Tasmania and Queensland

Question 1

Queensland

Official and Unofficial Gi’s

Answer 1

(clockwise from 1:00)

• South Burnett GI - est 2000
• Sunshine Coast & Hinterlands
• Brisbane & Scenic Rim
• Gold Coast & Hinterlands
• Granite Belt GI - est 2002
• Darling Downs

Question 2

Granite Belt

Climate and Natural Features

Answer 2

Climate:

• Subtropical, but very high altitude (700 M+)
• Fraught with spring frosts and rain at harvest

Natural Features:

• Great Dividing Range
• Granite Belt (200 year old granitic intrusion, running down into New England Australia, sometimes called the New England Tableland)

Question 3

South Burnett

Climate and Natural Features

Answer 3

Climate:

• Subtropical and continental, with more growing season rainfall than any other continental climate in the country

Natural Features:

• Burnett River (N)
• Blackbutt, Brisbane, and Coast Ranges (E)
• Great Dividing Range (S)

Question 4

What is Australia’s coolest growing region?

Answer 4

Tasmania

Question 5

What is Tasmania’s most notable product?

Answer 5

traditional method sparkling wine

Question 6

Northern Tasmania Unofficial Subzones

Answer 6

(W to E)

• North West Coast
• Tamar Valley
  
  • generally achieves ripeness earlier, making it more suitable for late ripening varieties
• Pipers River
  
  • within Tamar, better for earliy ripening varieties

Question 7

Where is Jansz?; who founded it?; who owns it now?

Answer 7

• Jansz is in Pipers River (N Tasmania)
• Founded as a collaboration between Heemskerk (Tassie) and Louis Roederer
• Now owned by Hill-Smith Family Vineyards (Yalumba)

Question 8

Southern Tasmania Unofficial Subzones

Answer 8

(W to E)

• Huon Valley
• Derwent Valley
• Coal River / Richmond (longer sunlight hours, can ripen later maturing varieties)
• East Coast

Question 9

What major European wine regions can Tasmania be compared to?

Answer 9

Champagne and Rheingau

Question 10

Queensland: 2 Regions

Answer 10

Granite Belt (1965)
South Burnett (1993)

Question 11

This unofficial region of Queensland is posed to the be third GI:

Answer 11

Darling Downs
- south of South Burnett GI

Question 12

Does Queensland have any zones?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

Producers of the Granite Belt GI:

Answer 13

Robert Channon
Boireann
Ballandean Estate

Question 13

Grapes of the Granite Belt GI?

Answer 13

(63%) Shiraz, CS, Merlot
(37%) Chardonnay

Question 14

Soil of South Burnett GI?

Answer 14

Basalt and Granite

Question 15

Grapes of South Burnett GI?

Answer 15

(68%) Shiraz, Merlot
(32%) Verdelho, Semillon, Chardonnay

Question 16

Geographical Features of South Burnett GI:

Answer 16

Blackbult, Brisbane, Coast Ranges
Great Dividing Range
Brunett River

Question 17

Tasmania’s Sole Appellation:

Answer 17

Tasmania GI

Question 18

What separates Tasmania from mainland?

Answer 18

Bass Strait

Question 19

Where is Piper’s River GI located?

Answer 19

Northern Tasmania

Question 20

Most important region of Southern Tasmania?

Answer 20

Coal River

Question 21

Most-planted red variety of Tasmania?

Answer 21

Pinot Noir
42%

Question 22

Most-important sparkling producer?

Answer 22

Jansz
- originally a project between Louis Roederer and Heemsherk Wines
* oldest commercial producer of sparkling

Question 23

Unofficial sub-regions of Northern Tasmania?

Answer 23

Piper’s River
Tamar Valley
North West Coast

Question 24

Unofficial sub-regions of Southern Tasmania?

Answer 24

Derwent Valley Huon Valley Coal River/Richmond East Coast (Cranbrook/Bicheo)

Question 25

Producers of Tasmania (northern):

Answer 25

Piper's Brook Vineyard Tamar Ridge Jansz Bay of Fires

Question 26

Producers of Tasmania (southern):

Answer 26

Domaine A Elsewhere Vineyard Stefano Lubiana

Question 27

GI established in ______

Answer 27

1994

Question 28

% of sparkling wine production?

Answer 28

44%

Question 29

Tasmania: white grapes

Answer 29

Chardonnay - 53% SB Pinot Gris Riesling

Question 30

Where is the Tamar Valley located?

Answer 30

Northern Tasmania

Question 31

When was the first commercial vineyard planted in Tasmania?

Answer 31

1823

Question 32

Jansz Bottlings:

Answer 32

Late Disgorges Vintage Cuvee 2014 Premium Cuvee Vintage Cuvee 2018 Special Edition Premium ROse NV Vintage Rose

Question 33

How old would you expect the average wine in a Grand Rutherglen Topaque to be?

Answer 33

11-20 years

Question 34

What will likely be the third GI for Queensland should it achieve approval?

Answer 34

Darling Downs

Question 35

Why are some areas of southern Tasmania, such as Coal Creek, better able to more fully ripen grapes than regions in the north?

Answer 35

A much higher amount of sunlight hours

Question 36

Do any Queensland wines fall on the Langton’s Classification 8th Edition? No How about Tasmania? Yes If so can you name any of these?

Answer 36

Tasmania has 4: Arras E.J. Carr Late Disgorged, Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon, Tolpuddle Chardonnay, and Tolpuddle Pinot Noir

Question 37

Two GI regions of Queensland

Answer 37

Granite Belt South Burnett

Question 38

Year that these two GI regions were established

Answer 38

2000

Question 39

Yea yea, Janz. Name 3 other traditional method sparkling producers of Tasmania.

Answer 39

Apogee, Piper’s River, Deluxe Vintage Brut = 45 months on lees Bay of Fires, Piper’s River, Tasmanian Cuvee Brut House of Arras, “EJ Carr” Late Disgorged = 14 years on lees @$100-200 AUD retail

Question 40

First Modern vineyard operation in continuous production? When/what/where?

Answer 40

Jean Francois and Cecile Miguet planted La Provence in Piper’s River in 1956, now operating under the name of Providence Vineyards.

Question 41

North or South Tasmania?

Answer 41

Northwest - N Derwent River Valley - S Tamar Valley - N D’Entrecasteaux Channel - S Huon Valley - S Piper’s River - N Coal River Valley - S

Question 42

Which River flows through Hobart city?

Answer 42

The Derwent

Question 43

What is the capital city of Tasmania?

Answer 43

Hobart

Question 44

Match the notable producer with their home region of Tasmania: Northwest Tamar Valley Pipers River East Coast Coal River Valley Derwent Valley D’Entrecasteaux Channel Huon Valley

Answer 44

Darlington: D. East Coast Moorilla: F. Derwent Valley - 1958 second oldest modern producer/vineyard Two Tonne Tasmania: B. Tamar Valley Sinapius: C. Pipers River, Pipers Brook Vineyard Tolpuddle: E. Coal River Valley, Tolpuddle Pinot Noir 8th. Ed. Langston’s Classified Mewstone: G. D’Entrecasteaux Channel top producer Chatto: H. Huon Valley, Jim Chatto coming from success in Hunter Valley, NSW est 2012

Question 45

Tasmania’s 2000 ha. of land under vine is roughly equivalent to which vanguard wine region?

Answer 45

Napa Valley @1700 ha Haut Medoc @4200 ha Côte de Nuits @3200 ha Barolo $$$ 2000 ha

Question 46

T/F Huon Valley is considerably colder and wetter than Derwent and Coal River Valleys.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

T/F Tasmania’s North Coast region benefits from a rainshadow effect, moving west to east rainfall drastically disappears dropping from 2400mm in areas close by winegrowing areas to 440 mm in the most prized locations in any of the three regions.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Where do we find the "Strange Bird Wine Guide"?

Answer 48

Granite Belt, Queensland Strange Birds is what we call our many alternative (or emerging) wine varieties. These exciting wines are lesser known and rarer to find in Australia. As a rule, we only call it a Strange Bird if the grapes are grown on the Granite Belt and represent less than 1% of Australia's vines.

Question 49

What Best Western wine received Langston's 1st Classfied?

Answer 49

Best's Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz

Question 50

What Tasmanian wine is on Langston's?

Answer 50

Tolpuddle Vineyard Chard and Pinot Noir

Question 51

Tasmania's wind?

Answer 51

The Roaring Forties are extremely powerful westerly winds that blow in the Southern Hemisphere between latitudes 40° and 50°.