NZ Flashcards
When were the first vines planted in New Zealand?
1819 in Northland, but actual wine production dates to the 1830s and is credited to James Busby who brought French and Spanish plantings
Who is New Zealand’s largest winemaking company? Who owns them now?
Montana. (Now Brancott Estate)Pernod Ricard.
When was Marlborough’s first commerical vineyard planted?
1973 by Montana
What things are Montana credited with ?
Established Marlborough’s first commercial vineyard in 1973, released the first varietal wine (Gisbourne Chardonnay), and produced one of the first Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs in 1979. Now Brancott Estate.
What are the Southern Alps? What is their affect?
Divides the South Island along its spine. Rainclouds moving eastward from the Tasman Sea deposit all of their moisture high in the mountains, resulting in a rain shadow effect for the wine regions of the island.
Which region experience more rain between North Island and South Island? Why?
North Island. South Island is shielded from rain fall due to the Southern Alps and its rain shadow effect.
What is the Screw Cap Initiative?
2001, initiative by New Zealand growers to eradicate cork enclosure due to inconsistency and launch research into the future adoption of screw caps.
Who was the first company to commercially release a New Zealand wine under screw cap?
Kim Crawford
True or False: Declaration of Vintage or varietal is optional in New Zealand
TRUE
Where is Matakana?
Auckland
Where is Waiheke Island?
Auckland
Where is Kumeu?
Auckland
What are the 3 sub regions of Auckland from north to South?
Matakana, West Auckland, Waiheke
What is Waiheke Island known for?
Bordeaux Style blends and thrilling syrah
What is the general climate of Auckland? Which region is the exception?
Rainy, maritime climate. Waiheke Island experiences a sunny, dry climate.
Gisbourne is also known as…?
Poverty Bay
List the regions of North Island from North to South
Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Gisbourne, Hawke’s Bay, Wairarapa
List the regions of North Island from South to North
Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, Gisbourne, Waikato, Auckland, Northland
What style of wine is predominantly grown in Gisbourne?
white wines. Red grapes struggle to ripen in the cooler climate.
What is the most planted grape in Gisbourne?
Chardonnay
What grape was formally the most planted grape in Gisbourne prior to Chardonnay?
Muller-Thurgau
What is New Zealand’s largest wine region?
Hawke’s Bay
Where is the Daartmoor Valley?
Hawke’s Bay
Where is the Esk Valley?
Hawke’s Bay
Where is Ngatarawa?
Hawke’s Bay
What is the most planted grape in Hawke’s Bay?
Merlot
What is the most planted white grape of Hawke’s Bay?
Chardonnay
Where is Gimblett Gravels? What is its significance?
Hawke’s Bay. Poorest soils in Hawke’s Bay tend to be focused here along the area of Gimblett Road. Located within these alluvial plains in an area shaped by rivers and criss-crossed by gravel beds, free draining alluvial soils and stony terraces. (deep shingle soils)
Where is the Ngaruroro river?
Hawke’s Bay
Recommend a bordeaux style blend from New Zealand
Te-Mata Coleraine. Family owned winery in the Havelock Hills.
What is the most planted grape in Wairarapa?
Pinot Noir ( Followed by Sauvignon Blanc)
Recommend a bottling of Pinot Noir from Wairarapa
Larry Mckeenna Escarpment Pinot Noir. Highly sought out pinots.
What is Martinborough?
A sub region of Wairarapa
What is the difference between Wellington and Wairarapa?
Wairarapa is the only wine producing region in Wellington, thus it is easiest to look at the region as just ‘Wairarapa’.
What is New Zealand’s sunniest region?
Nelson
Where is the Wairau river?
Marlborough
What are the sub regions of Marlborough?
Southern Valleys, Awatere Valley, Wairau Valley
Where is the Awatere Valley? What is its significance?
Marlborough. Most geographically distinct subregion. Cooler, drier, windier often with a degree of elevation. Grapes often take one to two weeks longer to ripen here.
Where is the Waitaki Valley?
Canterbury
Where is Waipara?
Canterbury
What are the subregions of Canterbury?
Waipara Valley, Canterbury Plains, Waitaki Valley
What is the world’s southernmost wine region?
Central Otago
What is the climate of Central Otago?
Continental
What is the secret to the climate of Central Otago?
High sunshine; short hot summers, diurnal temperatures and low precipitation
Where is Wanaka?
Central Otago
Where is Gibbston?
Central Otago
Where is Alexandra?
Central Otago
Where is Cromwell Basin?
Central Otago
Name a subregion of Central Otago
Wanaka, Gibbston, Alexandra, Cromwell Basin
Where is Bannockburn?
Central Otago
Recommend a producer of Pinot Noir from Central Otago
Felton Road Cornish Point. Most famous. Located in Bannockburn. Biodynamic, organic.
Recommend a chardonnay from New Zealand
Kim Crawford
Who was Romeo Bragato and what was his contribution to New Zealand wine?
an Austrian viticulturist from Victoria, with the task of studying the nation’s vineyards and combating its newest scourge: phylloxera. Bragato identified many of New Zealand’s modern wine regions (with the important exception of Marlborough) and educated growers on the merits of grafting vines onto disease-resistant American rootstock.
What was Six O Clock Swill
A temperance movement in New Zeland that staggered the industry
Who released the first varietal wine in NZ? WHat was it?
Montana. Gisbourne Chardonnay.
What is the biggest issues to finding good sites for viticulture in New Zealand
Sites that don’t drain well, are too cold, or too much rain
What was the biggest development in viticultural practices for New Zealand in the 1980s?
Development in Canopy Management,
Which is more mountainous: North Island or South Island?
South Island.
Why is South Island less rainy than North Island
The South Island benefits from the Southern Alps to the west, which create a rain shadow effect from clouds moving eastward from the Tasman Sea depositing all their moisture in the mountains
What is Dally Plonk?
A reference to wine made by settlers from Dalmatia who had planted vineyards near auckland in the early 20th century. They persisted despite a rainy subtropical climate and that is why some wineries have Croatian names.
What subregion of Auckland is the driest?
Waiheke Island
What style of reds are common in Auckland?
Bordeaux style reds
Describe the basic geography of Gisbourne
Primarily flat and extremely fertile with loamy soils. Hence its reputation as a high yielding region.
What region contains the North Island’s driest climate?
Hawke’s Bay
What is the highest growing region in New Zealand?
Central Otago
What type of climate does Central Otago experience?
Continental. semi arid
What are the soils of Central Otago
schist and clays to heavy silt loams, gravels and light sandsW
What type of climate does Hawke’s Bay have?
Maritime
List 3 subzones of Hawkes Bay
Gimblett Gravels, Te Awanga, Dartmoor Valley, Esk Valley, Havelock North Hills, Bridge Pa Triangle,
Why are gravels so important in New Zealand regions
Because of the sub-tropical climate–it is necessary. Gravels are free draining and have low fertility which results in low vigour vineyards where grapes can focus on ripening rather than producing lush vegitation
What is required to label a wine as Gimblett Gravels?
You must be a member of the Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing Association
What % of grapes must come from a vineyard defined within the Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District
95%
What are the soils of Gimblett Gravels
Greywacke gravel to sandy loam. stony soils.
Where do the following produce wine: Craggy Range, Stonecroft, Rippon?
Craggy Range and Stonecroft are in Hawkes Bay. Rippon is in Central Otago
Where does Stonecroft produce wine?
Hawkes Bay
Where does Craggy Range produce wine?
Hawkes Bay
What are the two subregions of Wellington/Wairarapa?
Gladstone and Martinborough
Where is Gladstone?
Wairarapa
Why is Wairarapa reliably dry in the autumn?
Proximity to the Tararua ranges in the west
What are the soils of Marlborough?
alluvial, loamy, top soils over gravel
What is the coolest subregion of Marlborough?
Awatere Valley
Where does Vavasour produce wine?
Awatere, Marlborough
Where does Pegasus Bay produce wine>?
Waipara Valley
What are the 3 subregions of Canterbury?
Waipara, Canterbury Plains, and Waitaki Valley
Where is Rippon known for producing wine
Lake Wanaka in Central Otago
What is the higest subregion of Central Otago
Gibbston
Where are 2/3 of the vineyards in Central Otago?
Cromwell basin
Bannockburn lies on the south bank of what river?
Kawarau River
What is the warmest subregion of Central Otago?
Bannockburn
Where does Ata Rangi produce wine>?
Martinborough
Where does Bell Hill produce wine?
Canterbury
What is the only region not protected by Southern Alps?
Nelson
What are the soils of Hawkes Bay
Free draining alluvial soils over gravel
Where is Gladstone
Wairarapa
What is six o’clockswill?
An early closing hour for pubs in New Zealand during WW 1 which lasted until 1967.
What is Albany Surprise?
Hybrid that was pouplar in New Zealand in 60s. Also called as Isbella.
What is the largest company in New Zealand?
Montana
which winery established Marborough’s first commercial vineyard?
Montana in 1973
what’s the world’s easternmost winemaking country?
New Zealand
What’s the world’s Southermost winemaking country?
New Zealand
what is new zealand winegrowers?
It is an organization that ALL NZ producers belong to. Its job is to promote and formed in 2002.
How many Gis in NZ?
12
Name all North Island GIs
- Northland GI
Where is Matakana?
Auckland
Where is Waiheke Island?
Auckland
Where is Martinborough?
Waiparapa
Name all South Island GIs
- Nelson
What’s the min % of a stated grape, vintage, and GIs in New Zealand?
85%
Where was the NZ’s first vines were planted?
Northland in 1819
What’s the NZ’s northernmost GI?
Northland
What’s the NZ’s smallest GI?
Northland
Name two sub GIs of Auckland.
- Matakana
What’s North Island’s driest region?
Hawkes Bay
What are the two most popular grapes in Hawkes Bay?
Chardonnay & Merlot
What is Gimblett Gravels?
an area of deep shingle soils in Hawkes Bay
What is Poverty Bay?
Gisborne
What’s the most planted grape in Gisborne?
Chardonnay
What’s the southernmost region on the North Island?
Wairarapa
What’s the official name of Wairarapa?
Wellington
What’s the northernmost region on the South Island?
Nelson
What’s the sunniest wine producing region in New Zealand?
Nelson
What’s the rainiest region on the south island in NZ?
Nelson
What’s the % of the entire NZ’s wine production from Marlborough?
67%
Which winery has a partnership with Montana and what’s the brand?
Deutz Champagne, Lindauer
Name 3 unofficial sub GIs in Marlborough.
- Wairau Valley
Where is Southern Valleys?
Marlborough
Where is Wairau Valley?
Marlborough
Where is Awatere Valley?
Marlborough
Does Irrgation is allowed in Marlborough?
Yes
Name 2 sub GIs of Canterbury.
- Waipara Valley
Where is Waipara Valley?
Canterbury, South Island New Zealand
Where is Canterbury Plains?
Canterbury, South Island New Zealand
Name 6 Sub GIs of Central Otago from west to east.
- Gibbston
What’s the major grape in Central Otago?
Pinot Noir
What’s the major grape in Canterbury?
Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir and Riesling
What’s the major grape in Nelson?
Sauvignon Blanc
What’s the major grape in Waiparapa?
PInot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc
What’s the major grapes in Hawke’s Bay?
Merlot, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc
What’s the major grape in Gisborne?
Chardonnay and Pinot Gris
What’s the major grape in Auckland?
Chardonnay
Where is Banks Peninsula?
Canterbury
What’s the southernmost region in Newzealand?
Central Otago
Which region in New Zealand is the highest in altitude?
Central Otago
What’s the only region in New Zealand has a continental climate?
Central Otago
Name 3 major producer in Central Otago.
- Mt. Difficulty
Name 3 major producer in MArlborough.
- Cloudy Bay Te koko SB - oaky
Name 3 major producers in Hawke’s Bay.
- Te Mata Coleraine Bordeaux Blend
Where is Martinborough?
Wairarapa
Name 3 major producers in Martinborough.
- Ata Rangi Pinot Noir
Where is Wellington?
Wairarapa, north island
Where is Queentown?
Central Otago
Where is Christchurch?
Canterbury
Where is Kawarau River?
Central Otago
What is the body of water between north and south island?
Cook Strait
