New Zealand and Australia Flashcards
What is Yattarna
Penfold’s Icon Chard from Tasmania
Pinot Noir thrives in this sub region of northern Tasmania
Pipers River
Who is Bartholomew Broughton?
Planted Tasmania’s first commercial vineyard in 1823
Driest and warmest GI in the Port Phillip Zone
Geelong
Coolest subregion of Central Otago
Gibbston
closest to the urban center of Queenstown
Jansz was founded in the 1980s as a joint venture between these producers
Louis Roederer and Heemskerk Wines
Oldest commercial producer of sparkling wines and one of the premier wineries in Tasmania
Subregions of Marlborough
Wairau Valley,
Central Southern Valleys
Awatere Valley (most southern)
Climate of Port Phillip Zone
Meditteranean
Though All five of the regions zones are classified as region I or II in Winkler’s Scale
Most recognizeable producer of Macedon Ranges GI
Bindi Wine Growers (sparkling and still wines)
Where did Phylloxera first hit? in Australia
Geelong, Victoria
1877
Four soil groups of Marlborough
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)
The Wairau river empties here
Cloudy Bay
GI subregions of Auckland
Kumeu GI, Matakana GI, Waiheke Island GI
Subregions of Central Otago
Wanaka
Gibbston
Alexandra Basin
Bendigo
Cromwell Basin
Bannockburn GI
The region of Central Otago is sheltered by these three mountain ranges
CPD
Criffel Range
Pisa Range
Dunstan Mountains
First release of Central Otago Pinot Noir
1987
Alan Brady
Gibbston Valley Winery
Main mountain range of North Island NZ in Auckland
Waitakere
Who is Michael Brajkovich?
MW of Kumeu River, spearheaded the screwcap initiative of 2001, introduced malolactic fermentation in 1985
Original Syrah Clone of Hawkes Bay
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
Soil of Wairarapa
silty loam over free draining gravel as deep as 15 meters
The Gimblett Gravels signature soil was revealed when which river course changed in 1867?
Ngaruroro river
NZ oldest winery
Mission Estate: founded 1851 by Marist priests, in Hawkes Bay and owned by Society of Mary
Te Mata’s most important Bordeaux blend (Hawkes Bay)
Coleraine
Alluvial Terraces of Wairarapa (North Island, Martinborough) are created by this river
Ruamahanga River
Subregions of Wairarapa
Martinborough GI
Masterson
Gladstone GI
The Gum boot (Abel) clone was first planted here
Ata Rangi in Martinborough, by the founder
