Australia PT. 2 Flashcards
Where is Great Southern GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
Where is Henty GI Located?
Western Victoria zone
How is the Australian wine regulation organised?
State - Zone - Region - Subregions
What are the GI of South Coast zone?
New South Wales State – Shoalhaven Coast GI – Southern Highland GI
Where could you find Broke Fordwich? What is it famous for?
Hunter GI // Hunter Valley Zone – New South Wales // Australia Zone with the oldest planting of Verdejo of Australia
What was the traditional market for the Australia producer in 19th century?
Fortified wines - Until the phylloxera crisis
Where is Kangaroo Island GI located?
South Australia State - Fleurieu Zone
What are the sub regions of Great Southern GI?
- Albany - Denmark - Frankland River - Mount Barker (Plantagenet winery) - Porongurup
Where is located Greater Perth?
Western Australia
containes peel / perth hills / swan district
What is the water body of the Adelaide?
Gulf St Vincent: helps to keep region cooler
What is the soil type of the Riverland GI?
Alluvial soil: - Alongside the Murray river
Where is Nagambie Lakes GI located?
Sub GI of Goulburn GI - Central Victoria (Northern part) Victoria State - Australia
Who’s the fifth largest producer of wine worldwide?
Australia behind Italy, France, Spain and Chile
Where is Gundagai GI located?
Southern New South Wales / New South Wales // Australia
Who contributes of the re-birth of Australian wine industry?
- CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research organisation- - Australian wine research Both based in Adelaide
What is “Black Dog” soil type?
Fine sandy loam from Rutherglen GI – Victoria State / North East Victoria Zone
What are the GI of Fleurieu?
- Currency Creek GI - Langhorne Creek GI - McLaren Vale GI - Southern Fleurieu GI - Kangaroo Island GI
Where is Denmark GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone – Great Southern GI
Name the un-official sub-regions of the Margaret River GI. When were they proposed and by who?
- Yallingup -Carbunup -Treeton - Wilyabrup (most planted) - Wallcliffe - Karridale 1999 by Dr. John Gladstones
Where is located Tumbarumba GI?
Southern New South Wales // South New South Wales Zone – New South Wales // Australia
Where is Geographe GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
Where is Currency Creek GI Located?
South Australia State - Fleurieu Zone
Where is Heathcote GI located?
Central Victoria (Northern part) Victoria State - Australia
What are the GI within the Mt Lofty Ranges GI?
- Clare Valley GI - Adelaide Hills GI – Lenswood GI – Picadily Valley GI - Adelaide Plains
What are the GI labelling regulations?
85% min of stated GI
What are the Zones of south Australia?
- Far North - The Peninsulas - Mount Lofty Ranges - Barossa - Lower Murray - Fleurieu - Limestone Coast – Adelaide Superzone (Fleurieu, Barossa, MLR)
What are the mains influences of Western Australia?
Southern Ocean (South) Geographe Bay (Western) Blackwood / Swan Rivers Whicher Ranges (Geographe) Darling Range (Perth Hills)
What is the GI of Northern Rivers Zone?
Hasting Rivers GI
Where is Goulburn GI located? What is the subregion?
Central Victoria (North Eastern part) Victoria State - Australia – Nagambie Lakes GI
What are the GI of the Limestone Coast?
- Robe GI - Coonawarra GI - Padthaway GI - Wrattonbully GI - Mount Gambier GI - Mount Benson GI
Where is Margaret River GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone
What are the 6 zones of the Victoria state?
- North West Victoria - Western Victoria - Central Victoria - Port Phillip - North East Victoria Gippsland
What are the GI of Central Ranges?
- Cowra GI - Mudgee GI - Orange GI
Where is Piper Rivers GI located?
Northern Tasmania – Australia
What are the regulation for the “Rutherglen Muscat” in order to the classification? Explain how it’s made. what’s the ratio of spirit to wine? Name a producer.
Rutherglen Muscat Must be 3 to 5 y old Reach a RS of 180/240g/L
Classic Rutherglen Muscat
Expect an average age of 6-10 years
Grand Rutherglen Muscat
Expect an average age of 11-19 years
Rare Rutherglen Muscat
Expect an average age of 20+ years
Rutherglen producers typically allow the Muscat grapes to undergo a short fermentation on the skins, consuming 20-40 g/l of sugar over the course of one or two days. The wine is then pressed and immediately fortified with a neutral 96° grape spirit, added—as in Port—in a one-to-four ratio.
All Saints, Morris, Campbells, Chambers, Stanton & Killeen, Rutherglen Estates, Buller, and Pfeiffer.
Where is Coonawarra GI located?
South Australia State – Limestone Coast zone
What is the Northern most GI of the limestone Coast zone?
Padthaway GI: Inland too
Where is Frankland River GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone – Great Southern GI
What is Wallcliffe? Where would you find it?
one of the subregion of Margaret River GI - South West Australia Zone - Western Australia – Other one are: - Carbunup - Wilyabrup - Yallingup - Karridale
Leeuwin and Cape Mentelle are here / where most chardonnay is planted
Where is Geelong GI located? What are the sub - regions? What’s unique about the weather here?
Western Port Philip Zone - Victoria State - Australia
Surf coast / bellarine/ moorabool valley
Driest area in port Phillip and prone to frost and wind damage
What are the sub-GI of Adelaide Hills?
- Lenswood GI - Picadily Valley GI
Where is Hasting River GI located?
Norther Rivers Zone – New South Wales / Australia
Where is the Gulf St Vincent located?
Water body of the Adelaide / Mt Lofty Ranges area
Where is the vines first appear in Australia?
New South Wales in 1788 with British prisoners
Where is Strathbogie Ranges GI located?
Central Victoria (Eastern part) Victoria State - Australia
What are the labelling Grapes regulation in Australia?
- if single grape stated on the label: 85% min - For blended grapes: Must be listed in order to the blend. unnamed varietal can be in lower proportion than listed grapes
Where would you find the Darling Range?
Mountain Range in Western Australia - Perth Hills GI
Where is Alpine Valleys GI located?
Within the North East Victoria zone - Victoria State - Australia
Where is Shoalhaven Coast GI located?
South Coast zone // New South Wales // Australia
What is Wilyabrup? Where would you find it?
one of the subregion of Margaret River GI - South West Australia Zone - Western Australia – Other one are: - Carbunup - Yallingup - Treeton - Wallcliffe - Karridale
Where is Picadily Valley GI located?
- South Australia state - Mount Lofty Range zone - Adelaide Hills GI
Where is Macedon Ranges located?
Northern most GI of the Port Phillip Zone - Victoria State - Australia – Within the Macedon Range mountain = Granitic soil / Higher altitude
What is the GI of Hunter Valley? Its unofficial sub-zones?
Hunter GI – Broke Fordwick – Pokolbin – Upper Hunter
Where is Wrattonbully GI located?
South Australia State – Limestone Coast zone
What is the soil type of - Adelaide Plains? - Adelaide Hills?
Hills: Grey loamy soil Plains: red brown sandy + clay
Where is Robe GI located?
South Australia State – Limestone Coast zone
Where is Riverina GI located?
Big Rivers Zone – New South Wales / Australia
Where is Orange GI located?
Central Ranges GI // Hunter Valley Zone – New South Wales // Australia
Where is Rutherglen GI located?
Within the North East Victoria zone - Victoria State - Australia
Where is located Southern Flinders Ranges GI?
Far North Zone South Australia State
Why the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation been created for?
- oversight over the wine industry - regulating label language - defines geographic boundaries - moderate export and trade - market and promotes products at home and aboard
What is the “Black Dog Soil” Where would you find it?
Rutherglen GI is a fine sandy loam
Where is Cowra GI located?
Central Ranges GI // Hunter Valley Zone – New South Wales // Australia
What is Stelvin Closure? Who created it? When
“Screw caps” closure Developed by Australian research centre in the early 1970’s
What are the 3 coastal GI of the Limestone Coast?
Robe GI (South) Mount Benson GI (North) Mount Gambier
What is the GI of Far North? Where is it?
South Australia State – Southern Flinders Ranges GI North Border of Mt Lofty Ranges GI
Name a famous producer of Camberra District. What do they produced?
Clonakilla winery - Based in Murrumbateman village - First vines planted in 1971 - First commercial vintage: 1978 - Co-fermented Shiraz and Viognier bottling: iconic Australian wines also produced CS, Riesling, SB, Viognier in single varietal
What are the zones of New South Wales?
- Big Rivers GI - Northern slopes GI - Northern Rivers GI - Hunter Valley GI - Central Ranges GI - South Coast GI - Southern New South Wales GI - Western Plains GI
How is region (or subregion) defined by Wine Australia?
each single tract of land must have - at least 5 independent producers at least 5 hectares apiece - produce a min of 500 tons of grapes annually
What is the Bass Strait?
water body dividing the Victoria (Australia Mainland) to the Tasmania.
Explain the Label Integrity Program?
Created in 1990 - Required wines to be label by varietal, Region or Vintage by a min of 85% of the state information
Where is Lenswood GI located?
- South Australia state - Mount Lofty Range zone - Adelaide Hills GI
What are the 5 zones of Western Australia?
- Central Wester Australia - Eastern plains, Inland and North of Western Australia - Greater Perth - South West Australia - Western Australian South East Coast
Who’s owned the Magill Estate? Where is it located?
Birthplace of Penfold: Base wine for Grange bottling - Est in 1844 – Adelaide Hills
What is the GI of the Lower Murray GI? in what state?
Riverland GI Eastern most part of the South Australia state
What is the LIP?
Label Integrity Program: - Introduced in 1990: Australian labelling wine regulation
What is CSIRO?
Commonwealth Scientific & industrial research organisation – Australian research centre
What is the altitude range of Barossa Valley?
250-370 m above the sea Level
What GI are shared in Victoria and NSW States?
Murray Darling Swan Hills
What are the GI of the Port Phillip zone?
- Geelong GI - Macedon Ranges GI - Yarra Valley GI - Mornington Peninsula GI - Sunbury GI
Where is Swan Hill GI located?
GI shared between the NSW and Victoria states (North West Victoria zone)
What are the GI of South West Australia
- Geographe GI - Blackwood GI - Great Southern GI - Manjimup GI - Peberton GI - Margaret River GI
Where is Pokolbin located?
Hunter GI // Hunter Valley Zone – New South Wales // Australia
Where is Mount Gambier GI located?
South Australia State – Limestone Coast zone
What ocean make the border of the Victoria?
Indian Ocean
What mountain range runs to the Victoria and NSW?
Great Dividing Range
Where is Plantagenet winery located?
Mount Baker GI - Great Southern GI – South West Australia zone - Western Australia
Where is Porongurup GI located?
Western Australia - South West Australia zone – Great Southern GI
What are the GI of Big Rivers Zones?
- Murray Darling GI (Shared with Victoria) - Swan Hills GI (Shared with Victoria) - Riverina GI - Perricoota GI
What is the lake of the Upper Goulburn GI?
Eildon Lake
Where is Swan District?
Northern part of Greater Perth zone - Western Australia – Swan Valley sub-region
What are the regulation for the “Rare Rutherglen Muscat” in order to the classification?
Must be aged for a min of 20 years in oak Reach a RS of 270 to 400 g/L
What is the biggest GI of Australia? When has it been created?
Australia GI est 1994
(Multi state) South Eastern Australia GI 1996
Where is McLaren Vale GI located?
South Australia State - Fleurieu Zone
When does the table wine overpower the sweet wine in term of production in Australia?
1970’s
What are the sub-GI’s of the Greater Perth GI?
- Peel - Perth Hill - Swan District (Swan Valley sub-zone)
Where is Camberra District GI located?
Southern New South Wales // Hunter Valley Zone – New South Wales // Australia
What is the sub-region of Swan District?
Swan Valley GI
What are the GI of the North West Victoria? What is the particularly of it?
- Murray Darling GI - Swan Hill GI – Both are located between the Victoria and NSW
Where is Mudgee GI located?
Central Ranges GI // Hunter Valley Zone – New South Wales // Australia
WHat are the three main practices that Australia is known for in it’s approach to viticulture/winemaking?
Techninal efficience: - Mechanical harvesting - Irrigation - Blending
What are the 2 main cities of Western Australia?
Albany Perth
What is Karridale? Where would you find it?
one of the subregion of Margaret River GI - South West Australia Zone - Western Australia – Other one are: - Carbunup - Wilyabrup - Wallcliffe - Yallingup - Treeton
Who’s developed the bag-in-box?
Australian winemaker: Offer valuable varietal wines