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1
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What is the capital of South Australia?

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Adelaide

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2
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When did South Australia ban imported vine material?

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1874

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3
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What percentage of Australian wines is produced by SA?

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50%

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What large wine groups are headquartered in South Australia?

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Accolade Wines

Premium Wine Brands (Pernod Ricard)

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5
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What zones are in the Adelaide Super Zone?

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Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges

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What is Barossa named after?

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named after a Spanish battlefield in the Napoleonic wars

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What was Barossa’s first commercial winery?

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Orlando Wines, 1847

Now Jacob’s Creek brand

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Where are the world’s oldest Shiraz vines? What year were they planted?

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Langmeil’s “Freedom” vineyard 1843

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Where are Australia’s oldest Cab Sauv vines? When were they planted?

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Penfold’s Block 42 in the northern part of Barossa. 1888

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10
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What winery created the Barossa Old Vine Charter?

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Yalumba

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What are the categories of the Barossa Old VIne Charter?

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Old Vines: min 35 yo
Survivor Vines: min 70 yo
Centenarian Vines: min 100 yo
Ancestor Vines: min 125 yo

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12
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What are the GIs of Barossa?

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Barossa Valley GI

Eden Valley GI

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13
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What is Barossa Valley GI’s elevation?

And Eden Valley GI’s elevation?

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Barossa Valley: 100-300 meters above sea level

Eden Valley: 400-600 meters

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What is the soil of Barossa Valley GI?

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deep, loamy clay, some sand. Underground water reserves help with irrigation

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What was Eden Valley GI’s first vineyard?

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Pewsey Vale, planted in 1847 by Joseph Gilbert

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Eden Valley GI’s soil

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poor, rocky, covered in a thin layer of red clay. loamy sand amd clay loams, mixed with quartz and gravel

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17
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What is Eden Valley’s most famous Shiraz? When was it planted?

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Henschke’s Hill of Grace vineyard. Planted 1860. 8 ha.

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18
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What percentage of Eden Valley GI’s acreage is red?

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54%

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19
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What is Eden Valley GI’s subregion? Where is it within the zone?

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High Eden GI
Most elevated (over 500 m) and southernmost point is Eden Valley GI
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20
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What produced was an early champion of High Eden GI in the 1970s?

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Mountadam, famous for Chardonnay

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21
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Name the GIs of the Fleurieu zone

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McLaren Vale GI
Langhorne Creek GI
Currency Creek GI
Kangaroo Island GI
Southren Fleurieu GI
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22
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What are the geographical influences on McLaren Vale GI?

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South Mount Lofty Ranges/Adelaide Hills to the east

Gulf of St Vincent to the west

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23
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McLaren Vale GI climate

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Warm mediterranean
Warm, windy
organic is easy

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24
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What is a major environmental challenge in McLaren Vale GI? How is it handled?

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Water scarcity

There’s a pioneering program to recycle wastewater from Adelaide

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What is the coolest, northeasternmost part of McLaren Vale GI called?

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Clarendon

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26
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What is the Scarce Earth project?

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Started in 2009

Awarded to McLarenvale Shiraz cuvees that come from unique sites and speak more to the terroir than the winemaking

27
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What is MVSWGA?

A

McLaren Vale Sustainable Winegrowing Australia

28
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What are the requirements for Scarce Earth wines?

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  • Must be a member of MVSWGA
  • min 10 yo vines
  • no excessive oak, fault, over- or under-ripeness
29
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In what areas of McLaren Vale GI is Grenache excelling?

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Blewitt Springs
Kangarilla
Both just south of Clarendon
(both sandy soils, like CDP)

30
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What GIs of Fleurieu zone are on Lake Alexandrina?

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Langhorne Creek to the northwest

Currency Creek to the southwest, with the Southern Ocean to the south

31
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Name three top McLaren Vale wines

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d’Arenberg Dead Arm Shiraz
Gemtree Paragon and Subterra Shiraz
Clarendon Hills Astralis and Hickenbotham Syrah
Hardys Reynella (owned by constellation)

32
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Geography of Southern Fleurieu

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Peninsula with the Gulf of St Vincent to the north and Southern ocean to the south

33
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What are the 7 terranes of McLaren Vale?

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  • The Ancient Rocks
  • Sand and Sandstone
  • Limestone Country
  • Clay Plains of Aldinga
  • The Piedmont (alluvial deposits)
  • Talus Slope (variable deposits near the Willunga fault in the south)
  • Alluvial Flats
34
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What is Langhorne Creek GI’s longest running producer? When were they established?

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Metala

Planted the Stonyfell Vineyard in 1890

35
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What is the coolest GI of Fleurieu Zone?

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Currency Creek (by a couple degrees)

36
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Which GI of Fleurieu has almost as much white acreage as red? What are the top three grapes in order?

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Southern Fleurieu GI
Shiraz
Chardonnay
SB

37
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What body of water separates Kangaroo ISland GI from Fleurieu Peninsula?

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Backstair Passage

8.4 miles wide

38
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Name the GIs of Limestone Coast GI Zone

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Coonawarra GI
Padthaway GI
Mount Benson GI
Robe GI
Wrattonbully GI
Mount Gambier GI
39
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What is the climate of Coonawarra GI?

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Cool mediterranean (region II)

40
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Who planted Coonawarra’s first vines, and when?

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John Riddoch in 1891 “Penola Fruit Company” and Cht Comaum

41
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What estate brought fame to Coonawarra GI?

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Wynns Coonawarra Estate.

They purchased Cht Comaum and started bottling varietal Cab in 1954

42
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What is Wynns (and therefore one of Coonawarra’s) top bottling?

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John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon

43
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When was Coonawarra GI established?

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2003

44
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What other GI has Terra Rossa soil? is it warmer or cooler than Coonawarra?

A

Padthaway; slightly warmer
Wrattonbully also has some
So does La Mancha DO.

45
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Where is Tappanappa a star producer?

A

Wrattonbully GI

46
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What is South Australia’s largest region in acreage?

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Mount Gambier GI, though only 250 ha planted to vines

47
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GIs of Mount Lofty Ranges

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Clare Valley GI
Adelaide Hills GI
Adelaide Plains GI

48
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What was Clare Valley’s first winery, when? What for?

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Sevenhill Cellars, built by Jesuit Monks for sacramental wine in 1851. They still make it.

49
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Top producers of Clare Valley GI

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Wendouree
Jim Barry- The Armagh Shiraz
Kilikanoon- Oracle Shiraz
Grosset- Polish Hill Riesling

50
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Clare Valley GI elevation

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400-600 meters

51
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Unofficial subregions of Clare Valley GI

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Polish Hill
Watervale
Auburn
Sevenhill
Clare
52
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What is the soil of Polish Hill?

A

Slate

53
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What is the soil of Watervale?

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terra rossa over limestone

54
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Which GI of Mount Lofty Ranges is directly south of Barossa?

A

Adelaide Hills GI

55
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What is the climate of Adelaide Hills GI?

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Cool, wettest part of South Australia. Almost 70% of plantings are white.

56
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Sub GIs of Adelaide Hills GI

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Piccadilly Valley GI

Lenswood GI

57
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Top grapes of Adelaide Hills GI

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Sauv Blanc, Chardonnay, PG

PN, Merlot

58
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Adelaide Hills GI producers

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Shaw + Smith 
Petaluma
The Lane
Ashton Hills
BK Wines
59
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What is the main grape of Piccadilly Valley GI?

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Chardonnay

60
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Top grape of Lenswood GI

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Sauv Blanc

61
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Contrast Adelaide Hills GI and Adelaide Plains GI

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Adelaide Hills GI is the coolest and rainiest in Adelaide Super Zone. Adelaide Plains GI is the driest and warmest.

62
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What is the (only) famous estate of Adelaide Plains GI

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Magill Estate, historic estate where Max Schubert first experimented w Grange. No longer in use, just a showpiece as the “spiritual home of Grange”

63
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GI of Far North

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Southern Flinders Ranges GI

64
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How are sparkling shiraz typically produced?

A

Tank fermented

Sweetened with a little Australian Tawny

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