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Introductory Sommelier Exam (CMS) flashcards
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Zones of Victoria

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North West Victoria, Western Victoria, Central Victoria, Port Phillip, North East Victoria, Gippsland

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Regions and subregions of Western Victoria Zone

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Henty, Grampians, Great Western (subregion of Grampians), Pyrenees

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Regions and subregions of the North West Victoria Zone

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Murray Darling and Swan Hill, both shared with New South Wales

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Regions and subregions of Central Victoria Zone

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Bendigo, Heathcote, Goulburn Valley, Nagambie Lakes (a subregion of Goulburn Valley), Strathbogie, Upper Goulburn

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Regions and subregions of Port Phillip Zone

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

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Regions and subregions of Gippsland Zone

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none

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Regions and subregions of North East Victoria

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Glenrowan, Rutherglen, King Valley, Beechworth, Alpine Valleys

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Port Phillip Zone climate, cities, geography

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Along the coast in southern Victoria. Vineyards surround Port Phillip Bay. Cool maritime climate, Cities: Melbourne, Geelong

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Yarra Valley location, grapes, soil

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Region in Port Phillip Zone, Victoria. Directly NE of Melbourne. Victoria’s oldest wine region. PN, Chard, CS, Shiraz (often co-fermented w/ Viognier and called Syrah), Sparkling. grey-brown sandy loam and fertile red basalt-derived volcanic soils

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Yarra Valley producers

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Home to boutique wineries and newer larger houses as well. Mount Mary, Australian Domaine Chandon, de Bortoli, Yarra Yarra, Yering Station, Yarra Yering, Luke Lambert

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Mornington Peninsula location, grapes

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Region in the Port Phillip Zone, Victoria. South of Melbourne, enclosing the Port Phillip Bay. One of Australia’s coolest and most maritime climates. Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chard

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Mornington Peninsula producers

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Main Ridge Estate, Kooyong, Paringa Estate

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Geelong

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Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. Across the Port Phillip Bay SW of Melbourne. PN

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Geelong producers

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Bannockburn, By Farr

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Sunbury

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Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. NW of Melbourne

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Macedon Ranges

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Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. North of Sunbury, south of Bendigo and Heathcote.Higher elevation, coolest Australian region on the mainland. PN, Chard, Shiraz, Sparkling

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Macedon Ranges producers

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Bindi

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Murray Darling

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Region shared between Victoria and New South Wales (North West Victoria Zone) along the Murray R. Char adn Shiraz, commercial production, hot, continental, heavily irrigated

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Swan Hill

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Region shared between Victoria and New South Wales (North West Victoria Zone) along the Murray R. Char adn Shiraz, commercial production, hot, continental, heavily irrigated

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Henty

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Region in the Western Victoria Zone. Neighboring Mount Gambier, in South Australia. Cooler, coastal. PN, Chard Riesling

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Grampians

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Region in the Western Victoria Zone, between Henty and Pyrenees at the western edge of the Great Dividing Range, higher elevation. Shiraz, CS, PN, Riesling. One subregion: Great Western.

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Pyrenees

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Region in the Western Victoria Zone, Between Grampians and Bendigo. CS, Shiraz

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Bendigo

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Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Ravaged by Phylloxera in the late 1800’s. Dry, warm, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS, Merlot

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Heathcote

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Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Ravaged by Phylloxera in the late 1800’s. Dry, warm, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS, Merlot

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Heathcote producers

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Jasper Hill (Shiraz), Domaine Terlato & M Chapoutier

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Goulburn Valley

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Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Warm, inland, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS. One subregion: Nagambie Lakes

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Nagambie Lakes

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Subregion of Goulburn Valley in Central Victoria Zone. Home to Tahbilk, one of the only producers to survive and continue winemaking through Phylloxera. Acclaimed Shiraz from a plot of ungrafted vines in sandy soils planted pre phylloxera in 1860. Also home to some of the oldest Marsanne vines in the world.

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Strathbogie

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Region in the Central Victoria Zone between Goulburn Valley and Upper Goulburn. In the Dividing Range, higher elevation. PN, Chard

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Upper Goulburn

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Region in the Central Victoria Zone. In the Dividing Range, higher elevation. PN, Chard

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Glenrowan

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Region in the North East Victoria Zone. produces similar styles of fortified wines and dry reds as Rutherglen

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King Valley

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Region in the North East Victoria Zone, Higher elevation in the Dividing Range, slightly cooler. Merlot, CS, PN, Chard, SB

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Beechworth

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Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Higher elevation in the Dividing range, slightly cooler. Red grapes: CS, PN, Shiraz, Merlot

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Alpine Valleys

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Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Higher elevation in the Dividing range, slightly cooler. Merlot, PN, Chard, SB, PG

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Rutherglen

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Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Hot, Continental, Murray R. forms northern border. Famous for “stickies” sweet, fortified Muscat, also produce red table wines: Shiraz, Durif (PS). The gold rush town wine industry flourished before phylloxera w/ red table wines, turned to bulk sweet fortified after the Great Depression.

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The Muscat of Rutherglen Network

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a producers’ syndicate established in 1995, has developed a voluntary and self-regulating four-tier classification system for the Muscat wines based on taste profile, similar to the undefined designations of Tawny Port. Tiers w/ increasing age and rancio character: Rutherglen Muscat, Classic, Grand, Rare (should taste min 20yo)

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Rutherglen Muscat Production

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Brown Muscat (Muscat Frontignan, Muscat Rouge a Petite Grains) dries on the vine during the passillerage process, short fermentation on the skins, then pressed and fortified w/ grape spirit at 1:4 ratio (a la port), aged in old cask for years, w/ evaporation concentrating the sugars. Some producers use a solera system

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Rutherglen Muscat Producers

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Campbell’s, Chambers, All Saints

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Rutherglen Topaque

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Formerly Tokay before EU trade agreements. Fortified Muscadelle (probably the only fortified version of this Bordeaux and W France grape in the world). Treated similarly to Rutherglen Muscat: passillerage, fortification and aging w/ same categories (Classic, Grand, etc), results in a paler wine as it is white, w/ 30-40 g/l less sugar, less intensity more acidity, basic styles can be served chilled as an apertif

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Apera

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Australia’s new term for Sherry style wines after the EU 2010 trade agreement

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Gippsland

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Zone in Victoria with no regions. 3 unofficial: South, east, west

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Gippsland producers

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Bass Philip (South)

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Great Western

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Subregion of the Grampains Region in the South West Victoria Zone.

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Grampian’s producers

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