New South Wales Flashcards

1
Q

What is Australia’s most populated state?

A

New South Wales

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2
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Where were Australia’s first vines planted? What year?

A

New South Wales (near Sydney) in 1791

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3
Q

What is Australia’s oldest continuously operating winery? Where and when?

A

Wyndham Estate
Hunter valley
1828

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4
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When and where was Australia’s first Shiraz planted?

A

1830 at Wyndham Estate in Hunter Valley

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5
Q

What are the zones of New South Wales?

A
Big Rivers
Central Ranges
Hunter Valley
Northern Rivers
Northern Slopes
South Coast
Southern New South Wales
Western Plains
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6
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What are the regions of Big Rivers

A

Murray Darling
Perricoota
Riverina
Swan Hill

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7
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Where in NSW is Big Rivers GI zone?

A

In the south west, bordering Victoria

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8
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What are the rivers of Big Rivers GI?

A

Murrumbidgee

Murray

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9
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Which regions of Big Rivers GI are shared with Victoria?

A

Murray Darling GI

Swan Hill GI

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10
Q

Name three producers of Riverina GI

A

Cassella
De Bortoli
McWilliam’s

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11
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What was De Bartoli’s Noble One’s first vintage?

A

1982

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12
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What are regions of Southern New South Wales?

A

Canberra District GI
Tumbarumba GI
Hilltops GI
Gundagi GI

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13
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What is the national capital of Australia?

A

Canberra

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14
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What influences the climate of Tumbarumba GI?

A

It’s in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains

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15
Q

What percentage of Tumbarumba’s harvest is PN and Chd?

A

almost 90%

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16
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What are the regions of Central Ranges?

A

Cowra
Mudgee
Orange

17
Q

Which Central ranges GI borders Hunter Valley? How does the climate differ?

A

Mudgee GI

Drier, sunnier, greater diurnal shifts. Big red focused

18
Q

What’s the coolest region of Central Ranges? What makes the climate cooler?

A

Orange GI. Higher altitude, more than 1000 meters. CS, Merlot, Shiraz, CHard. SB and PN are coming up

19
Q

What is the GI of Northern Rivers? Where is it on the Winkler scale?

A

Hastings River GI

Region V

20
Q

What is the GI of Northern Slopes?

A

New England Australia GI

21
Q

What are the GIs of the South Coast?

A

Shoalhaven Coat GI

Southern Highlands GI

22
Q

What is the most planted grape of the Southern Highlands GI?

A

Tempranillo

23
Q

What is Shoalhaven Coast GI known for?

A

Chambourcin (red French hybrid)