New Zealand Flashcards
Who owns Brancott Estate
Pernod Ricard
Who owns Nobilo?
Constellation NZ
Name three producers of Gimblett Gravels
Esk Valley Trinity Hills Babich Craggy Range Ka Tahi Squawking Magpie Te Awa Villa Maria Vidal
What are the requirement for using Gimblett Gravels on a label?
- be a member of the organization
- harvest grapes from a vineyard with 95%+ soil type
- use 95%+ grapes from the appellation
Name the official sub-GI of Hawke’s Bay
Central Hawkes Bay GI
What factor helped to drive, and eventually sustain the rise in average bottle price of NZ wine in the late 1980’s
in 1986 a government-sponsored vine pull scheme prompted a reduction in acreage and resulting increase in price of grapes, and therefore, wine
What Region of NZ is Brancott located in?
Auckland, North Island
Where is Kumeu River winery located
Auckland, North Island
Name a benchmark producer of Waiheke Island
Stonyridge
What is another name for Gisbourne GI
Poverty Bay
What region of the North Island is best known for Chardonnay?
Gisbourne/ Poverty Bay
Where is Millton Estate located?
Gisbourne GI
What is the most planted grape in Hawke’s Bay GI?
Chardonnay (~1,100 acres)
Which region is larger- Wairarapa or Martinborough
Wairarapa GI. Martinborough GI is technically a subregion
What are the official subregions of Wairarapa GO?
Martinborough GI
Gladstone GI
What are the official subregions of Auckland GI
Matakana GI
Waiheke Island GI
Kumeu GI
GI’s of the North Island?
North Island Northland Auckland Matakana Waiheke Island Kumeu Gisbourne Hawke's Bay Central Hawke's Bay Wairarapa Martinborough Gladstone
Of the last decade, what was the worst vintage encountered in Hawke’s Bay & Gimblett Gravels
2011 (relatively wet and slightly cooler. All other vintages since 2009 have been good to excellent)
What GI of the South Island has something other than Sauv Blanc as the leading grape?
Central Otago GI (Pinot Noir)
When, and by whom, was the first wine making in New Zealand
James Busby, 1830’s, in Northland
First Vintage of Cloudy Bay?
1985
First vineyard established in Marlborough when and by whom?
1973, Montana wines
First vintage of Marlborough Sauv Blanc?
1979, Montana wines
What feature provides the wine shadow effect for the South Island
Southern Alps
