New Zealand: North Island

Question 1

What is the name of the British minister who first planted vines in New Zealand in 1830

Answer 1

James Bushby

Question 2

What are the five GIs of the North Island?

Answer 2

Northland GI
Auckland GI
Gisborne GI
Hawkes Bay GI
Wairarapa GI

Question 3

What are the sub GIs of Auckland GI?

Answer 3

Matakana GI
Kumeu GI
Waiheke GI

Question 4

What is the sole sub GI of Hawke’s Bay GI?

Answer 4

Central Hawke’s Bay GI

Question 5

What are the sub GIs of Wairarapa GI?

Answer 5

Gladstone GI
Martinborough GI

Question 6

What does “six o’clock swill” refer to?

Answer 6

The temperance movement which instituted at 6pm closing hour for pubs during WWI and lasted until 1967 on both islands in New Zealand

Question 7

When did restaurants first gain the right to sell wine in New Zealand?

Answer 7

1960

Question 8

Why did New Zealand predominantly avoid Phylloxera through most of the 20th century?

Answer 8

Due to the temperance movement, winemakers were growing hybrid grapes that could be sold as table grapes

Question 9

Which island is less mountainous and rainier?

Answer 9

North Island

Question 10

What grapes lead production in Auckland?

Answer 10

Chardonnay
Syrah
Merlot

Question 11

What are the principal viticultural hazards of the North Island?

Answer 11

Rain and frost

Question 12

What is the climate of the North Island?

Answer 12

Maritime

Question 13

What is the driest region on the North Island?

Answer 13

Hawke’s Bay

Question 14

What type of gravel is found in Hawke’s Bay?

Answer 14

Greywacke

Question 15

What is the capital of New Zealand?

Answer 15

Wellington

Question 16

What is the climate of Northland?

Answer 16

Subtropical

Question 17

What is the most planted white variety in Northland?

Answer 17

Chardonnay

Question 18

What is the most planted red variety in Northland?

Answer 18

Syrah

Question 19

What is the most planted variety in Auckland?

Answer 19

Chardonnay
Syrah, Pinot Gris, Bordeaux Varieties

Question 20

What is Gimblett Gravels

Answer 20

Region within Hawke’s Bay that produces the countries finest Syrah and Bordelaise varieties thanks to well draining gravelly soil

Question 21

What is the Bridge Pa Triangle?

Answer 21

Region adjacent to Hawke’s Bay whose soils are sandy loam and graywacke which results in wines that are fleshier and with more depth

Question 22

What grape variety is Hawke’s Bay primarily known for?

Answer 22

Syrah

Question 23

What grape variety is Wairarapa primarily known for?

Answer 23

Pinot Noir

Question 24

Name five quality producers from New Zealand’s North Island

Answer 24

Karikari Estate (Northland)
Babich (Auckland)
Milton (Gisborne)
Te Mata (Hawke’s Bay)
Ata Range (Wairarapa)

Question 25

What is the average annual rainfall in Northland?

Answer 25

34in

Question 26

What is the Average annual rainfall in Auckland?

Answer 26

24in

Question 27

What is the average annual rainfall in Gisborne

Answer 27

20.6in

Question 28

What is the average annual rainfall in Hawke’s bay

Answer 28

15.3in

Question 29

What is the average annual rainfall in Wairarapa

Answer 29

15in