NSW

Question 1

What is Australia’s oldest, continuously operating winery?

Answer 1

Wyndham Estate in Hunter, established 1828 by George Wyndham; planted Australia’s first commercial Shiraz vineyard in 1830.

Question 2

What is the alternative name for Riverina?

Answer 2

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

Question 3

What is Hunter Riesling?

Answer 3

Sémillon

Question 4

What % of Hunter’s production is white wine?

Answer 4

60.00%

Question 5

What is Hunter’s most planted grape?

Answer 5

Chardonnay

Question 6

What is Hunter’s most important grape?

Answer 6

Sémillon

Question 7

What is Broke Fordwich’s claim to fame (and where is it)?

Answer 7

The oldest Verdelho plantings in the country (it’s a subregion of Hunter).

Question 8

The Canberra District is shared between what two states?

Answer 8

New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

Question 9

What are the 4 regions of Big Rivers?

Answer 9

Murray Darling
Swan Hill
Riverina
Perricoota

Question 10

What are the rivers of Big Rivers?

Answer 10

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Question 11

Who is the single largest producer in Riverina, and what is their brand?

Answer 11

Casella - largest family-owned winery in Australia. Creators of Yellow Tail for the American market in 2001 (solely for export).

Question 12

What is the finest wine in Riverina?

Answer 12

De Bortoli Noble One Botrytis Semillon

Question 13

What are the 3 regions of the Central Ranges?

Answer 13

Cowra
Mudgee
Orange

Question 14

Central Ranges: Elevation and climate by subzone

Answer 14

Orange (600-1000+M) is the highest in the country, peaking on Mount Canobolas (extinct volcano); very cool climate.
Mudgee (400-500M+); dry and sunny, large diurnal shift
Cowra: lowest in elevation, and warmest

Question 15

Central Ranges: Soils and major grapes by subzone

Answer 15

Mudgee: brown sandy loam; Cab Sauv, Merlot, Shiraz
Orange: basaltic red-brown clay, other colored clay loams, gravel, terra rossa; Cab Sauv, Merlot, Shiraz, Chardonnay
Cowra: brown loamy sand, red clay subsoil; Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cab Sauv, Merlot

Question 16

Central Ranges: Major Geographic Features

Answer 16

Great Dividing Range
Lachlan River, Belubula River (Cowra)
Mount Canobolas (Orange)

Question 17

What is the region of Hunter Valley?

Answer 17

Hunter

Question 18

What are the 3 subregions of Hunter?

Answer 18

Brokefordwich
Pokolbin
Upper Hunter Valley

Question 19

In addition to the Pokolbin and Brokefordwich GI’s, what are the other subregions of the Lower Hunter Valley?

Answer 19

Allandale
Belford
Dalwood
Rothbury

Question 20

What is the climate of Hunter?

Answer 20

Humid and subtropical, 2070 Degree Days (region IV)

Early harvest due to early autumn, which comes with constant cloud cover and often rainstorms.

Question 21

Hunter: Soils, geographic features, and major grapes

Answer 21

black silt loam, dark clay loam (upper hunter), friable loam and red duplex soils (lower hunter)
Hunter and Goulburn Rivers, Great Dividing Range
Semillon, Chardonnay, Verdelho
Shiraz

Question 22

What is a duplex soil?

Answer 22

An Australian term for soils with contrasting texture between soil horizons - elsewhere called texture contrast soils

Question 23

What is the region of Northern Rivers?

Answer 23

Hastings River

Question 24

Hastings River: Climate, Geographical Features, Soils

Answer 24

Very hot and tropical - Region V. Some potential to produce Hunter-styled wines
Broken Bago Range, Pacific Ocean, Hastings River
Rich alluvial and red volcanic soils

Question 25

What is the region of Northern Slopes?

Answer 25

New England Australia

Question 26

What are the 2 regions of the South Coast

Answer 26

Shoalhaven Coast

Southern Highlands

Question 27

What is Shoalhaven Coast most known for?

Answer 27

Varietal Chambourcin (Teinturier French hybrid)

Question 28

Southern Highlands: soils and major grapes

Answer 28

Balsalt and Shale derived brown earth

Tempranillo, Shiraz, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc

Question 29

What are the 4 regions of Southern New South Wales?

Answer 29

Canberra District
Tumbarumba
Hilltops
Gundagai

Question 30

Canberra District: Soils, Climate, Major Grapes

Answer 30

Red-brown loams
Mild continental climate, often draws comparisons to Cote Rotie
Shiraz/Viognier, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Riesling - generally very elegant and delicate in style

Question 31

Gundagi: Soils, Geographic Features, Major Grapes

Answer 31

Red earth and podzolics (eucalypt forest soils)
Snowy Mountains, Murrumbidgee River
Shiraz, Cab Sauv, Chardonnay

Question 32

Hilltops: Soils, Climate, Major Grapes

Answer 32

Red granite clay, basalt
Warm, continental
Cab Sauv, Shiraz

Question 33

Tumbarumba: Soils, Climate, Geographic Features, Major Grapes

Answer 33

Gritty, granitic and basaltic
Cold, high elevation, frost prone
Snowy Mountains
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir (usually for sparkling wine)

Question 34

What are the zones of New South Wales?

Answer 34

Big Rivers
Central Ranges
Hunter Valley
Northern Rivers
Northern Slopes
South Coast
Southern New South Wales
Western Plains

Question 35

Why do most larger producers buy grapes rather than land in Tumbarumba?

Answer 35

The marginal, frost-probe climate makes viticulture risky.

Question 36

What are the regions of the Western Plains?

Answer 36

There are no smaller regions within the Western Plains

Question 37

What is Australia’s newest GI?

Answer 37

New England Australia, in the Northern Slopes of New South Wales