Goulburn, Central Victoria, in Victoria

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This sub used to be part of Bendigo, and makes red wines ONLY in Victoria. Name a producer

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  • Heathcote, Central Victoria

- Jasper Hill, La Pleaiade, Chapter, Pyrette

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Where is the Bass Phillips winery

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Gippsland, Central Victoria, Victoria

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Subregions of North East Victoria (5)

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  • Glenrowan
  • Rutherglen
  • Beechworth
  • Alpine Valleys
  • King Valley
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The Warby Ranges are the predominant geological formation in the region

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Glenrowan, North East Victoria, Victoria

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Where is the Giaconda winery located

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Beechworth, North East Victoria, Victoria

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“Prosecco Road” using Glera is located where

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  • King Valley, North East Victoria, Victoria

- lots of sparkling here

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Synonym for Durif, and where is it famously located

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  • Petite Syrah

- Rutherglen, North East Victoria, Victoria

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Grape used for fortified wines from Rutherglen and producers

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  • Topaque (formerly “Tokay”): Muscadelle
  • Muscat: Muscat a petits grains rouge or Rutherglen Muscat
  • Tawny
  • Producers: Rutherglen, Buller, Chambers Rosewood winery
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4 tiers for the Rutherglen Muscat Classification (1995)

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  • Rutherglen: 3-5 yrs, RS: 180-240g/l
  • fresh raisin aromas with clean, clear spirit
  • Classic: 6-10 yrs, RS: 200-280g/l
  • more richness and complexity with rancio characters often from maturation in old oak casks
  • Grand: 11 -19 yrs, RS: 270-400g/l
  • mature ranch characters
  • Rare: 20+ years, RS: 270-400g/l
  • tiny quantities
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Original Rutherglen families (8)

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  • Chambers Rosewood (1858)
  • John Gehrig (1859)
  • Morris Wines (1859)
  • Mount Prior (1860)
  • St Leonards (1860)
  • All Saints Estate (1864)
  • Campbells (1870)
  • Stanton & Killeen (1875)
  • Buller (1921)
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GIs of North West Victoria (2)

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  • Murray Darling: 2nd largest region In australia, largest In Victoria
  • Swan Hill: overlaps NSW, Mediterranean, hot climate
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What are the (2) appellations that is shared between NW Victoria and NSW and what zones do they belong in for each State?

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Swan Hill, Murray Darling

  • North West Victoria, Victoria
  • Big Rivers, NSW
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Largest region in Victoria and 2nd largest region In Australia

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Murray Darling, North West Victoria, Victoria

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GIs of Port Phillip (5)

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  • Yarra Valley
  • Mornington Peninsula
  • Geelong
  • Sunbury
  • Macedon Ranges
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20
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Which 2 GIs surround Port Phillip Bay

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  • Mornington Peninsula

- Geelong

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21
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Australia’s coolest region on the mainland (cooler than Reims!!)

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Macedon Ranges, Port Phillip, Victoria

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First to achieve commerical success was Pinot Gris/Grig

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Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip, Victoria

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Victoria`s oldest established wine region (1837), located east of Melbourne

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Yarra Valley, Port Phillip, Victoria

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1st winery in Yarra Valley

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Yering Station (1838)

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Domaine Chandon (Australian Domaine Chandon in 1987) where

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Yarra Valley, Port Phillip, Victoria

26
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Watirna Estate where

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Yarra Valley, Port Phillip, Victoria

27
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This GI has a strong maritime influence, cool climate, phylloxera in the 1870’s caused wine production to cease for 100 years! Replanting did not occur until 1966!

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Geelong, Port Phillip, Victoria

28
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Bannockburn and Prince Albert vineyards located where

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Geelong, Port Phillip, Victoria

29
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New names for Sherry and Tokay in Australia

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  • Sherry: Apera

- Tokay: Topaque

30
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Brown Brothers of Milawa company located in which state

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King Valley, North East Victoria

31
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Giaconda in which state

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Beechworth, North East Victoria

32
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Australia’s most common Pinot clone

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MV6, a selection of vines imported by James Busby which are believed to have been sourced from Clos de Vougeot

33
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This winery was founded by wine writer James and Suzanne Halliday in 1985, and helped to put Yarra Valley Pinot Noir on the map

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Coldstream Hills (now owned by Treasury Wine Estates)

34
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Australia’s most populous state and Australian wine’s birthplace

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  • New South Wales
  • ~1/4 of Australia’s wine production
  • > 1/2 of state’s production in Riverina
35
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Year which Captain Arthur Phillip landed the First Fleet in Sydney in NSW

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1788

36
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50% of NSW’s production is in this subregion

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Riverina

37
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Sole Multistate and regions

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  • New South Wales (whole)
  • Victoria (whole)
  • Tasmania (whole)
  • part of Queensland
  • part of South Australia
38
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8 zones in NSW

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  • Western Plains
  • Northern Slopes
  • Northern Rivers
  • South Coast
  • Southern NSW
  • Hunter Valley
  • Central Ranges
  • Big Rivers
39
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T or F? Western Plains has no regions

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True!

40
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4 Regions in Big Rivers in NSW

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  • Murray Darling (in North West Victoria in Victoria)
  • Swan Hill (in North West Victoria in Victoria)
  • Riverina
  • Perricoota
41
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Which 2 regions in Big Rivers overlap North West Victoria also?

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  • Murray Darling

- Swan Hill

42
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Notable producers in Big Rivers, NSW

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  • Lindemans (Karadoc): Murray Darling
  • Riverina: De Bertoli “Noble One” (a botrytised Semillon dessert wine), most of Yellow Tail fruit (Casella)
  • Riverina: McWilliam’s (first commerial plantings — 1913)
43
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2 rivers in Riverina, which one is a tributary of the Murray River

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  • Lachlan, Murrumbidgee (tributary)
44
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Murray River passes through or touches which 4 NSW regions

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  • Murray Darling
  • Swan Hill
  • Perricoota (surrounds/touches)
  • Tumbarumba (surrounds/touches)
45
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Sole regions in Northern Slopes and Northern Rivers in NSW

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  • Northern Slopes: New England Australia

- Northern Rivers: Hasting Rivers

46
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4 regions in Southern NSW

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  • Gundagai
  • Hilltops
  • Canberra District (Clonakilla)
  • Tumbarumba (alpine climate, majority sparkling wines)
47
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This river runs through Riverina, Gundagai and Canberra District

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Murrumbidgee

48
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South Coast region’s subregions in NSW (2)

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  • Shoalhaven Coast

- Southern Highlands

49
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Central Ranges region subregions in NSW (3)

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  • Mudgee
  • Cowra
  • Orange
50
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Australia’s oldest wine-producing region

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Hunter Valley, Central Ranges, NSW

51
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First Commercial Plantings in Hunter Valley (Central Ranges, NSW)

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  • 1830: James Busby’s “Kirkton” estate

- Busby, the “father of Australian wines”

52
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Sole GI/region of Hunter Valley zone and its subregions

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  • Hunter GI
  • Upper Hunter Valley
  • Pokolbin (Lower Hunter)
  • Broke Fordwich (Lower Hunter)
53
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Synonym for Semillon in Hunter Valley

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Hunter Riesling

54
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Which area claims the oldest Verdelho plantings in the country

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Broke Fordwich, a subregion of Hunter

55
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Hunter Valley, subtropical. Name key producers

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  • Brokenwood
  • Rosemount
  • Tyrell’s Vat 1 Semillon
  • Keith Tulloch
  • O’Shea (Mt. Pleasant, 1925)
  • Maurice O’Shea: one of the early proponents of Hunter Valley Semillon who recognised its potential as a long-lived single-varietal wine
56
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The most Northerly of Australia’s traditional wine regions

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Hunter Valley, NSW

57
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Australia’s highest wine region at 4,330 ft (1320m)

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New England, Northern Slopes Region, NSW

58
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Sparkling wine zone in Southern New South Wales

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Tumbarumba

59
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The zone and region closest to the Bass Straight

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  • Zone: Port Phillip
  • Region: Mornington Peninsula
  • NSW
60
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What style of wine is dominant in Riverina? Most planted varietal?

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  • Fortified and botrytis-affected dessert wines

- Sémillon

61
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This lake in Glenrowan (North East Victoria Zone) contributes to the moderating influence there

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Mokoan

62
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Australia’s longest river?

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Murray River

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