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General New Zealand Flashcards

1
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GIs of North Island (12)

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Northland GI

Auckland GI (Includes Matakana GI, Kumeu GI and Waiheke Island GI)

Gisborne GI

Hawkes Bay GI (Includes central Hawkes bay GI)

Wairarapa GI (Includes Gladstone GI, Martinborough GI)

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2
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Three most general GIs of NZ

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New Zealand GI
North Island GI
South Island GI

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GIs of South Island (9)

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South Island GI,

Nelson GI,

Marlborough GI,

Canterbury GI (includes North Canterbury GI, Waipara Valley/Waipara GI

Waitaki North Otago/Waitaki Valley GI

Central Otago GI (Includes Bannockburn GI)

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4
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Romeo Bragato is credited with this in New Zealand

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Repository of cuttings and ridding country of Phylloxera Vastatrix
Studied phylloxera, grafting vines

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5
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What year did six o clock swill end in NZ (early closing time)

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1967

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6
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Most planted variety in NZ in 1960s

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Albany Surprise

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7
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What year was there a government pull scheme to replace table and hybrid grapes in NZ?

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1986

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8
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Records suggest that the vines brought to NZ by this man in 1833 produced the country’s first wine

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James Busby, cuttings he previously brought to Sydney Australia

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9
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Main grape of Waikato Bay of plenty (North Island, not a GI)

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Main white is Chard and SB

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10
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What famous 2000 acres of deep gravelly, warm shingle saw a land grab in the late 90s

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Gimblett Gravels

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11
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North Island and South Island are separated by this strait

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Cook

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12
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Sauvignon Blanc accounts for what percentage of total vineyard area in NZ

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60%

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13
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Subregion of Waikato/Bay of Plenty (not a GI)

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Te Kauwhata, Te Awamutu, Coromandel Peninsula, Lake Taupo, Hamilton, Rotorua

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Major producers of Waikato/Bay of Plenty

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Morton Estate, Villagrad

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15
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Winemaking regions run North South on this coastline (NZ)

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East

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17
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What was the most important white grape in New Zealand 1996?

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Muller Thurgau

Sauvignon Blanc only became the most important in 2002

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18
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what is 3MH? (New Zealand)

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3-mercaptohexanol

detected in its passionfruit- or gooseberry-like aromas and can also be described as sweaty or herbaceous. These qualities are central to the New Zealand’s distinctive Sauvignon Blanc style.

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19
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What is IBMP (New Zealand)

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green-tasting isobutyl methoxypyrazine in sauvignon blanc

20
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Oldest wine estate in New Zealand

In hawkes Bay

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Mission Estate, which was founded in 1851 by Marist priests and continues to be owned by the Society of Mary

21
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All New Zealand producers and growers belong to this organization:

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New Zealand Winegrowers, an organization formed in 2002

22
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Waikato/Bay of Plenty has this many hectares planted to vines

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Waikato/Bay of Plenty has 3 hectares planted to vines

23
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New Zealand’s largest city

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Auckland

24
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Auckland production accounts for this ___% of NZ total

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represents 1% of the national total

25
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Vineyards of Waiheke Island GI (Auckland GI) are clustered here

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singularly sunny, dry climate

lower western side

26
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Where is the bulk of production for North Island centered?

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The bulk of the North Island’s production is concentrated in the central and southern regions of Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, and Wairarapa.

27
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First to plant Sauvignon Blanc in NZ
(planted in Auckland)

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Ross Spence, got cuttings from Te Kauwhata, the government’s research station

28
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Name of the first Sauvignon Blanc vineyard from Ross Spence

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Matua Road, made commercially available in 1974 (Auckland)

29
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What is the OIV

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International Organization of Vine and wine, New Zealand is ranked 31, with 0.5% of vineyard area globally

30
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New Zealand lies on these parallels

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35degrees S
45degrees S (most southerly wine growing region)

31
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Closest land to East coast of New Zealand in Southern Hemisphere

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Chile

32
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This sea separates NZ and Aus, Its nearest neighbor

A

Tasman sea

33
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Why arent vines planted on the West coast of NZ

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Too wet

34
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These vintages in NZ saw tropical cyclones strike at harvest

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2017 and 2018

35
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Who is Derek Milne

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In the 1970s, this government scientist published a report concludint that the climate and soils of Marlborough, Martinborough and Waipara were suitable for viticulture

36
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This viticultural hazard is an issue in NZ because of the proximity to the hole in the ozone

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Sunburn, need strategic canopy management

37
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The 2006 Geographical Registration act was introduced in this year in NZ

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2006

Passed in 16, enacted in 17

38
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New Zealand follows international norms of sale. What does that mean for %

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if vintage, variety or origin is stated on label, 85% of the wine must be sourced from that vintage, variety or origin
NZ wines sold in the EU must be 8.5% abv

39
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Why do you see german hybrids in NZ?

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Government Vine pull and phylloxera

40
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NZ SB displays more of these compounds

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3-Mercaptohexanol (3MH) (Gooseberry, passionfruit, sweaty)
3-Mercaptohexyl acetate (3MHA)
Isobutyl methoxypyrazine (1BMP) (Green)

41
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First Pinot Noir planted in NZ

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1883, William Beetham and his French wife

42
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Who wrote “Prospects of Viticulture in New Zealand”

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Romeo Bragato, in 1895 concluded that Pinot Noir was one of five red varieties suited for local climate

43
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Who is Malcolm Abel?

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winemaker who funded the cuttings quarantine at the government viticultural research station for the “Gumboot Clone” that came in from Romanée conti

44
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Name for tasting room in NZ

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“Cellar Door” same as AUS

45
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What is greywacke soil?

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Hard grey Argillaceous sandstone
Often with quartz and feldspar

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