Mainly Australia and NZ - ST Questions 28.03.20

Question 1

Name the zones of New South Wales.

Answer 1

(8) Northern Rivers, Northern Slopes, South NSW, South Coast, Western Plains, Big Rivers, Hunter Valley, Central Ranges

Question 2

In which zone would you find the GI Canberra District and which winery set up by John Kirk is based here?

Answer 2

South NSW, Clonakilla

Question 3

What are the regions and sub-regions of the Hunter Valley Zone?

Answer 3

Hunter GI + Upper Hunter, Broke Fordwich, Pokolbin subs

Question 4

Name the zones of Victoria.

Answer 4

(6) Central Victoria, Gippsland, North East Victoria, North West Victoria, Western Victoria, Port Phillip

Question 5

In which GI would you find the Nagambie Lakes sub region and name a producer from there?

Answer 5

Goulborn Valley. Tahbilk, David Traeger, Tar and Roses, Michelton.

Question 6

Name 3 producers of Rutherglen Muscat.

Answer 6

De Bortoli, Stanton and Killeen, Buller, Chambers, St Leonards, Valhalla, Morris, Scion, Olive Hills, Cofield, All Saints, Pfeiffer, Brown Brothers, Campbells

Question 7

Which type of Muscat grape is used for Rutherglen Muscat and which for Topaque, what is the difference in styles?

Answer 7

Muscat a Petit Grains Rouge, Muscadelle Topaque is lighter

Question 8

What is the minimum period a Rutherglen Muscat can be aged?

Answer 8

3 years

Question 9

What is the Australian name of the Heritage Pinot Noir clone brought over by James Busby from Clos Vougeot in 1831?

Answer 9

MV6 (Mother Vine clone)

Question 10

In which zone would you find the Grampians GI? What is its sub?

Answer 10

Western Victoria, Great Western

Question 11

Which Champagne house co founded Jansz winery and in which GI?

Answer 11

Louis Roederer, Tasmania

Question 12

Which Zones make up the Adelaide Super Zone?

Answer 12

Mount Lofty, Fleurieu, Barossa

Question 13

Name 2 producers from Coonawarra.

Answer 13

Rymill, Katnook, Majella, Hollick, Parker, Zema, Balnaves, Penley

Question 14

Which South Australian GI borders Henty in Victoria?

Answer 14

Mount Gambier

Question 15

Name the subs of Adelaide Hills GI?

Answer 15

Lenswood and Piccadilly Valley

Question 16

What are the minimum vine ages of the Barossa Old Vine Charter?

Answer 16

Barossa Old Vine – min 35 yrs old
Barossa Survivor vine – min 70 yrs old
Barossa Centenarian vine – min 100 yrs old
Barossa Ancestor vine – min 125 yrs old

Question 17

Who produces the 100 yr old Para Liqueur?

Answer 17

Seppeltsfield

Question 18

What was the first vintage of Penfold’s Grange?

Answer 18

1951

Question 19

What are the subs of Great Southern?

Answer 19

Mount Barker, Albany, Denmark, Porongorup, Frankland River

Question 20

Who makes the following wines?
Mount Edelstone 
Laird 
Coppermine Road 
Dry Red No. 2 
Entity Shiraz 
ILR 
Freedom 1843 Shiraz

Answer 20

Mount Edelstone – Henschke
Laird – Torbreck
Coppermine Road – D’Arenberg
Dry Red No. 2 – Yarra Yering
Entity Shiraz – John Duval
ILR – Brokenwood
Freedom 1843 Shiraz – Langmeil

Question 21

In what year and in which region were the first vines planted in New Zealand?

Answer 21

1819, Northland.

Question 22

Name the GI sub regions of Auckland?

Answer 22

Kumeu, Waiheke Island, Matakana

Question 23

Which is generally considered the worst vintage for Marlborough Sauvignon between 2015, 16 and 17?

Answer 23

2017

Question 24

How would you describe the climate in Central Otago?

Answer 24

Continental

Question 25

Name a river that flows through Hawke’s Bay.

Answer 25

Ngaruroro, Tutaekuri, Tukituki, Esk, Mohaka

Question 26

Name three major towns of Hawke’s Bay.

Answer 26

Napier, Hastings, Havelock North

Question 27

Winemakers from which two wineries are involved with Cuvee des Antipodes in Bendigo, Central Otago?

Answer 27

Prophet’s Rock, Comte de Vogue

Question 28

Which winery’s list of cuvees include Exiled, Dreadnought, Valhalla and Ironclad? In which region and sub-region is it based?

Answer 28

Man O’ War, Auckland (Waiheke)

Question 29

Where would you find Ben Morven?

Answer 29

In the Southern Valleys of Marlborough

Question 30

Which GIs are located within Wairarapa?

Answer 30

Martinborough, Gladstone

Question 31

Which Spanish DO in Castilla y Leon lies on the border with Portugal?

Answer 31

Arribes

Question 32

Name 5 Vino de Pueblo villages of Priorat.

Answer 32

La Morera de Montsant, Gratallops, Bellmunt del Priorat, Escaladei, Porrera, Poboleda, La Vilella Baixa, La Vilella Alta, El Lloar, Masos del Terme de Falset, Solanos del Terme de El Molar, Torroja del Priorat

Question 33

What style of wine and from which region are the cuvees Erde and Grafin?

Answer 33

Orange wines from Steiermark (Weingut Muster)

Question 34

What are the minimum and maximum age limits to a Special Reserve Madeira?

Answer 34

10-15 years

Question 35

Who owns the following monopoles? 
Clos de Tart 
La Grand Rue 
Clos de la Mouchere 
Savigny Champ Chevrey 
Clos de la Barre

Answer 35

Clos de Tart – Artemis (Francois Pinault)
La Grand Rue – Francois Lamarche
Clos de la Mouchere – Henri Boillot
Savigny Champ Chevrey – Tollot Beaut
Clos de la Barre – Louis Jadot

Question 36

Which aromatic pink skinned grape variety is popular in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture?

Answer 36

Koshu

Question 37

What must make up a minimum of 40% of the blend in the Poiré Domfront AOP?

Answer 37

40% White Pears (Pears from the white pear tree variety, the remainder is other pears)

Question 38

What is the name of the enzyme that converts starch into sugar during the malting process?

Answer 38

Amylase

Question 39

What is the only alcoholic beverage to predate beer?

Answer 39

Mead

Question 40

What is Biodynamic preparation 506?

Answer 40

Dandelion flowers in cow mesentery for compost