New South Wales: Major Producers

Question 1

Name two top bottling of “Hunter Valley Riesling.”

Answer 1

Top bottlings include *Tyrrell’s “Vat 1” and *Brokenwood’s “ILR Reserve,” which are released five and six years after the vintage, respectively.

Question 2

What producer takes credit for the first varietal bottling of Chardonnay and what was it?

Answer 2

Tyrrell’s in Hunter Valley takes credit for the country’s first varietal bottling of Chardonnay, the 1971 “Vat 47 Pinot Chardonnay.”

Question 3

What major producer is located in the Big Rivers Zone and produces bulk wine?

Answer 3

Casella is the largest family-owned wine company in Australia today, and sky’s-the-limit fortunes rested with the incredible, overnight success of the company’s [yellow tail] brand of wines in the US export market.

Question 4

Name a famous wine from Canberra District GI,

Answer 4

Clonakilla: Gaelic word meaning, “meadow of the church.”
This vineyard was first planted by John Kirk in Murrumbateman.
The wine is a Shiraz and Viognier blend often compared to Cote-Rotie.