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In what year were vineyards first planted in New South Wales?

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1788

  • country’s 1st vineyards
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What is the mountain range that runs the north-south axis of eastern Australia?

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Great Dividing Range

  • separates wetter coastal areas from more arid interior

(Hunter Valley pic)

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New South Wales accounts for approximately what % of Australia’s wine production?

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25% (1/4)

  • over 1/2 NSW’s prod W Great Dividing Range in heavily irrigated Riverina region (Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area)
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Over 1/2 of the NSW’s production is concentrated west of the Great Dividing Range in the what heavily irrigated region?

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Riverina

  • aka Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
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What is Riverina also known as?

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Murumbidgee Irrigation Area

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Who is the producer of the runaway success Yellow Tail?

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Casella

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From what region does Casella source most of its fruit?

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Riverina

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Viticulture in the Lower Hunter Valley dates to what year?

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1830

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What is the climate of Hunter Valley?

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subtropical

  • one of the warmest climates in Australia
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What percentage of Hunter Valley’s output is white wine?

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60%

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What grape is “Hunter Riesling”?

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Semillon

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What subregion of Hunter claims the oldest Verdelho?

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Broke Fordwich

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What are Hunter’s most imprtant red grapes?

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Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon

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In what GI of NSW will you find sparkling wines and still Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from sundrenched, basalt slopes of the Snowy Mountains?

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Tumbarumba GI

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The Hunter Region is sandwiched between the coast and and what mountain range?

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Brokenback Mountains

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Name two mountain ranges in New South Wales?

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Great Dividing Range

Brokenback Mountains

17
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What are the 4 regions of Big Rivers?

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Big Rivers

  • Murray Darling
  • Swan Hill
  • Riverina
  • Perricoota
18
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What is Australia’s oldest, continuously operating winery?

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Wyndham Estate

  • in Hunter
  • est 1828 by George Wyndham
  • planted Australia’s first commercial Shiraz vineyard in 1830
19
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What are the rivers of Big Rivers?

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Murray
Murrumbidgee

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Who is the single largest producer in Riverina, and what is their brand?

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Casella

  • Largest family-owned winery in Australia
  • Creators of Yellow Tail for the American market in 2001 (solely for export)
21
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What is the finest wine in Riverina?

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De Bortoli ‘Noble One’

  • Botrytis Semillon
22
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What are the 3 regions of the Central Ranges?

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Cowra
Mudgee
Orange

23
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Central Ranges

Elevation and Climate by subzone

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  • Orange 600-1000+M
    • Highest in the country, peaking on Mount Canobolas (extinct volcano)
    • Very cool climate
  • Mudgee 400-500M+
    • Dry, sunny
    • Large diurnal shift
  • Cowra
    • Lowest in elevation
    • Warmest
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Central Ranges

Soils and Major Grapes by subzone

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  • Mudgee
    • Brown sandy loam
    • Cab Sauv, Merlot, Shiraz
  • Orange
    • Basaltic red-brown clay, other colored clay loams, gravel, terra rossa
    • Cab Sauv, Merlot, Shiraz, Chardonnay
  • Cowra
    • Brown loamy sand, red clay subsoil
    • Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cab Sauv, Merlot
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What is the region of Hunter Valley?
**Hunter**
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Central Ranges ## Footnote Major Geographic Features
* **Great Dividing Range** * **Lachlan River** * **Belubula River** (Cowra) * **Mount Canobolas** (Orange)
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What are the 3 subregions of Hunter?
* **Brokefordwich** * **Pokolbin** * **Upper Hunter Valley**
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In addition to the Pokolbin and Brokefordwich GI's, what are the other subregions of the Lower Hunter Valley?
* **Allandale** * **Belford** * **Dalwood** * **Rothbury**
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What is the cimate of Hunter?
**Hunter** * **Humid and subtropical** * **2070 Degree Days (region IV)** * **Early harvest due to early autumn, which comes with constant cloud cover and often rainstorms**
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Hunter ## Footnote Soils, Geographic Features, Major Grapes
**Hunter** * **Upper Hunter**: **Black silt loam** * **Lower Hunter**: **Friable loam and red duplex soils** * **Hunter and Goulburn Rivers, Great Dividing Range** * **Semillon, Chardonnay, Verdelho, Shiraz**
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Region of Northern Slopes Zone
**New England Austalia**
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New England Australia is a Region within what Zone?
**Northern Slopes**
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2 Regions within South Coast
* **Shoalhaven Coast** * **Southern Highlands**
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Shoalhaven Coast and Southern Highlands are Regions within what Zone?
**South Coast Zone**
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Regions within Southern New South Wales
* **Canberra District** * **Tumbarumba** * **Hilltops** * **Gundagai**
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Canberra District, Tumbarumba, Hilltops and Gundagai are Regions within what Zone?
**Southern New South Wales**
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Region within Northern Rivers
**Hastings River**
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Hastings River is a Region witin what Zone
**Northern Rivers**

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