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New Zealand General Flashcards

1
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Climate of NZ’s North Island

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  • Comparable to Bordeaux: maritime
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2
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Climate of the northern regions of NZ’s North Island

(Northland, Aukland, Waikato/Bay of Plenty)

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  • moderate, rainy, maritime
  • frost and rot are prevalant
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3
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Min % of region, varietal, and vintage listed on the label

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  • Regions are not legally defined
  • Varietal & Vintage - 85%
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4
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2nd and 3rd most planted grapes in New Zealand

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  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay
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5
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NZ’s smallest area of production

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Northland

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6
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Coolest region on the North Island of NZ

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Gisborne

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7
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1st region to see sunlight each day

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Gisborne

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8
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NZ region also known as Poverty Bay

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Gisborne = Poverty Bay

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9
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NZ’s driest region

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Hawkes Bay

- driest

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10
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NZ region that produces the most amount of red wine

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Hawkes Bay

  • Largest NZ producer of red wine
  • Chardonnay most planted
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11
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Most planted red grape in Hawkes Bay

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Merlot

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12
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1st varietal wine released in NZ

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  • Montana’s Gisborne Chardonnay
  • 1973
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13
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Cloudy Bay Inaugural Vintage

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1985

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14
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1st winery in NZ to commercially release a wine under screwcap

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Kim Crawford; 2001

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15
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1st winery to release Marlborough, NZ Sauvignon Blanc

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  • Montana
  • 1979
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16
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Only region in NZ to experience a continental climate

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Central Otago

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17
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Region with New Zealand’s highest altitude vineyards

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Central Otago

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18
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Company that controls 2/3 of Marlborough’s vineyards

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Montana

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19
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Gimblett Gravels

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  • Located in Hawkes Bay
  • 800 ha of deep shingle soils
  • Ideal for high-quality Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon
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20
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Romeo Bragato

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  • Austrian viticulturist from Victoria
  • End of the 19th cent charged w/ task of studying NZ’s vineyards and combating phylloxera
  • Educated growers on merits of grafting vines onto disease-resistant American rootstock
  • Identified many NZ’s modern wine regions (w/ exception of Marlborough)
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21
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Year wine shops were allowed to sell single bottles of wine

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1955

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22
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“Six o’clock swill”, an early closing hour for pubs instituted in both Australia and New Zealand during World War I, lasted until what year in New Zealand?

23
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New Zealand’s most planted varietal in 1960

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“Albany Surprise”

24
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Year restaurants first gained the right to sell wine

25
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Year wineries were permitted to sell a glass of wine

26
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Hectares planted in New Zealand, in 1960

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appx 400 ha

(vs 29,000 ha - today)

27
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In 2008, appx how many ha of vineyards were planted in New Zealand?

A

29,000 ha

(vs 400 ha - 1960)

28
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A total of appx 100 wineries in the mid-1980s ballooned to over how many wineries in the country today?

A

600 wineries

29
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New Zealand’s largest winemaking company

30
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Company that established Marlborough’s 1st commercial vineyard in 1973

31
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Year Montana produced one of Marlborough’s 1st Sauvignon Blancs

32
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Year Cloudy Bay Vineyards was established

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1985

  • Put Marlborough region on the map
33
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Number of miles of ocean that separate Tasmania and the North Island of NewZealand

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1200 miles

34
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Which is larger, the South Island or the North Island?

A

South Island

35
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South Island mountain range

A

Southern Alps

  • Results in a rain shadow effect for the winemaking regions along the north-south axis on the eastern coastline
  • Runs like a spine down the southern island dividing it in half
36
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T/F: The Northern Island is cooler.

37
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T/F: The Northern Island is more mountainous.

38
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T/F: The Northern Island is rainier.

39
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What is the southernmost wine region in the world?

A

Central Otago

40
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T/F: New Zealand wine on average commands a higher price per bottle than any other country in the world.

A

True

New Zealand has little land to spare; thus, modern bulk wine production is not economically feasible

41
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Central Otago lies on what parallel?

42
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New Zealand’s vineyards are typically planted within how many miles of the eastern coastline?

43
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All New Zealand producers and growers belong to New Zealand Winegrowers, an organization formed in what year?

44
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A group of New Zealand producers pioneered the Screwcap Initiative in what year?

A

2001

  • although both Swiss and Australian wineries were using the closure prior to its widespread adoption in New Zealand
45
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Who was the first to commercially release a New Zealand wine under screwcap?

A

Kim Crawford

46
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% of New Zealand’s wines with screwcap closure

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99% by 2013

  • 2001: Screwcap Initiative; Kim Crawford was the 1st
47
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6 major wine regions on the North Island

A
  • Northland
  • Aukland
  • Waikato/Bay of Plenty
  • Gisborne
  • Hawkes Bay
  • Wairarapa
48
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4 major wine regions on the South Island

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  • Nelson
  • Marlborough
  • Canterbury
  • Central Otago
49
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In line with European standards, New Zealand wines must contain a minimum of what percentage of the stated varietal or vintage?

50
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Year New Zealand’s 1st wines were planted in Northland

51
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New Zealand’s northernmost and smallest area of production

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Northland

  • contributes less than 1% of the country’s total production
52
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Number of wineries in Northland

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14 wineries

2008

53
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Montana and Villa Maria are both located in what region?

A

Aukland

  • the traditional center of the wine business in New Zealand

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