General New Zealand

Question 1

GIs of North Island (12)

Answer 1

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)

Question 2

Three most general GIs of NZ

Answer 2

New Zealand GI
North Island GI
South Island GI

Question 3

GIs of South Island (9)

Answer 3

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)

Question 4

Romeo Bragato is credited with this in New Zealand

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

1967

Question 6

Most planted variety in NZ in 1960s

Answer 6

Albany Surprise

Question 7

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

Answer 7

1986

Question 8

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

Answer 8

James Busby, cuttings he previously brought to Sydney Australia

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Cabernet Sauvignon

Main white is Chard and SB

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Gimblett Gravels

Question 11

North Island and South Island are separated by this strait

Answer 11

Cook

Question 12

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

Answer 12

60%

Question 13

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

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Major producers of Waikato/Bay of Plenty

Answer 14

Morton Estate, Villagrad

Question 15

Winemaking regions run North South on this coastline (NZ)

Answer 15

East

Question 16

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Muller Thurgau

Sauvignon Blanc only became the most important in 2002

Question 18

what is 3MH? (New Zealand)

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

What is IBMP (New Zealand)

Answer 19

green-tasting isobutyl methoxypyrazine in sauvignon blanc

Question 20

Oldest wine estate in New Zealand

In hawkes Bay

Answer 20

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

Question 21

All New Zealand producers and growers belong to this organization:

Answer 21

New Zealand Winegrowers, an organization formed in 2002

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Waikato/Bay of Plenty has 3 hectares planted to vines

Question 23

New Zealand’s largest city

Answer 23

Auckland

Question 24

Auckland production accounts for this ___% of NZ total

Answer 24

represents 1% of the national total

Question 25

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

Answer 25

singularly sunny, dry climate lower western side

Question 26

Where is the bulk of production for North Island centered?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

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

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Name of the first Sauvignon Blanc vineyard from Ross Spence

Answer 28

Matua Road, made commercially available in 1974 (Auckland)

Question 29

What is the OIV

Answer 29

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

Question 30

New Zealand lies on these parallels

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Closest land to East coast of New Zealand in Southern Hemisphere

Answer 31

Chile

Question 32

This sea separates NZ and Aus, Its nearest neighbor

Answer 32

Tasman sea

Question 33

Why arent vines planted on the West coast of NZ

Answer 33

Too wet

Question 34

These vintages in NZ saw tropical cyclones strike at harvest

Answer 34

2017 and 2018

Question 35

Who is Derek Milne

Answer 35

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

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Sunburn, need strategic canopy management

Question 37

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

Answer 37

2006 Passed in 16, enacted in 17

Question 38

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

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Why do you see german hybrids in NZ?

Answer 39

Government Vine pull and phylloxera

Question 40

NZ SB displays more of these compounds

Answer 40

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

Question 41

First Pinot Noir planted in NZ

Answer 41

1883, William Beetham and his French wife

Question 42

Who wrote "Prospects of Viticulture in New Zealand"

Answer 42

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

Question 43

Who is Malcolm Abel?

Answer 43

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

Question 44

Name for tasting room in NZ

Answer 44

"Cellar Door" same as AUS

Question 45

What is greywacke soil?

Answer 45

Hard grey Argillaceous sandstone Often with quartz and feldspar