Victoria Flashcards
Zones of Victoria
Central Victoria (5) (1) Gippsland (0) North East Victoria (5) North West Victoria (2) Port Phillip (5) Western Victoria (3) (1)
Regions of Central Victoria Zone
Bendigo Goulburn Valley (1) Heathcote Strathbogie Ranges Upper Goulburn
Regions of Gippsland Zone
none
Regions of North East Victoria Zone
Alpine Valleys Beechworth Glenrowan King Valley Rutherglen
Regions of North West Victoria Zone
Murray Darling*
Swan Hill*
Regions of Port Phillip Zone
Geelong Macedon Ranges Mornington Peninsula Sunbury Yarra Valley
subregions of Goulburn Valley
Nagambie Lakes
Regions of Western Victoria Zone
Grampians (1)
Henty
Pyrenees
subregions of Grampians
Great Western
where is Mount Mary Vineyard?
Yarra Valley
where is Coldstream Hills located?
Yarra Valley
what are the most important varietals in Yarra Valley?
PN and CH
where is Yering Station?
Yarra Valley
what is the blend of Yarra Yering’s Dry White No. 1?
SB/sem
what is the blend of Yarra Yering’s Dry Red No. 1?
Bordeaux blend
what is the blend of Yarra Yering’s Dry Red No.2?
Rhone Blend
What is Portsorts?
Yarra Yering’s port style wine made from traditional port varietals
what are the coolest and warmest areas of the Morningon Peninsula, respectively?
Red Hill, Moorooduc
Where is Yabby Lake?
Mornington Peninsula
where is Paringa Estate?
Mornington Peninsula
where is Dromana Estate?
Mornington Peninsula
where is Bindi Wine Growers?
Macedon Ranges
where are By Farr, Bannockburn Vineyards, and Shadowfax Vineyard?
Geelong
where is Curly Flat?
Macedon Ranges
where are Tahbilk and Mitchelton
Nagambie Lakes
Where are Wild Duck Creek and Jasper Hill?
Heathcote
What are the warmer regions of Northeastern Victoria?
Glenrowan and Rutherglen
what is the grape of Rutherglen Muscat and Rutherglen Tokay?
Brown Muscat and Muscadelle, respectively
Where is Giaconda?
Beechworth
who founded Giaconda?
Flying winemaker Rick Kinzbrunner
What body of water provides a moderating influence for Glenrowan?
Lake Mokoan
Which region of Western Victoria is considered the coolest on mainland Australia?
Henty
what style of wine is Grampians best suited for?
dry reds, shiraz is most common
who makes Cephas and what is it?
Taltarni, it’s a Shiraz/CS blend
where are Taltarni, Dalwhinnie and Redbank Winery?
Pyrenees
where is Bass Phillip?
Gippsland
what are the unofficial subregions of Geelong?
Surf Coast/Otways, the Bellarine—a peninsula that reaches out toward Mornington—and the Moorabool Valley
what is the coolest region on the Australian mainland?
Macedon Ranges with elevations typically between 400m and 600m
