New Zealand - MA Questions - 06.06.20

Question 1

What is the most planted red grape in Hawkes Bay?

Answer 1

Merlot.

Question 2

Where can you find Ohiti sub-region?

Answer 2

Unofficial sub-region in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Question 3

Which region has the highest altitude in New Zealand?

Answer 3

Central Otago.

Question 4

Where would you find Gibbston?

Answer 4

Unofficial sub-region in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Question 5

In which region of New Zealand you can find the producer Nautilus Estate?

Answer 5

Marlborough, South Island.

Question 6

Where can you find the producer Amisfield?

Answer 6

Central Otago, New Zealand.

Question 7

Where can you find the producer Nobilo?

Answer 7

Auckland, New Zealand.

Question 8

In which region you can find the producer called Pyramid Valley Vineyards?

Answer 8

Canterbury, South Island.

Question 9

For what style of wines is Gimblett Gravels best known for?

Answer 9

Good quality Syrah and Bordeaux Blends.

Question 10

What was the “Six O’clock Swill” and how did it affect the wine industry in NZ? How long did it last?

Answer 10

An early closing hour for pubs which impacted the alcohol business. From WW1 until 1967.

Question 11

Who established the first commercial winery in Marlborough NZ and when?

Answer 11

Montana in 1973.

Question 12

Which winery was the first one to release a wine under screwcap closure?

Answer 12

Kim Crawford in Marlborough.

Question 13

What is the most planted grape in Auckland?

Answer 13

Chardonnay.

Question 14

What are the official sub-regions of Auckland?

Answer 14

Matakana, Waiheke Island, Kumeu.

Question 15

Which region has the driest climate of the North Island in NZ?

Answer 15

Hawke’s Bay.

Question 16

How else is Gisborne known as?

Answer 16

Poverty Bay.

Question 17

Which region in New Zealand is the sunniest?

Answer 17

Nelson.

Question 18

Where can you find Waipara Valley or Waipara?

Answer 18

Official sub-region of Canterbury in New Zealand on the South Island.

Question 19

Where can you find the producer Ata Rangi?

Answer 19

Martinborough, New Zealand.

Question 20

Where can you find the producer Pegasus Bay?

Answer 20

Waipara Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Question 21

Where can you find the producer Prophet’s Rock?

Answer 21

Central Otago, New Zealand.

Question 22

What is the climate of Northland?

Answer 22

Subtropical climate – humid, sunny and warm.

Question 23

Which region in New Zealand has the highest average annual rainfall?

Answer 23

Northland.

Question 24

Who owns Montana in New Zealand?

Answer 24

Pernod Ricard.

Question 25

Where is Clevedon region?

Answer 25

Auckland, unofficial sub-region.

Question 26

What are the main viticultural hazards in Auckland?

Answer 26

Rot and Frost.

Question 27

Which two names came together into a partnership in 1988 for sparkling wine production?

Answer 27

Montana and Champagne Deutz?

Question 28

Where can you find Ngaruroro River Valley?

Answer 28

Unofficial sub-region in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Question 29

What is the most planted grape in Nelson?

Answer 29

Sauvignon Blanc.

Question 30

Which region in New Zealand has the lowest average annual rainfall?

Answer 30

Central Otago.

Question 31

Which Grand Cru in Alsace is the smallest?

Answer 31

Kanzlerberg, 3 hectares.

Question 32

Which AOP in Alsace allows Muller-Thurgau to be varietally-labeled?

Answer 32

Moselle AOP.

Question 33

What is the synonym for Chardonnay in Jura?

Answer 33

Gamay Blanc.

Question 34

Which producer in Sauternes is releasing “Creme de Tete”?

Answer 34

What is special about it? Chateau Gilette. Decades of maturation in concrete tanks.

Question 35

Which style of wine does Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux AOP produce?

Answer 35

Exclusively sweet wine.

Question 36

What is “methode Gaillacoise”?

Answer 36

A variant method of the methode ancestrale.

Question 37

Where is Fronton AOP? What is the main grape?

Answer 37

Southwest France. min 50% Negrette

Question 38

Which 4 communes can append “in Chianti” to their names?

Answer 38

Radda, Gaiole, Castellina, Greve.

Question 39

What are the subzones of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo?

Answer 39

Terre di Casauria, Terre dei Vestini, Alto Tirino, Terre dei Peligni, Teate.

Question 40

Where is Vernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG? Grapes and styles?

Answer 40

Marche, Central Italy. Red sparkling dry or sweet. Min 85% Vernaccia Nera (40% of the grapes must be dried).