Producers/bottles

Question 1

“Bin 707”

Answer 1

Penfolds.

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 2

“Art Series”

Location?

Answer 2

Leeuwin Estate
Chardonnay

Margaret River

Question 3

“Basket Press”

Location?

Answer 3

Rockford
Shiraz
Barossa Valley
—former winemaker David Powell (later started Torbreck winery)

Question 4

“Graveyard”

Location?

Answer 4

Brokenwood
Shiraz
Hunter Valley

—Named because locals had designated the plot as a cemetery (but never used as one). Purchased in 1978.
—Brokenwood started by a team of 3 including wine critic James Halliday

Question 5

Chris Ringland

Location?

Answer 5

Shiraz

Barossa

Question 6

“Astralis”

Location?

Answer 6

Clarendon Hills
Shiraz
McLaren Vale

Question 7

Bass Phillip Reserve

Located?

Answer 7

Pinot Noir

Gippsland

Question 8

“Diana Madeline”

Location?

Answer 8

Cullen/Cabernet-Merlot

Margaret River

Question 9

Giaconda

Location?

Answer 9

Chardonnay
Beechworth, Victoria

• Rick Kinzbrunner winemaker (2003 Australian winemaker of the year; Decanter world’s 10 best white wines in 2006)
• winery named after the Mona Lisa, which is also known as La Giaconda in Italy

Question 10

“Polish Hill”
Location?

Soils?

Answer 10

Grosset/Riesling.

Clare Valley

Lies atop blue slate bedrock not dissimilar from the Devonian blue slate of the Mosel Valley in Germany.

Question 11

Moss Wood

Location?

Answer 11

Cabernet Sauvignon

Margaret River

Question 12

“Quintet”

Location?

Answer 12

Mount Mary
Cab Sauv (50%), Merlot (25%), Cab Franc (15%), Malbec (5%) and Petit verdot (5%)

Yarra Valley

Question 13

Clonakilla

Location?

Answer 13

Shiraz-Viognier

Canberra

Question 14

Wendouree

Location?

Answer 14

Shiraz

Clare Valley

Question 15

“1860 Vines” Shiraz

Location?

Answer 15

Tahbilk
—Nagambe Lakes (Goulburn Valley)
—from ungrafted vines planted in 1860, escaped phylloxera due to alluvial, sandy soils along the Goulburn River.
—Also counts some of the world’s largest and some of the oldest Marsanne vines (planted in 1927) amongst its holdings.

Question 16

“John Riddoch”

Location?

Answer 16

Wynns
Cabernet Sauvignon

Coonawarra

Question 17

“First Growth”

Location?

Answer 17

Parker Estate
Cabernet Sauvignon

Coonawarra

Question 18

Majella

Location?

Answer 18

Cabernet Sauvignon

Coonawarra

Question 19

“The Command”

Location?

Answer 19

Elderton
Shiraz
Barossa

Question 20

“RunRig”

Location?

Answer 20

Torbreck (named after a forest in Scotland)
Shiraz/Viognier
Barrosa Valley
—Made from 120-160 year-old vines.
—Original winemaker/porprietor David Powell after working at Rockford Wines in 1994.
—RunRig is flagship wine; Descendent is their single vineyard Shiraz (made from cuttings of RunRig)
—Powell’s financial difficulties caused him to sell in 2002, reacquired in 2008 with help of American businessman, and left again in 2013. Departure has caused controversory over if Powell’s original style is still intact.

Question 21

“The Laird”

Location?

Answer 21

Torbreck
Shiraz
Barossa
—A micro-production, single vineyard wine first released in 2005 with a price tag surpassing even “Grange”
—Irish for “Lord of the Manor”
—produced from one of the original Barossa Shiraz clones

Question 22

“Hill of Grace”

Location?

Answer 22

Henschke
Shiraz
Eden Valley
—Vineyards first planted in 1862; wines first sold in 1868
—run by 5th generation winemaker Stephen Henschke and his wife Prue (herself a viticulturist); (4th generation Cyril Henschke considered a pioneer of varietal and single-vineyard wines)
—Hill and Grace (20 acres); Mount Edelstone (40 acres)
—wines aged in both used and new French and American oak hogshead for up to two years. Sees minimal racking, and are bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Question 23

“Armagh”

Location?

Answer 23

Jim Barry
Shiraz

Top internationally recognized icon of Clare Valley.