South Australia

Question 1

What state dominates the country’s wine output

Answer 1

South Australia

Question 2

What state is phylloxera free

Answer 2

South Australia

Question 3

Adelaide Zone

Answer 3

Super zone with Mount Lofty Ranges Zone, Fleurieu Zone, Barossa Zone. Can be IGT

Question 4

South West Australia Zone

Answer 4

Blackwood Valley, Geographe, Great Southern, Margaret River

Question 5

Langhorne Creek GI

Answer 5

Productive region. 26 producers. Large yields of med bodied reds. Important for Jacob’s Creek

Question 6

Barossa soils

Answer 6

Limestone and Ironstone

Question 7

Barossa climate

Answer 7

Hot, drought risk

Question 8

Barossa whites

Answer 8

Chard, Semillon, some Riesling

Question 9

Barossa Shiraz style

Answer 9

Classic, full-bodied, soft, spicy, develops leather with age

Question 10

Barossa producers

Answer 10

140. PENFOLDS

Question 11

Eden Valley soils

Answer 11

Poor, quartz based

Question 12

Pewsey Vale

Answer 12

Planted by Joseph Gilbert in 1947

Question 13

Eden Valley Riesling style

Answer 13

Long-lived, juicy lime

Question 14

Eden Valley Shiraz style

Answer 14

Cooler climate, spicier and more elegant than valley floor, finer tannins, lower alcohol

Question 15

Clare Valley Producers

Answer 15

43, most small

Question 16

Clare Valley Riesling style

Answer 16

Dry, lightly browned toast with twists of lime with age

Question 17

Clare Valley reds style

Answer 17

Intensely colored, deeply flavored, long-lived, EUCALYPTUS

Question 18

Clare Valley grapes

Answer 18

Almost all producers make Riesling, Shiraz, CS

Question 19

Adelaide Hills grapes

Answer 19

SB, Shiraz Chard. Base wines for sparkling

Question 20

Adelaide Hills Chard Style

Answer 20

Elegant, high acid, nectarine and lemon

Question 21

Adelaide hills producers

Answer 21

Henschke, The Lane, Nepenthe, Shaw + Smith

Question 22

Mount Lofty Ranges Zone

Answer 22

Clare Valley, Adelaide Hills

Question 23

Limestone Coast Zone

Answer 23

Mount Benson, Robe, Wrattonbully, Coonawarra, Padthaway

Question 24

Coonawarra soils

Answer 24

Limestone, TERRA ROSSA

Question 25

Terra Rossa

Answer 25

Red-brown loam or clay directly over well drained limestone

Question 26

Coonawarra style

Answer 26

Australia’s best CS. Ripe red berry, cassis, sweet herb, dried mint

Question 27

Coonawarra climate

Answer 27

Cool Mediterranean

Question 28

Padthaway soils

Answer 28

Limestone

Question 29

Padthaway style

Answer 29

Mid-priced Chard, SB, Shiraz

Question 30

Padthaway producers

Answer 30

6 wineries

Question 31

Wratonbully

Answer 31

2004 Tapanappa joint venture w/ Brian Croser, Jean-Michel Cazes (Ch Lynch Bages)

Question 32

Mount Benson soils

Answer 32

Sand and limestone. Cooler

Question 33

Mount Benson style

Answer 33

Greater elegance but less weight and structure

Question 34

Feurieu Zone

Answer 34

McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek, Kangaroo Island Currency Creek, Southern Fleurieu

Question 35

McLaren Vale climate

Answer 35

Warm Mediterranean with Maritime influence, considerable mesa-climate variation

Question 36

McLaren Vale grapes

Answer 36

Shiraz, CS, Grenache (some dry farmed)

Question 37

McLaren Vale Shiraz style

Answer 37

Intense, brooding tannin, high abc, deep blue fruits , iron

Question 38

Riverland

Answer 38

59% of S. AUS total crush. 27% of nation’s total crush

Question 39

Riverland grapes

Answer 39

Chard, Shiraz, CS, Merlot