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Victoria Flashcards

1
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What is the capital of Victoria?

A

Melbourne

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2
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Where in Victoria was gold discovered? When?

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1851, Bendigo

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3
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Where and when did Phylloxera appear in Austrlia?

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Geelong 1877

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4
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When did Phylloxera appear in Yarra Valley?

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2006

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5
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What and when was Black Saturday

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Saturday, 2/7/09. Firestorms throughout Victoria, 173 deaths, more than 5% of vineyards destroyed

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6
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Name the GI zones of Victoria

A 
Central Victoria GI
Gippsland GI
North East Victoria GI
North West Victoria GI
Port Phillip GI
Western Victoria GI
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7
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What zone surrounds Melbourne?

A

Port Phillip GI

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8
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What are the regional GIs of Port Phillip GI?

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Geelong GI
Macedon Ranges GI
Mornington Peninsula GI
Sunbury GI
Yarra Valley GI
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9
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What is The Rip?

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a 2 mile channel that connects Port Phillip Bay with the Bass Straight and the Southern Ocean

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10
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What factors help keep Port Phillip Zone cool?

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The Rip and strong southwesterly winds.

Elevation in the Northern part too

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11
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What body of water separates Tasmania from Victoria?

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The Bass Strait

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12
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What is the climate of Port Phillip Zone?

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Cool Mediterranean, all either region I or II

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13
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Name three major Yarra Valley producers

A 
Yarra Yering
Yering Station
Mount Mary
Chateau Yarrinya
Coldstream Hills
Luke Lambert
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14
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What divides Port Phillip Bay from the Bass Strait?

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Mornington Peninsula

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15
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What is the driest region of Port Phillip zone?

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Geelong GI

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16
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What are the unofficial subregions of Geelong GI?

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Surf Coast/Otways
the Bellarine peninsula
Moorabool Valley (center of production)

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17
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What is the elevation of the Macedon Ranges GI?

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400-600 meters

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18
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What is the most famous winery in Macedon Ranges GI?

A

Bindi Wine Growers

19
Q

What are the regions of Central Victoria?

A 
Bendigo GI
Goulbourn Valley GI
Heathcote GI
Strathbogie Ranges GI
Upper Goulburn GI
20
Q

What region contains the subregion of Nagambie Lakes GI?

A

Goulburn Valley GI

21
Q

What is the soil of Heathcote GI?

A

On the eastern side, a strip of red earth with 500-million year old Cambrian volcanic greenstone

22
Q

What is the major natural feature of Heathcote GI?

A

Mt Camel Range

23
Q

What was Goulburn Valley’s first commercial winery?

A

Chateau Tahbilk

24
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What is Tahbilk famous for?

A

.5 ha ungrafted Shiraz planted in 1860 and the world’s oldest Marsanne vines, planted in 1927

25
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What are the highest elevation and coolest regions of Central Victoria? What are their elevations?

A

Strathbogie Ranges GI at 600 meters

Upper Goulburn GI, 800 meters

26
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What are the regions of the North East Victoria zone?

A 
Alpine Valleys GI
Beechworth GI
Glenrowan GI
King Valley GI
Rutherglen GI
27
Q

What are the level of Rutherglen Muscat classification?

A

Rutherglen Muscat
Classic
Grand
Rare

28
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What is the age range and rs of Rutherglen Muscat (basic)?

A

3-5 years average

180-240 g/l rs

29
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What is the age range and rs for Classic Rutherglen Muscat?

A

6-10 years average
200-280 g/l rs
slight rancio character

30
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What is the age range and rs for Grand Rutherglen Muscat?

A

11-19 years

270-400 g/l rs

31
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What is the age range and rs for Rare Rutherglen Muscat?

A

20+ years

270-400 g/l rs

32
Q

Name the wineries in the Muscat of Rutherglen Network

A 
8
Campbells
All Saints
Morris
Chambers
Stanton and Killeen
Rutherglen Estates
Buller
Pfeiffer
33
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What is the grape of Topaque?

A

Muscadelle

34
Q

What are the grapes for dry wines in Rutherglen GI?

A

Shiraz and Durif/Petit Sirah

White Rhone grapes

35
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What grapes are popular in Alpine Valleys GI, Beechworth GI and King Valley GI?

A

SB, Chd, PG

PN and Bdx

36
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What major natural feature affects Alpine Valleys GI, Beechworth GI and King Valley GI?

A

Victorian Alps (part of the Great Dividing Range). They’re all cooler and rainier than Glenrowan and Rutherglen GIs

37
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Where is Giaconda located?

A

Beechworth GI

38
Q

What is the highest elevation GI of North East Victoria?

A

King Valley GI

39
Q

What are the regions of North West Victoria?

A

Murray Darling GI
Swan River GI
Both shared with New South Wales

40
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What are the regions of Western Victoria Zone?

A

Grampians GI
Henty GI
Pyrenees GI

41
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What is the subregion of Grampians GI?

A

Great Western GI

42
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What is Grampians GI historically known for?

A

Sparkling wines

Sparkling Shiraz is still a thing here

43
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What is Grampians GI’s top producer?

44
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What is Henty GI best known for?

A

Sparkling wine- Chard and PN account for 66% of the plantings

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