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Hunter Valley Flashcards

1
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Brokenwood’s outstanding Semillon

A

ILR reserve

(Hunter Valley-Broke Fordwich)

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2
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What subregion of Hunter Valley specializes in 100 year old Verdelho?

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Broke Fordwich

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3
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Climate of Hunter Valley

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Subtropical

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4
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Semillon is this in Hunter Valley

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Hunter riesling

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5
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what rivers are major natural features of Hunter G.I.

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Hunter and Goulburn rivers

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6
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producers of Hunter G.I.

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Tyrrells
Brokenwood (Verdelho oldest in Australia)
Yarraman Estate
Mc William’s Mount Pleasant
Keith Tulloch Wine
Wyndham Estate (1828)
Rosemount Estate

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7
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GI Subregions of Hunter GI (Hunter Valley Zone, New South Wales State)

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Upper Hunter Valley GI (2010)
Polkobin GI
Broke Fordwich GI

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8
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Mountain region near Hunter Valley

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Broken back mountains

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9
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who produces noble one what is it

A

De Bortoli

A botritized Semillon dessert wine New South Wales (Big Rivers, Riverina GI)

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10
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Napoleon sipped this wine from Hunter Valley in 1855 Paris expo

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Sparkling Hunter Valley wine

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11
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Oldest Estate of Australia

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Wyndham 1828
Hunter Valley

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12
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first commercial plantings of Hunter G.I.

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1830 James Busby “Kirkton” estate

The same year he brought viticulture to Australia with thousands of cuttings from Spain and France

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13
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The Hunter Region (excluding upper hunter valley) is knows as this

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Lower Hunter Valley

dates to 1830

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14
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Who founded Mt. Pleasant in Hunter in 1925?

A

Maurice O’Shea
Some of Australias first wines labeled by Variety

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15
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Who is George Wyndham

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Founded Australia’s now-oldest continually operating winery (Wyndham Estate) in 1828
Planted Australia’s first Commercial Shiraz Vineyard in 1830, in Hunter Valley

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16
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What is the name of James Busby’s Estate in Hunter Valley?
In Sydney?

A

Kirkton

Sydney Botanical Gardens

17
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When Gold Was discovered in 1851, this spurred vineyard expansion in these two Australian States

A

Victoria and NSW (Especially Hunter GI, closer to Sydney)

18
Q

Who was the first great Australian winemaker of the 1900s

A

Maurice O’Shea
Produced Hunter Valley Shiraz labled as “Hunter Burgundy”

19
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Original Winemaker for McWilliams Mt. Pleasant in Hunter Valley til his death in 1956

A

Maurice O’Shea

20
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This producer led a push for new plantings in 1960s Hunter Valley

A

Lake’s Folly

21
Q

In the 1960s, plantings of Hunter Valley moved toward table wine production, toward Chardonnay and Merlot away from these fortified wine grapes

A

Pedro and Trebbiano

22
Q

These GIs of NSW are influenced by the Indro Australian Monsoon Season

A

South Coast
Hunter
Northern Rivers

23
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Of the Three GIs of Hunter GI, which two are considered Lower Hunter Valley

A

Polkobin
Broke Fordwich

24
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Producers located in Polkobin GI

A

Tyrell’s, Brokenwood, Thomas Wines, Audrey Wilkinson, McWilliams Mt. Pleasant

25
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Subregions of Lower Hunter Valley

A

Polkobin GI
Broke Fordwich GI
Allandale
Belford
Dalwood
Rothbury

26
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Upper Hunter GI dates back to this year, when Penfolds established 250 ha of vines at Wybong

A

1960

27
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Upper Hunter Valley GI is this on the Winkler Scale

A

IV

28
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Wettest Months in Hunter Valley

A

January and February

29
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Most planted grape in Hunter Valley

A

Semillon

30
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Semillon in Hunter Valley is known as this

A

Hunter Riesling

31
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Hunter Valley Semillon is harvested in these Months

A

End of January and First week of February

32
Q

Tyrell’s Vat 1 and Brokenwood ILR Semillon are released this long after the vintage

A

Five and six years, respectively

33
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Australia’s first bottling of Chardonnay

A

1971 Vat Pinot Chardonnay
Tyrell’s

34
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Verdelho (grape of Madeira) performs well in Hunter because of this

A

Thick skins, does well in SubTropical climate

35
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Shiraz of Hunter Valley does particularly well in this area of Hunter Valley

A

Lower Hunter Valley (red, volcanic soil)

36
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Semillon of Hunter Valley likes this soil type

A

White alluvial sands

37
Q

This man was producing Shiraz and Shiraz-Pinot Blends long before “Grange” at Mount Pleasant Polkobin Hunter GI

A

Maurice OShea

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