Victoria

Question 1

What property did the Ryrie brothers plant wine grapes on in 1838? Where was it?

Answer 1

Yering in the Yarra valley just East of Melbourne

Question 2

What bolstered Victoria’s wine industry in the later half of the 19th century?

Answer 2

Gold rush!

Question 3

When and where did phylloxera arrive in Victoria? What was the Victorian governments response?

Answer 3

1877 in a Geelong vineyard.
The Victorian government ordered every vine in Geelong uprooted.

Question 4

Which GIs make up the Port Philip Zone?

Answer 4

Yarra Valley
Mornington Peninsula
Geelong
Sunbury
Macedon Ranges

Question 5

What Zone surrounds Melbourne?

Answer 5

The Port Philip Zone

Question 6

Where is the Bass Strait?

Answer 6

Off the coast of Victoria it connects the Port Philip Bay to the Southern Ocean

Question 7

What is Moet & Chandon’s project in Australia?

Answer 7

Chandon in the Yarra valley

Question 8

Name one Langton’s Exceptional wine from the Yarra Valley.
Name three Outstanding.

Answer 8

Exceptional
Mount Mary ‘Quintet Cabernet Blend’

Outstanding
Mount Mary Pinot Noir
Yarra Yering ‘Dry Red Wine No.1 Cabernet’
Yeringberg Cabernet Blend

Question 9

What are the Yarra Valley’s most planted varietals?

Answer 9

Pinot Noir & Chardonnay

Question 10

What two areas is the Yarra Valley divided into based on soil and climate? What defines them?

Answer 10

Lower Yarra Valley - Northern, warmer, sandy-loam soils

Upper Yarra Valley - Southern, higher elevation and cooler, red basalt soils

Question 11

Which GI divides the Port Philip Bay from the Bass Strait?

Answer 11

Mornington Peninsula GI

Question 12

Name a Langton’s Outstanding wine from Mornington Peninsula

Answer 12

Main Ridge Estate Half Acre Pinot Noir

Question 13

Name one Langton’s Outstanding wine from Geelong?

Answer 13

By Farr Sangreal Pinot Noir

Question 14

What is the coolest GI on the Australian mainland?

Answer 14

Macedon ranges GI in Port Philip Zone

Question 15

Which two wines from Bindi are Langton’s classified as outstanding?

Answer 15

Block 5 Pinot Noir
Original Vineyard Pinto Noir

Question 16

Where is Jasper Hill? What two wines are classified as Langton’s Outstanding?

Answer 16

Heathcote GI in Central Victoria Zone
Emily’s Paddock Shiraz Cabernet Franc
Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz

Question 17

What are the GIs of Central Victoria?

Answer 17

Heathcote
Bendingo
Goulburn Valley
Upper Goulburn
Strathbogie Ranges

Question 18

What is the oldest continuously operating winery in Goulburn valley GI?

Answer 18

Tahbilk

Question 19

In what subregion of Goulburn Valley is Tahbilk located?

Answer 19

Nagambie Lakes

Question 20

What is special about the vines at Tahbilk?

Answer 20

Ungrafted Shiraz and some of the worlds oldest Marsanne vines

Question 21

What river forms the Northern border of Rutherglen GI?

Answer 21

Murray River

Question 22

What style of wine in Rutherglen famous for?

Answer 22

“Stickies” - sweet, fortified

Question 23

What was the fortified Muscat of Rutherglen called in the mid 20th century?

Answer 23

Sherry, Tawny, Tokay

Question 24

What is the classification system established by The Muscat of Rutherglen Network? When was it established?

Answer 24

Rutherglen Muscat - young w/ orange and rosy aromatics

“Classic” Muscat - adds concentration and slight rancio tones

“Grand” Muscat - oxidative tones and mature rancio character

“Rare” Muscat - oldest, sweetest, and most concentrated style. Should taste like at least 20yrs of age

Question 25

What kind of Muscat if grown in Rutherglen?

Answer 25

Brown Muscat (Muscat de Frontignan, Muscat Rouge à Petit Grains)

Question 26

Does Rutherglen Muscat see Botrytis?

Answer 26

Ideally No

Question 27

When is Rutherglen Muscat usually harvested?

Answer 27

Early April

Question 28

What vessels is Rutherglen Muscat typically aged in?

Answer 28

225-litre Barriques, 300-litre Hogsheads, 500-litre Puncheons

Question 29

Where is Topaque made? What was it previously know as?

Answer 29

Rutherglen GI. Tokay.

Question 30

What grape is used to make Topaque? Where else is this grape traditionally found?

Answer 30

Muscadelle Bordeaux & SW France

Question 31

How does Topaque differ from Rutherglen Muscat?

Answer 31

It is made from white grapes (muscadelle) rather than red grapes (Muscat de Frontignan) Hangs on the vine completing passerillage until the end of April Typically exhibit less residual sugar

Question 32

What are Victoria’s two warmest wine growing regions? What state are they shared with?

Answer 32

Murray Darling GI and Swan Hill GI New South Wales

Question 33

Which winery made Australia’s first ever traditional method sparkling wine? Where?

Answer 33

Great Western in the Grampians GI

Question 34

What is the Grampains GI most notable winery?

Answer 34

Best’s Great Western

Question 35

How are Best’s and Seppelt’s related? Where are they?

Answer 35

Both started by the Best Brothers, Joseph Best started The Great Western Winery and Cellar in 1869 which was eventually bought by Benno Seppelt, of Seppeltsfield in Barossa, in 1918. Henry Best started Best’s winery in 1896. It was eventually bought by the Thomson family along with the name Best’s Great Western in 1920.

Question 36

What are the GIs of Western Victoria?

Answer 36

Grampians Henty Pyrenees

Question 37

Which regions lies in the East of Victoria?

Answer 37

Gippsland

Question 38

What is the predominant grape of Gippsland?

Answer 38

Pinot Noir

Question 39

Where is Bass Philip located? What Langton’s classification is the Reserve Pinot Noir?

Answer 39

Gippsland Exceptional