New Zealand

Question 1

What are the official GIs of New Zealand?

Answer 1

New Zealand

NORTH ISLAND
Northland
Auckland: Matakana, Kumeu, Waiheke Island
Gisborne
Hawke’s Bay: Central Hawke’s Bay
Wairarapa: Gladstone, Martinborough

SOUTH ISLAND
Nelson
Marlborough
Canterbury: North Canterbury, Waipara (Valley)
Waitaki Valley
Central Otago: Bannockburn

Question 2

Where would you find the RIchmond Mountain Range?

Answer 2

Separates Nelson and Marlborough

Question 3

What are the subregions of Central Otago?

Answer 3

Official GI: Bannockburn

Unofficial: Wanaka, Bendigo, Gibbston, Cromwell Basin, Alexandria Basin

Question 4

Where would you find the Waipoa River?

Answer 4

Gisborne

Question 5

Where would you find the Ngaruroro RIver?

Answer 5

Hawke’s Bay. In 1867 the river flooded and redirected leaving the gravels of Gimblett’s Gravels exposed.

Question 6

Where would you rind the Waimea River?

Answer 6

Nelson

Question 7

Where would you find the Wairau river?

Answer 7

Marlborough

Question 8

Which region in New Zealand is a continental climate?

Answer 8

Central Otago

Question 9

What percentage of New Zealand’s production does SB account for?

Answer 9

~70%

Question 10

What was the most planted grape prior to the 1960s?

Answer 10

Albany Surprise

Question 11

What are the requirements to use the Gimblett Gravels designation?

Answer 11

Be a member of the association, source 95% of the grapes from the region, 95% of the vineyard must be on the specific Gimlett Gravels soils (ancient bed of Ngaruroro River)

Question 12

Name at least 4 unofficial subregions of Hawke’s Bay.

Answer 12

N Esk Valley, Esk River, Ngaruroro River, Bridge Pa, Gimlett Gravels, Te Awanga… & more.

Question 13

Who is Richard Smart?

Answer 13

Australian viticulturalist who helped improve viticultural practices around the world. Known for inventing the Smart-Dyson trellising system (Along with John Smart from CA). The Smart Dyson trellis trains shoots upwards & downwards almost doubling the shoots and improving yields.

Question 14

Who is Romeo Bragato?

Answer 14

An Austrian Viticulturalist who helped define the wine regions of New Zealand.

Question 15

Who makes Te Koko?

Answer 15

Cloudy Bay, barrel fermented SB

Question 16

What was the first vintage of Cloudy Bay SB?

Answer 16

1985

Question 17

What is the main mountain range on the South Island of New Zealand?

Answer 17

Southern Alps

Question 18

Who planted the original vines in New Zealand?

Answer 18

James Busby in the Northland in the 1830s

Question 19

What was the first winery in New Zealand?

Answer 19

Mission Estate in 1851

Question 20

Which winery made the first varietally labeled SB in New Zealand?

Answer 20

Montana in 1979 labeled the first SB. They were also the first commercial winery in Marlborough.

Question 21

What is the % rule for vintage & variety in New Zealand?

Answer 21

85% for vintage & variety. Subregions remain unofficial.

Question 22

What are the unofficial subregions of Marlborough?

Answer 22

Wairau Valley, Southern Valleys, Awatere Valley

Question 23

What champagne house did Montana originally partner with (now broken up)?

Answer 23

Deutz

Question 24

Name a producer of Central Otago wine.

Answer 24

Mt. Difficulty, Felton Road

Question 25

Name a producer of Gimblett Gravels.

Answer 25

Craggy Range, Esk Valley Estate, Mission Estate, Villa Maria

Question 26

What was a poor vintage for New Zealand in the last decade? A great vintage?

Answer 26

2008 was poor. 2015 was nearly perfect.

Question 27

What region has the first vines to see the sun in the WORLD?

Answer 27

Gisborne :)

Question 28

What is the coolest and driest subregion of Marlborough?

Answer 28

Awatere (southernmost and small). Wairau is the largest subregion, northernmost, and warmest.

Question 29

What percentage of plantings in Marlborough are SB?

Answer 29

86% Sauv Blanc.

Question 30

Which region in New Zealand has a continental climate?

Answer 30

Central Otago