New South Wales Flashcards
When and where (GI) was Australia’s first vineyard planted?
1788 and in New South Wales
The Great Dividing Range is a series of mountains that run _________ on the _______ coast of Australia
North-South on the Eastern Coast
New South Wales accounts for how much of the total wine production of Australia?
About 25%
Where does the vast majority of the production comes what region?
The Riverina Region, a area with high levels of irrigation.
What is the other name for the Riverina Region?
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
What major, mass production, brand sources most of its fruit from Riverina?
Yellowtail
What is the most important region within New South Wales?
The Hunter Valley
What is the most widely produced grape in Hunter Valley?
Semillon
What is another name for Semillon from Hunter Valley?
Hunter Valley Riesling
What is another popular grape in the Hunter Valley?
Verdelho from Portugal
What grape varietal is doing well in the Canberra District?
Shiraz
What region in New South Wales in known for producing good sparkling wine, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay?
Tumbarumba
What is the soil type that helped give the Hunter Valley its reputation?
Weathered basalt in the foothills of the Brokenback Mountain Range
Name the sub-region found within the Hunter Valley
Pokolbin
What soil is found in Pokolbin, and what grape does well in those soils?
Red Volcanic Soils
Shiraz
Semillon is traditionally grown on what soils in the Hunter Valley?
White sands and loams or alluvial creek beds
What is the main grape of the Upper Hunter?
Chardonnay
Name all of the zones found within New South Wales
- Big Rivers
- Central Ranges
- Hunter Valley
- Northern Rivers
- Northern Slopes
- South Coast
- Southern New South Wales
- Western Planes
What region(s) are located within the Big Rivers Zone
- Murray-Darling
- Perricoota
- Riverina
- Swan Hill
What region(s) are located within the Central Ranges?
- Cowra
- Mudgee
- Orange
What region(s) are located within the Northern Slopes?
New England Australia
What region(s) are located within the Northern Rivers?
Hastings River
What region(s) are located within the South Coast of New South Wales?
- Shoalhaven Coast
- Southern Highlands
What region(s) are located within Southern New South Wales?
- Canberra District
- Tumbarumba
- Hilltops
- Gundagai
Name the 3 sub-regions found in Hunter
- Upper Hunter Valley
- Pokolbin
- Broke Fordwich
