Tasmania, Queensland, and Australia Wine Law

Question 1

What are the parameters established by the Label Integrity Program

Answer 1

1) Any wine labeled with vintage, variety, or region must contain a minimum of 85% of stated year, grape, or region respectively

2) Blends must be listed in descending order

3) All components comprising 85% of the blend must appear on the label

4) No listed grape can be in lower percentage than any present unnamed grape

Question 2

When was the Label Integrity Program established

Answer 2

1990

Question 3

In what year was the Australian appellation system (GIs) enacted?

Answer 3

1994

Question 4

True or false: Australian GIs are purely geographical and contain no other restrictions on things like grape variety, yields, or other viticultural techniques

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What are the six states of Australia?

Answer 5

New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Tasmania

Question 6

What is the coolest and southernmost wine region in Australia?

Answer 6

Tasmania

Question 7

What is the sole appellation in Tasmania?

Answer 7

Tasmania GI

Question 8

What is the major region of Northern Tasmania?

Answer 8

Tamar Valley

Question 9

What is the major region of Southern Tasmania?

Answer 9

Coal River

Question 10

What is the most planted variety in Tasmania?

Answer 10

Pinot Noir

Question 11

True or false: Less than 25% of the wines made in Tasmania are sparkling

Answer 11

False (50%)

Question 12

Janz, a sparkling wine producer now owned by Yalumba was founded in the early 1980s as a collaboration between Heemskerk wines and what famous Champagne producer?

Answer 12

Louis Roederer

Question 13

What is the capital of Tasmania?

Answer 13

Hobart

Question 14

What is the capital of Queensland?

Answer 14

Brisbane

Question 15

What system of mountains skirts the eastern coast of Queensland?

Answer 15

Great Dividing Range

Question 16

What is the name of the GI on the southern border of Queensland adjacent to New South Wales?

Answer 16

Granite Belt GI

Question 17

What is the most planted grape variety in Granite Belt GI?

Answer 17

Shiraz

Question 18

What is the northernmost GI in Australia?

Answer 18

South Burnett GI

Question 19

What is the climate of South Burnett GI?

Answer 19

Subtropical

Question 20

What percentage of Tasmania’s wine production comes from Tamar Valley?

Answer 20

40%

Question 21

In the rain shadow of what mountain are the areas Coal River and Derwent Valley situated?

Answer 21

Mount Wellington

Question 22

What is the elevation of Tasmania?

Answer 22

544ft

Question 23

What is the average growing season temperature of Tasmania?

Answer 23

58ºF

Question 24

What is the average annual rainfall of Tasmania?

Answer 24

24in

Question 25

What are two principal viticultural hazards in Tasmania?

Answer 25

Botrytis, coulure

Question 26

What are the principal grape varieties of Tasmania?

Answer 26

Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Gris
Riesling

Question 27

What viticultural technique is used by wine makers in Tasmania to protect grape leaves from coastal winds?

Answer 27

Screens

Question 28

What are the categories of area protected by Australian GIs?

Answer 28

Australia GI
States
Zones
Regions
Subregion

Question 29

In 1996 Wine Australia authorized what multistate zone including New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the wine growing regions of South Australia and Queensland?

Answer 29

South Eastern Australia

Question 30

What state lies directly south of New South Wales?

Answer 30

Victoria

Question 31

What is the capital of Australia?

Answer 31

Canberra