Australia & New Zealand Flashcards
What is the dominant grape of Central Otago?
Pinot Noir
Who created “grange”?
Penfolds
What is the dominant grape in Barossa Valley?
Shiraz
Which of the following is not a state in Australia? • New South Wales • Victoria • Auckland • Queensland • Tasmania
Auckland
Hawkes Bay is located on the North Island of New Zealand. True or False
True
Coonawarra is famous for its “terra rosa” soil. True or False?
True
What state is Yarra Valley located within?
Victoria
Which of the following GIs is known for Riesling? • Clare Valley • Hunter Valley • Barossa Valley • Coonawarra • Rutherglen
Clare Valley
What is the dominant grape of Marlborough?
Sauvignon Blanc
A minimum 75% of the stated vintage is required for vintage-dated wines in Australia.
True or False?
False (85%)
Who produces the dry-farmed “Astralis”?
Clarendon Hills
What areas are particularly known for bulk wine production and what states are they located in?
Riverland- South Australia
Riverina- New South Wales
Murray Darling- Victoria (northwestern Victoria= hottest for Victoria)
What state is Mornington Peninsula located in? Describe the climate.
Victoria. Cool, windy, maritime.
Port Phillip Bay
Mornington Peninsula was the first to pioneer the widespread planting of what grape?
Pinot Gris.
Also, largest planting of Pinot Noir in Australia.
What areas of Northeastern Victoria are known for “stickies”?
Rutherglen and Glenrowan
What is the more modern name of the sweet wines made from Muscadelle in Victoria?
“Topaque”
What grape is used to make rich, raisinated wines?
Muscat à Petits Grains Rouge
Where are Red Cambrian soils found?
Heathcote in Victoria
Victoria is the smallest and hottest sate on the Australian mainland. True or False?
False. Smallest and coolest.
Where are the subregions of Granite Belt and South Burnett located?
Queensland.
What year was the Label Integrity Program started?
- Varietal, Vintage and Region must account for at least 85% of stated.
What government body was created in 1981 to have oversight over labels, trade and promotion of the winemaking industry?
Wine Australia
What large area was created in 1996? What states does in encompass?
South Eastern Australia zone. Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland.
GIs are purely geographical and impose no restrictions on grape varietals or yields. True or False?
True
What subregion of New South Wales has a cool, alpine climate and is known for sparkling wine production?
Tumbarumba
Where is the Hunter Region located? Climate? Known for what grape with huge aging potential?
New South Wales. Subtropical. Semillon. Tyrell’s “Vat 1”.
Where is Canberra?
New South Wales. It has a continental climate. Known for Shiraz (Clonakilla)
What is the definition of a region in Australia?
They are single tracts of land that contain at least 5 individually owned vineyards of at least 5 hectares each with a minimum output of 500 tons of grapes annually.
Where is the Great Dividing Range?
New South Wales.
What is another name for Riverina?
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
Where is the so-called Limestone coast and what two regions does in contain?
South Australia. Coonawarra and Padthaway.
Which region in South Australia is known for elegant expressions of Cabernet Sauvignon with soft tannins and red fruit?
Coonawarra.
Where is Clare Valley located? Name a well known producer.
Mount Lofty Ranges. South Australia. Grosset.
McLaren Vale GI, known for Shiraz, Mourvèdre and Grenache, is located in what sub zone of what state?
Fleurieu of South Australia. Old, low yielding vines.
What is the size of a traditional American hogshead?
300 liters.
What river flows through Barossa?
North Para River.
What is the largest state in Australia, accounting for only 5% of the country’s wine output?
Western Australia
What is the most acclaimed GI of Western Australia?
Margaret River.
Match the producer to its most well known area or GI? Leeuwin Eden Valley Domaine Chandon Margaret River Henschke Yarra Valley Torbreck McLaren Vale Clarendon Hills Barossa Valley
Leeuwin- Margaret River Domaine Chandon- Yarra Vally Henschke- Eden Valley Torbreck- Barossa Valley Clarendon Hills- McLaren Vale
What coastal GI is know for Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends as well as gravelly elegant CS and Bordeaux-style blends?
Margaret River
What is Australia’s coolest wine producing region? Known for what type of wine?
Tasmania. Sparkling wine.
What are some subregions of Southern Tasmania?
Pipers River, Coal River, Tamar Valley
What subregion of the Great Southern GI in Western Australia is known for cool climate Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon? Name a well known producer.
Mount Barker. Plantagenet.
What are the three sub zones of Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia?
Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains and Clare Valley.
Where is Lake Alexandria located?
Fleurieu in South Australia.
Watervale and Polish Hill River are two sub zones of which Valley?
Clare Valley. Known for Riesling.
Clare Valley is known exclusively for its Riesling (containing notes of lime candy, petrol and tropical fruits). True or False.
False. Also has a reputation for Shiraz and Cagpbernet Sauvignon.
Jim Barry, Kilkanoon, Taylors and Skillogalee.
What heavily irrigated zone is north of the Limestone Coast in South Australia and what is its sole GI, known for bulk wine production?
Lower Murray zone. Riverland GI.
Where are Piccadilly Valley and Lenswood located?
Adelaide Hills.
Where is Gimblett Gravels?
Hawkes Bay
Awatere Valley is located in what area of New Zealand?
Marlborough.
What is the average age of Rutherglen’s Grand Muscat?
10-15 years
Tasmania is the world’s southernmost wine growing region. True or False.
False
Match the GI with the appropriate state. Granite Belt South Australia Eden Valley Victoria Margaret River New South Wales Riverina Western Australia Mornington Peninsula Queensland
Granite Belt - Queensland Eden Valley - South Australia Margaret River - Western Australia Riverina - New South Wales Mornington Peninsula - Victoria
Match the producer to the most appropriate region. Cloudy Bay Margaret River Henschke Central Otago Mt. Difficulty Coonawarra Cullen Clare Valley Majella Eden Valley Grosset Marlborough
Cloudy Bay Marlborough Henschke Eden Valley Mt. Difficulty Central Otago Cullen Margaret River Majella Coonawarra Grosset Clare Valley
What is the only region in New Zealand to enjoy a truly continental climate?
Central Otago
What area on the North Island is its driest and biggest producer of red wines? Merlot is the dominant red grape.
Hawkes Bay
Waiheke Island is an unofficial sub zone of what North Island region? It is known for a somewhat sunny, dry climate for red blends.
Auckland
What regions are on the North Island?
Northland, Auckland, Gisbourne (bay of Poverty), Waikato/ Bay of Plenty, Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay
What areas are on the South Island?
Nelson, Marlborough, Central Otago, Canterbury (Waipara Valley)
What is the world’s southernmost wine growing region?
Central Otago
What is New Zealand’s fastest growing wine region?
Canterbury
What are three sub zones of Marlborough?
Awatere Valley, Wairu Valley, Southern Valleys
Soils…sandy, alluvial loam topsoil over gravel
What is New Zealand’s sunniest, and rainiest, wine growing region!
Nelson
What is the most planted varietal in New Zealand? Area with the biggest production?
Sauvignon Blanc. Marlborough.
Grapes in New Zealand are generally planted on the hillsides for maximum sun exposure and picked by hand. True or False.
False. Planted on flat expanses and harvested mechanically.
What is the most planted varietal in Hawkes Bay?
Chardonnay
What do the vines in Gisbourne on the North Island lay claim to?
They are the first vines to see the sun each day.
New Zealand is the easternmost and southernmost winemaking country in the world. True or False.
True.
Name the GIs of Tasmania.
Tasmania
What producers are best known for the Margaret River GI?
Cullen, Leeuwin, Vasse Felix, Cape Mentelle
What is the oldest GI of Victoria?
Yarra Valley.
Domaine Chandon and Mount Mary.
What does GI stand for?
Geographical Indications.
What is the name of Yalumba’s famous wine? From which GI?
Octavius. Eden Valley.
Where must the fruit come from if the bottle says Barossa.
Eden Valley and Barossa Valley.
What is the old name traditionally used for Mourvèdre?
Mataro
Name two GIs in South Australia popular for “GSM” blends?
McLaren Vale and Barossa Valley.
What types of vines are common in Barossa?
Pre-phylloxera, unirrigated, deep rooted bush vines ranging to over a 100 yrs old.
What is the “super zone” used for blending across Barossa, Fleurieu and Mount Lofty Ranges?
Adelaide GI
The climate of Fleurieu is generally __________. What is its most famous GI?
Mediterranean. McLaren Vale.
Coonawarra has a hot, Mediterranean climate. True or False.
False. It is cooler than most of Australia with a Maritime climate fanned by “Westerlies”. It has a long, even growing season.
South Australia is not a very important state for wine production. True or False.
False. It is “the wine state” and often considered the California of Australia.
It has many different micro climates.
