New Zealand (South Island)

Question 1

What are the four main GIs of the south island?

Answer 1

Nelson GI
Marlborough GI
Canterbury GI
Central Otago GI

Question 2

What are the two sub GIs of Canterbury?

Answer 2

North Canterbury GI
Wairapa Valley/Wairapa GI

Question 3

What is the sub GI of Central Otago?

Answer 3

Bannockburn GI

Question 4

In order to be labeled New Zealand, what is the minimum percentage of stated variety/vintage that must be included?

Answer 4

85%

Question 5

In order to qualify for GI status, what is the minimum percentage of stated variety/vintage that must be included?

Answer 5

100%

Question 6

What are the three valleys that make up Marlborough

Answer 6

Wairau Valley
Southern Valley
Awatere Valley

Question 7

Name five prominent producers in the south island

Answer 7

Kim Crawford
Brancott Estate (Montana)
Cloudy Bay
Hunter’s
Greywacke
Yealands Estate
Nautilus

Question 8

What Champagne producer joined forces with Montana in 1988 to begin making sparkling wine?

Answer 8

Deutz

Question 9

What is the dominant soil type in all three valleys of Marlborough?

Answer 9

Sandy alluvial loam overtop gravel

Question 10

What is the primary viticultural risk in New Zealand?

Answer 10

Frost

Question 11

Why is sunlight intensity a concern in New Zealand?

Answer 11

Proximity to the hole in the ozone layer. Up to 40% more intensity of sunlight to comparable latitudes in the northern hemisphere

Question 12

Do most vineyards in New Zealand lie on flat plains or slopes? Why?

Answer 12

Flat plains. Sufficient sunlight is rarely a concern.

Question 13

Which slopes to the vineyards in Central Otago typically lie on?

Answer 13

North-facing slopes

Question 14

Which subregion of the southern island sits at the highest altitude?

Answer 14

Central Otago (300 meters)

Question 15

What are the primary grape varieties grown on the south island?

Answer 15

Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir
Pinot Gris
Chardonnay
Riesling

Question 16

What is the climate of the majority of the south island?

Answer 16

Cool maritime with the major exception of Central Otago which is cool continental

Question 17

When and by whom was Sauvignon Blanc first planted in New Zealand’s south island?

Answer 17

1975 by Frank Yukich of Montana (Brancott Estate)

Question 18

Who now owns Montana?

Answer 18

Pernod and Ricard (Brancott Estate)

Question 19

What are the five unofficial subregions of Central Otago?

Answer 19

Bendigo
Wanaka
Cromwell Basin (70% of vineyards)
Gibbston
Alexandra Basin

Question 20

What is the name of the lake that moderates the Cromwell Basin?

Answer 20

Lake Dunstan