General Australia

Question 1

Granite Belt GI

Answer 1

State: Queensland

Question 2

How are GI’s and subregions defined by Wine Australia?

Answer 2

Single tracts of land, comprising at least five independently owned vineyards of at least five hectares apiece, with a min. output of 500 tones of wine grapes annually.

Question 3

How are wine regions defined in Australia?

Answer 3

Defined by Wine Australia as Geographical Indications (GI’s)

Question 4

In what GI will you find the producer Amon Ra?

Answer 4

Barossa Valley

Question 5

Is chapitaliation allowed in Australia?

Answer 5

No

Question 6

South Burnett GI

Answer 6

State: Queensland

Question 7

What 5 large companies account for 64% of Australia’s production (& 75% of export)?

Answer 7

• Hardy’s
• Foster’s
• McGuigan Simeon
• Pernod Richard Pacific
• Casella

Question 8

What are the GI’s of Queensland?

Answer 8

Granite Belt GI

South Burnett GI

Question 9

What are the two irrigation methods of Australia?

Answer 9

• Regulated Deficit Irrigation (stresses the vines at different times) RDI
• Partial Root Drying (PRD)

Question 10

What is Australia’s premium source for Cabernet Sauvignon?

Answer 10

Coonawarra GI

Margaret River GI

Question 11

What is Noble On Botrytis Semillon?

Answer 11

Produced by De Bartoli in Riverina GI. It was first released in 1982.

Question 12

What is the Australian term for domestic Sherry?

Answer 12

Apera

Question 13

What is the governing body over viticulture and winemaking in Australia?

Answer 13

Wine Australia. Founded in 1981 as Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation, it maintains oversight over label language, defining geographic boundaries, moderating exports and promotion both at home and abroad?

Question 14

What is the Label Integrity Program?

Answer 14

Created by AWBC in 1990, it requires any wine labeled by variety, vintage or region to contain a min. 85% of the stated grape, year or region.

Question 15

When was Wine Australia established?

Answer 15

1981. The Australian WIne and Brandy Corporation formed into Wine Australia.

Question 16

Where is CISRO located and what is it?

Answer 16

Located in Adelaide, it is the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrail Research Organization.

Question 17

Who makes The Command Wine?

Answer 17

Elderton. Barossa Valley Shiraz.

Question 18

Who makes The Laird?

Answer 18

Torbreck. Barossa Valley Shiraz.

Question 19

When was Langton’s Classification of Australian Wine first published?

Answer 19

1991

Question 20

When was the last classification done by Langton’s and how often is it updated?

Answer 20

2014

every 5 years or so

Question 21

What are the different classifications of Langton’s and how many are in each classification?

Answer 21

Exceptional - 21

Outstanding - 53

Excellent - 65

Question 22

Where did Phylloxera specifically first appear in Australia, and in what decade?

Answer 22

Geelong, 1870’s

Question 23

In what zones are the following produced?

Clonakilla Shiraz-Viognier
De Bartoli Noble One
Brokenwodd Graveyard Shiraz

Answer 23

Clonakilla Shiraz-Viognier - Southern New South Wales

De Bartoli Noble One - Big River’s Zone

Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz - Hunter Valley Zone

Question 24

Where was Australia’s first Traditional Methos Sparkling wine made and who made it?

Answer 24

Withing Grampains GI (in Great Western GI subzone)

by Charles Pierlot

Question 25

In what year was the Langton’s Classification of Australian Wine first published? What is the current edition?

Answer 25

1991

7th, published 2018