New Zealand and Australia

Question 1

What is Yattarna

Answer 1

Penfold’s Icon Chard from Tasmania

Question 2

Pinot Noir thrives in this sub region of northern Tasmania

Answer 2

Pipers River

Question 3

Who is Bartholomew Broughton?

Answer 3

Planted Tasmania’s first commercial vineyard in 1823

Question 4

Driest and warmest GI in the Port Phillip Zone

Answer 4

Geelong

Question 5

Coolest subregion of Central Otago

Answer 5

Gibbston

closest to the urban center of Queenstown

Question 6

Jansz was founded in the 1980s as a joint venture between these producers

Answer 6

Louis Roederer and Heemskerk Wines

Oldest commercial producer of sparkling wines and one of the premier wineries in Tasmania

Question 7

Subregions of Marlborough

Answer 7

Wairau Valley,

Central Southern Valleys

Awatere Valley (most southern)

Question 8

Climate of Port Phillip Zone

Answer 8

Meditteranean

Though All five of the regions zones are classified as region I or II in Winkler’s Scale

Question 9

Most recognizeable producer of Macedon Ranges GI

Answer 9

Bindi Wine Growers (sparkling and still wines)

Question 10

Where did Phylloxera first hit? in Australia

Answer 10

Geelong, Victoria

1877

Question 11

Four soil groups of Marlborough

Answer 11

Coastal Wairau Silt Loams
(Lower Wairau and Dillons Point subregions)

Inland Wairau Loams
(Upper Wairau and Rarangi subregions)

Southern Valleys Clays
(Waihopai, Omaka, Brancott, Ben Morven and Taylor Pass subregions)

Awatere Matrix
(Awatere valley, much more complex)

Question 12

The Wairau river empties here

Answer 12

Cloudy Bay

Question 13

GI subregions of Auckland

Answer 13

Kumeu GI, Matakana GI, Waiheke Island GI

Question 14

Subregions of Central Otago

Answer 14

Wanaka

Gibbston

Alexandra Basin

Bendigo

Cromwell Basin

Bannockburn GI

Question 15

The region of Central Otago is sheltered by these three mountain ranges

CPD

Answer 15

Criffel Range
Pisa Range
Dunstan Mountains

Question 16

First release of Central Otago Pinot Noir

Answer 16

1987
Alan Brady
Gibbston Valley Winery

Question 17

Main mountain range of North Island NZ in Auckland

Answer 17

Waitakere

Question 18

Who is Michael Brajkovich?

Answer 18

MW of Kumeu River, spearheaded the screwcap initiative of 2001, introduced malolactic fermentation in 1985

Question 19

Original Syrah Clone of Hawkes Bay

Answer 19

MS clone or Limmer

Dr. Alan Limmer planted in 1984, very old clone some speculate arrived with James Busby in 1832, others believe they arrived with Condrieu born Missionary Brother Elie-Regis on a slope that looked like Cote Rotie in 1839

Question 20

Soil of Wairarapa

Answer 20

silty loam over free draining gravel as deep as 15 meters

Question 21

The Gimblett Gravels signature soil was revealed when which river course changed in 1867?

Answer 21

Ngaruroro river

Question 22

NZ oldest winery

Answer 22

Mission Estate: founded 1851 by Marist priests, in Hawkes Bay and owned by Society of Mary

Question 23

Te Mata’s most important Bordeaux blend (Hawkes Bay)

Answer 23

Coleraine

Question 24

Alluvial Terraces of Wairarapa (North Island, Martinborough) are created by this river

Answer 24

Ruamahanga River

Question 25

Subregions of Wairarapa

Answer 25

Martinborough GI
Masterson
Gladstone GI

Question 26

The Gum boot (Abel) clone was first planted here

Answer 26

Ata Rangi in Martinborough, by the founder