Victoria

Question 1

What is the climate of Port Phillip zone?

Answer 1

cool maritime

Question 2

What is Victoria’s oldest wine region?

Answer 2

Yarra Valley

Question 3

In what GI did Moët & Chandon start the Australian Domaine Chandon?; in what year?

Answer 3

Yarra Valley GI; 1987

Question 4

Yarra Valley is divided by what two distinct soil types?

Answer 4

• Grey-brown sandy loam
• Red-basalt

Question 5

What is the climate of the Mornington Peninsula?

Answer 5

maritime

• one of Australia’s cooler, windier regions

Question 6

Name three grapes that you are most likely to find planted in Mornington Peninsula?

Answer 6

• Pinot Noir
• Pinot Gris
• Chardonnay

Question 7

What moderating climactic factors are at work in Port Phillip?

Answer 7

• Proximity to the Water
• Strong SW Winds
• In the North, near Macedon Ranges, Elevation

Question 8

Who was the original proprietor of Cold-Stream Hills and in what GI is it?

Answer 8

James Halliday, mid-80s in Yarra Valley

Question 9

What two grapes account for 50% of the acreage in Yarra Valley?

Answer 9

• Pinot Noir
• Chardonnay

Question 10

Compare Lower Yarra Valley and Upper Yarra Valley.

Answer 10

Lower Yarra Valley (N)

• Warmer
• Ancient sandy, loam soils
• Plumper, less aromatic PN

Upper Yarra Valley (S)

• Cooler, higher elevation
• Younger red basalt soiils
• Defined, mineral driven PN

Question 11

What GI divides the Port Phillip Bay from the Bass Straight?

Answer 11

Mornington Peninsula

Question 12

Within what GI will you find Bannockburn winery?

Answer 12

Geelong, Port Phillip, Victoria

Question 13

Where would you find the unofficial sub-zones of Bellarine, Moorabool Valley, and Surf Coast?

Answer 13

Geelong, Port Phillip, Victoria

Question 14

What is the coolest GI on the Australian mainland?

Answer 14

Macedon Ranges, Port Phillip, Victoria

Question 15

Within what GI will you find Bindi winery?

Answer 15

Macedon Ranges, Port Phillip, Victoria

Question 16

Within what GI will you find Jasper Hill winery?

Answer 16

Heathcote, Port Phillip, Victoria

Question 17

What geographic feature provides the northern border of Rutherglen?

Answer 17

The Murray River

Question 18

Name the 5 Regions of Central Victoria.

Answer 18

• Bendigo
• Goulburn Valley
  
  • ​Nagambie Lakes (subregion)
• Heathcote
• Strahbogie Ranges
• Upper Goulburn

Question 19

What’s the 1 Subregion of Goulburn Valley?; Goulburn Valley is a Region w/in what Zone?

Answer 19

Nagambie Lakes

• w/in Goulburn Valley
• w/in Central Victoria Zone

Question 20

Name the 5 Regions of North East Victoria.

Answer 20

• Alpine Valleys
• Beechworth
• Glenrowan
• King Valley
• Rutherglen

Question 21

5 Regions of Port Phillip Zone

Answer 21

• Geelong
• Macedon Ranges
• Mornington Peninsula
• Sunbury
• Yarra Valley

Question 22

Name the 3 Regions of Western Victoria Zone.

Answer 22

• Grampians
  
  • Great Western (Subregion)
• Henty
• Pyrenees

Question 23

What is the 1 Subregion of the Grampians?; Grampians is a Region within what Zone?

Answer 23

Great Southern

• w/in Grampians Region
• w/in Western Victoria Zone

Question 24

Mucat of Rutherglen Classification

Answer 24

• Rutherglen Muscat
  
  • Avg age 3-5 years
  • 180-240 g/l rs
• Classic Rutherglen Muscat
  
  • Average age 6-10 years
  • 200-280 g/l rs
  • rancio character
• Grand Rutherglen Muscat
  
  • Average age 11-19 years
  • 270-400 g/l rs
  • mature rancio, layers of complexity
• Rare Rutherglen Muscat
  
  • Min age 20+ years
  • 270-400 g/l rs
  • Bottled in tiny quantities each year