Victoria Flashcards
What is the capital of Victoria?
Melbourne
Where in Victoria was gold discovered? When?
1851, Bendigo
Where and when did Phylloxera appear in Austrlia?
Geelong 1877
When did Phylloxera appear in Yarra Valley?
2006
What and when was Black Saturday
Saturday, 2/7/09. Firestorms throughout Victoria, 173 deaths, more than 5% of vineyards destroyed
Name the GI zones of Victoria
Central Victoria GI Gippsland GI North East Victoria GI North West Victoria GI Port Phillip GI Western Victoria GI
What zone surrounds Melbourne?
Port Phillip GI
What are the regional GIs of Port Phillip GI?
Geelong GI Macedon Ranges GI Mornington Peninsula GI Sunbury GI Yarra Valley GI
What is The Rip?
a 2 mile channel that connects Port Phillip Bay with the Bass Straight and the Southern Ocean
What factors help keep Port Phillip Zone cool?
The Rip and strong southwesterly winds.
Elevation in the Northern part too
What body of water separates Tasmania from Victoria?
The Bass Strait
What is the climate of Port Phillip Zone?
Cool Mediterranean, all either region I or II
Name three major Yarra Valley producers
Yarra Yering Yering Station Mount Mary Chateau Yarrinya Coldstream Hills Luke Lambert
What divides Port Phillip Bay from the Bass Strait?
Mornington Peninsula
What is the driest region of Port Phillip zone?
Geelong GI
What are the unofficial subregions of Geelong GI?
Surf Coast/Otways
the Bellarine peninsula
Moorabool Valley (center of production)
What is the elevation of the Macedon Ranges GI?
400-600 meters