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New South Wales/Queensland Flashcards

1
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What is the most populous state in Australia?

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New South Wales

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What mountain range runs through Eastern Australia?

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The Great Dividing Range runs north-south axis of eastern Australia separating the wetter coastal areas from the more arid interior.

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What are the zones of New South Wales?

Subregions?

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—Big Rivers
—Central Ranges
—Hunter Valley (Subregions of Broke Fordwich, Pokolbin, Upper Hunter Valley)
—Northern Rivers
—Northern Slopes
—South Coast
—Southern New South Wales
—Western Plains
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What are the regions of Big River Zone?

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—Riverrina
—Perricoota: small region South of Riverna.

—Murray Darling (also part of Victoria)
—Swan Hill (also part of Victoria) small region south of Murray Darling

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What are the regions of Central Ranges Zone N-S?

What are the top varieties?

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—Mudgee: West of Hunter
—Orange: SW of Mudgee
—Cowra: SW of Orange; NE of Hilltops.

Chardonnay
Cab Sauv, Merlot, Shiraz.

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What is the region and subregions of Hunter Valley Zone?

What are top varieties?

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—Hunter GI

  • Broke Fordwich
  • Pokolbin
  • Upper Hunter Valley

Semillon, Chardonnay, Verdelho, Shiraz

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What is the region for Northern Rivers Zone?

Main grape variety?

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-Hastings River

Semillon (similar to Hunter, but overall not a fine wine destination)

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What region receives more rainfall during the growing season than any other region in Australia?

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Hastings
*lies right on the coast; unequivocaly hot—falling within Region V of the Winkler’s Scale—and it experiences more rainfall during the growing eason that any other region in Australia.

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What is the region for Norther Slopes Zone?
Where is the region located?
What grape variety?

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  • New England Australia
  • Borders the southern portion of the Granite Belt and northwest of the Hastings River.
  • Shiraz (Elevation afforded by the Great Dividing Range mitigates the heat, and allows the region to produce cooler-climate versions of Shiraz)
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What are the regions for South Coast Zone?

What are the primary grapes?

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—Southern Highlands: N/NW of Shoalhaven Coast, east of Canberra District; Tempranillo is most planted grape.

—Shoalhaven Coast- S/SE of Southern Highlands; on the coast. Chambourcin “SHAM-boar-san” (a red French hybrid.)

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What are the regions for Southern New South Wales Zone?

What grapes are used?

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—Canberra District: West of South Coast zone (Syrah+Viognier)
—Hilltops: NW of Canberra (Shiraz and Cabernet; more robust than Canberra)
—Gundagai: West of Canberra (Shiraz and Cabernet)
—Tumbarumba: SW of Canberra (Chardonnay and Pinot Noir/sparkling production)

Canned Yogi berra singing at the top of the hilltops while doing a rumba and guns a guy.

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What is Riverina also known as?

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Murrumbidgee “MUR-rum-bid-gee” Irrigation Area

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13
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Who produces Yellow Tail and where do they get a majority of their fruit?

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Casella; fruit mostly from Riverina.

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14
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What is “Noble One”

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A Botrytised semillon dessert wine produced by De Bortoli out of Riverina.

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What mountain range brackets Hunter region from the coast?

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Brokenback Mountains.

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What is the climate of Upper Hunter Valley?

4 mitigating factors?

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Subtropical. Has one of the warmest (only Riverland is hotter) and wettest (average 20 inches of rain during growing season) climates in Australia.
—It is mitigated by high amounts of humidity, cloud cover, large amounts of rain during growing season, and wind.

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17
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What is the top grape found in Hunter Valley?

Describe profile

Name a well known producer/bottling.

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Semillon
—surpassing an austere, grassy youth to develop richness, honey, and buttered toast tones over time. Often suggest it has been fermented or matured in oak, when (traditionally) none was used. Most remarkable is the alcoholic strength, often as low as 10%

**Tyrell’s “Vat 1” may age for over two decades.

18
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What subregion of Hunter claims the oldest Verdelho plantings in the country?

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Broke Fordwich.

19
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What are the most important red grapes of Hunter Valley?

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Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon.

20
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What is the national capital of Australia?

A

Canberra

21
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What is the most important region in Southern New South Wales GI and what grape(s) are used?

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Canberra District. Shiraz performs extremely well in the region’s continental climate.

22
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What region out of Southern New South Wales produces sparkling wines and still Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from sun-drenched, basalt slopes of Snowy Mountains?

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Tumbarumba GI

23
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Who takes credit for the first varietal bottling of Chardonnay in Australia and what is the bottle?

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Tyrrell’s “Vat 47 Pinot Chardonnay” in 1971.

Murray Tyrrell may have taken his cuttings from Mudgee, and at least one Mudgee winery preceded hi. Craigmoor—the first winery established in Mudgee, in 1858—cultivated Chardonnay for half a century prior to Tyrrell’s first release, although it was not identified as such until the late 1960s. Craigmoor winemaker Pieter van Gent made Chardonnay in the 1971 vintage, paralleling Tyrrell’s first release, but did not have enough to warrant bottling. An employee of Craigmoor, Alf Kurtz, planted his own vineyard with Craigmoor cuttings and founded Mudgee Wines in the 1960s, releasing several small vintages of Chardonnay prior to both Craigmoor and Tyrrell’s. The Craigmoor Chardonnay selection came to the vineyard by way of one Kaluna Vineyard near Sydney, which was likely planted with cuttings from Kirkton—James Busby’s estate in Hunter.

24
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Name two regions in New South Wales never hit by phylloxera?

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Hunter and Mudgee

25
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What region in New South Wales has based it’s vineyards on part of the extinct volcano, Mount Canobolas?

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Orange GI; allows for a cooler region.

Orange is the coolest region in NSW (apart from the southern outpost of Tumbarumba in the Australian Alps)

26
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What is the highest region in all of Australia?

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Orange GI (of Central Ranges) begins at 600 meter elevation and rise past 1000 meter mark.

27
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What climate is Canberra District GI?

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Mild, continental climate–set against the backdrop of the Snowy Mountains. Region not unlike the Northern Rhone Valley

28
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Where is Clonakilla from and what wine are they known for?

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Clonakilla’s Canberra District Shiraz, the winery’s Shiraz-Viognier, a moderate-bodied, pretty medley of red fruit, flowers and spice modeled on Côte-Rôtie, debuted in 1992 to become a modern icon in Australia.

29
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What is the hazard to sparkling production in Tumbarumba?

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At the foot of the Snowy Mountains, there is a large risk in the frost-prone mountain climate.

30
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What is the capital of New South Wales?

A

Sydney

31
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What is the highest mountain range in Australia? What GI’s does it affect?

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Snowy Mountain

Tumbarumba and Gundagai

32
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What GI produces the best wine out of Queensland?

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Granite Belt GI, borders New South Wales and adjacent to New England Australia GI.

33
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What is the northernmost GI in Australia?

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South Burnett GI in Queensland.

Along with Granite Belt GI, form the two GI’s of Queensland.

34
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What area has the highest vineyard in all of Australia?

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Black Mountain in New England Australia in the Northern Slopes. It is 1320 meters above sea level.

35
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What is the oldest continuously operating winery in Australia?

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Wyndham Estate, since 1828. George Wyndham also planted Australia first commerical Shiraz vineyard in 1830 in Hunter Valley

36
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Who is the father of Australian wine industry?

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James Busby (1801-1871)

37
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What are the top two bottlings of Hunter Valley Semillon?

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Tyrrell’s “Vat 1”

Brokenwood’s “ILR Reserve” (initials of Brokenwood’s chief winemaker (Iain Leslie Riggs). Whether the wine is a blend or single-vineyard is vintage dependent. Released after five years of bottle age. Inaugural vintage 1992.)

38
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What soil type do the Hunter and Tumbarumba regions share?

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Weathered basalt, the sign of ancient volcanic activity.

39
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How is fine wine possible in the subtropical district of Hunter Valley?

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Heat is partially offset by high humidity, by afternoon cloud cover, and by substantial rainfall during the growing season.

40
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Who is Dr. John Kirk?

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Kirk was a pioneer of the modern Canberra District wine industry, having been the first producer responsible for the district’s initial commercial vintage in 1976 with Clonakilla.

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