New South Wales Flashcards
Who established vineyards in Camden Park Estate and when?
John Macarthur in the early 1800s
What is Australia’s now-oldest continuously operating winery? Who founded it? When?
Wyndem Estate
George Wyndem in 1828
-planted Australia’s first commercial Shiraz vineyard in 1830
Who is the father of Australian wine industry, collected cuttings from Spain and France and brought them to NWS?
James Busby
1830 established “Kirkton” Estate
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
Established 1912
Delivers water from the Murrumbidgee River to farmlands in the Riverina region west of the Great Dividing Range
What percentage of wine production in Australia does NSW account for?
29%
What are the major climatic features of NSW?
Pacific Ocean
Great Dividing Range
Snowy Mountains
What is the Great Dividing Range?
Mountain range that runs along the coast.
It blocks western areas from rainfall and the cooling influence of the ocean.
What are the highest mountains in Australia and where are they located?
Snowy Mountains
NSW
Zones of NSW from North to South
Northern Slopes
Northern Rivers
Hunter Valley
Central Ranges
Southern New South Wales
South Coast
Big Rivers
What is the GI of Hunter Valley Zone?
Hunter Valley GI
What are the subregions of Hunter Valley GI?
Upper Hunter Valley
Broke Fordwich
Pokolbin
Where are Broke Fordwich and Pokolbin located?
Lower Hunter Valley
What is the climate of Hunter Valley Zone?
Hot, sub-tropical, wet
Climate of Hunter Valley GI
Hot and wet
How much rain does the Lower Hunter Valley get during the growing season?
20+ inches
More than two-thirds falls in the first four months of the year that includes harvest
Where does Hunter Valley GI fall on the Winkler Scale?
Region IV
Most planted grape in Hunter Valley
Semillon
Red grapes of Hunter Valley
(43%): Shiraz, Merlot
White grapes of Hunter Valley
(57%): Semillon, Chardonnay, Verdelho
What is Tyrrell’s top semillon bottling?
Vat 1
Who makes ILR Reserve? What is the grape?
Brokenwood
Semillon
Who made the first Chardonnay in Hunter Valley
Tyrrell
What is the soil in Upper Hunter Valley?
Black silt loam, dark clay loam LOAM
What is the soil of the Lower Hunter Valley?
East of Brokenback Range - weathered basalt
Higher ground - red volcanic soils (Pokolbin)
Semillon likes what kind of soil?
White alluvial soil
The red volcanic soils of the Lower Hunter Valley are conducive to what grape?
Shiraz
What are the major natural features of Hunter Valley?
Hunter and Goulburn Rivers
Important Producers of Hunter Valley
Tyrrell’s
Wyndham Estate
Rosemount Estate
What are the GIs of the Central Ranges Zone from North to South?
Mudgee GI
Orange GI
Cowra GI
What has a higher elevation, Mudgee or Hunter Valley?
Mudgee, 400-500 meters higher
Climate of Mudgee
Drier, sunnier, less humid, greater diurnal shifts
When does harvest occur in Mudgee compared to Lower Hunter Valley?
One month after Lower Hunter Valley
What is most planted white of Mudgee?
Chardonnay
Who was the first to cultivate Chardonnay in Mudgee?
Craigmoor
Major Natural Features of Mudgee
Great Dividing Range