Tasmania

Question 1

What is the capital of Tasmania?

Answer 1

Hobart

Question 2

What is Australia’s coolest wine producing area?

Answer 2

Tasmania

Question 3

How is Tasmania divided?

Answer 3

Broadly, by the northern and southern sectors.

Northern Tasmania-similar to that of Champagne or the Rheingau

Southern Tasmania-even cooler, although long sunshine hours during the growing season promote slow, even ripening.

Question 4

Where is the center of production for Tasmania?

Answer 4

Tamar Valley region in Northern Tasmania. 1/3 of the state’s vines are located here.

Question 5

What is the most important region in Southern Tasmania?

Answer 5

Coal River area, just north of Hobart.

Question 6

What is the most planted varietal in Tasmania?

Answer 6

Pinot Noir.

White grapes outnumber red grapes by a small margin, i.e. Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, and Riesling.

Question 7

What is Jansz? Who is the partnership between?

Answer 7

A property now owned by Yalumba but founded in the early 1980s as a joint venture between Louis Roederer and Heemskerk Wines. It is the oldest commercial producer of sparkling wines and one of the premier wineries in Tasmania.

Question 8

What are the unofficial subregions of Northern Tasmania? (3)

Answer 8

—Pipers River
—Tamar Valley
—North West Coast

Question 9

What are the unofficial subregions of Southern?

Answer 9

—Derwent Valley
—Huon Valley
—Coal River/Richmond
—The East Coast (Cranbrook/Bicheno area)