General New Zealand info

Question 1

Who, when and where were the first New Zealand vines planted?

Answer 1

1819, A christian missionary on North Island

Question 2

When did wine production start?

Answer 2

The late 1830s

Question 3

Who is responsible for the first wine production?

Answer 3

James Busby

Question 4

Settlers from what 4 countries had an influence on New Zealand production?

Answer 4

France
Spain
Germany
Croatia

Question 5

What is six o clock swill?

Answer 5

An early closing hour for pubs that lasted until 1967

Question 6

How did soft prohibition affect growers?

Answer 6

They planted low quality grapes, in case it ever became full illegal

Question 7

What was NZ’s most planted variety in 1960?

Answer 7

Albany Surprise

Question 8

When could wine shops start to sell single bottles of wine?

Answer 8

1955

Question 9

When could wineries start to sell glasses of wine?

Answer 9

1976

Question 10

When did vinifera grapes become common?

Answer 10

1970s

Question 11

When was there a government-sponsored vine pull scheme?

Answer 11

1986

Question 12

Name the estimated vineyard acreage from 1960 to 2008

Answer 12

400ha to 29,000ha

Question 13

When did Montana establish the first commercial Marlbrough vineyard?

Answer 13

1973

Question 14

What was NZ first varietal wine?

Answer 14

Gisborne Chardonnay

Question 15

When did Cloudy Bay launch?

Answer 15

1985

Question 16

How far away from Tasmania is the North Island?

Answer 16

1200 miles

Question 17

Most vineyards are located within how many miles of the coast?

Answer 17

20 miles

Question 18

What is the organization that every winery joins?

Answer 18

New Zealand Winegrowers

Question 19

Which two countries were widely using the Screwcap before New Zealand?

Answer 19

Australia and Switzerland

Question 20

How much of NZ wines are bottled with screwcap?

Answer 20

85 percent

Question 21

What is the minimum stated variety percentage?

Answer 21

85 percent

Question 22

Which region has the North Island’s driest climate?

Answer 22

Hawkes Bay

Question 23

What kind of soil is in Gimblett Gravels?

Answer 23

Deep, shingle soils

Question 24

Which Champagne house is collaborating with Montana?

Answer 24

Deutz

Question 25

What is the main soil of Marlborough?

Answer 25

Sandy, alluvial loam topsoil over gravel

Question 26

Awatere Valley can be separated into what?

Answer 26

Upper Awatere

Lower Awatere

Question 27

What is the main region of Canterbury?

What is the subregion in the south?

Answer 27

Waipara

Waitaki Valley

Question 28

What is dally plonk?

Answer 28

A pejorative for NZ wine, in reference to settlers from Dalmatia

Question 29

What bay is Marlborough up against?

Answer 29

Cloudy Bay

Question 30

What river runs along Marlborough?

Answer 30

Wairau

Question 31

What bay is Awatere up against?

Answer 31

Clifford Bay

Question 32

What is the soil of Northland?

Answer 32

grey-brown, clay-rich loam soils, subsoils of compact clay, friable volcanic clays at Kerikeri

Question 33

About how many hectares are under vine in Auckland?

Answer 33

406, as of 2013

Question 34

What are the unofficial subregions of Waikato/Bay of Plenty?

Answer 34

Te Kauwhata
Te Awamutu
Coromandel Peninsula
Lake Taupo
Hamtilon
Rotorua

Question 35

What are the unofficial subregions of Auckland?

Answer 35

Matakana/Mahurangi
Kumeu/Huapai
Henderson
Waiheke Island
South Auckland

Question 36

What are the 4 main grapes in Gisborne?

Answer 36

Chardonnay: 794ha
Pinot Gris: 338ha
Gewurztraminer: 109ha
Merlot: 71ha

Question 37

What are the unofficial subregions of Gisborne?

Answer 37

Golden Slope
Ormond
Ormond Valley
Manutuke
Central Valley
Riverpoint
Patutahi
Patutahi Plateau
Waipaoa

Question 38

Who is in charge of Gimblett Gravels?

Answer 38

Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing Association

Question 39

What are the unofficial subregions of Hawke’s Bay?

Answer 39

Mohaka River Valley
Esk River Valley
Tutaekuri River Valley
Ngaruroro River Valley
Te Awanga
Northern Esk Valley
Korokipo
Bridge Pa
Gimblett Gravels
Ohiti
Havelock North

Question 40

What are the unofficial subregions of Wairarapa?

Answer 40

Martinborough
Masterton
Gladstone

Question 41

What are the unofficial subregions of Marlborough?

Answer 41

Wairau Valley
Awatere Valley
Southern Valleys