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Largest state in Australia

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Western Australia

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majority of viticulture is conducted in the zones of Western Australia

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Southwest Australia (Zone)
greater Perth (Zone)

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Hottest region in Australia

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Swan valley G.I.

western Australia State
greater Perth Zone
Swan District GI

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Five GI regions of the great southern GI

Southwest Australia Zone

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Mount Barker GI
Frankland River GI
Albany GI
Porongurup GI
Denmark GI

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Australian soils are high in what element especially Western Australia

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Saline

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GIs of western Victoria

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Grampians GI
Henty GI
Pyrenees GI

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Main grape of Manjimup GI (Southwest Australia)

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Sauvignon Blanc (72%white grapes)
Pinot Noir (20% red grapes)

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Where can I find karri loam, a fertile red soil

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Pemberton GI, Southwest Australia

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Producer of Pemberton GI (Southwest Australia)

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Salitage

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Main grapes of Pemberton GI (Southwest Australia)

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Red Grapes (32%): Pinot Noir, Shiraz
White Grapes (68%): Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Semillon

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Unofficial Subregions of Blackwood Valley GI (Southwest Australia)

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Boyup Brook, Bridgetown, Nannup

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Most cultivated grapes of Blackwood Valley GI (Southwest Australia)

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Red Grapes (59%): Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon
White Grapes (41%): Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Chardonnay

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Where is Darling Plateau?

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Blackwood Valley GI (Southwest Australia)
Also Peel GI (Greater Perth)

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Producer of Blackwood Valley GI (Southwest Australia)

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Blackwood Crest

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Main red and white grapes of Denmark GI (Great Southern GI, Southwestern Australia),

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Red Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz, Pinot Noir
White Grapes: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling

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Main red and white grapes of Franklin River GI (Great Southern GI, Southwest Australia)

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Red Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz, Pinot Noir
White Grapes: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling

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Where can I find poor marri soils?

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Mount Barker GI, (Great Southern GI, Southwest Australia)

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Mount Barker GI (Great Southern Zone, Western Australia) excels with these varieties

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cool-climate Riesling, Shiraz, and Cabernet Sauvignon

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Perth and Adelaide are separated by this many miles

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1,300 miles

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Three enormous zones cover the inland and southern coast of Australia:

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Central Western Australia zone; Eastern Plains, Inland and North of Western Australia zone; and West Australian South East Coastal zone

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Sub regions of Margaret River (6)

Young children will try walking kangaroos

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Yallingup
Carbunup
Wilyabrup
Treeton
Walcliffe
Karridale

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what year were the sub regions of Margaret River proposed by doctor John Gladstone

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1999

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major natural features of Margaret river G.I.

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Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge
Indian Ocean (West)
Southern Ocean (South)
Geographe Bay (North)
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what varietal was the first produced in Margaret river? What year? Who made it?

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Riesling
1971
Dr. Tom Cullity “Vasse Felix”

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Southern most coastal zone of Margaret River
Karridale
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subregion of Margaret river that is furthest inland with the greatest diurnal variation
Treeton
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this region in Margaret river is home to the regions best Sauvignon Blanc
Karridale
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in what region of Margaret river are Leeuwin and Cape Mentelle
Walcliffe
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the name of the settler that brought Cabernet Sauvignon to Margaret River
Thomas Rivers
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What are the "Horghton's" selection
Cuttings from 175 year old winery in Swan Valley original source material for Cabernet vines in Margaret river swan valley greater Perth swan district G.I.
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First five of Margaret River
Cape Mentelle Vasse Felix Mosswood Cullen Leeuwin Estate In Wilyabrup Christina Very Much Craves Love
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first commercial plantings Margaret river
1967 Vasse Felix!
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What label is Dr. Tom Cullity famous for owning
Vasse Felix
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what is the "golden triangle" and who coined it
in Margaret River (Walcliffe) best Chardonnay Coined by James Halliday Leeuwin Estate Cape Mentelle Voyager Estate
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Main Chardonnay clone of Margaret River
Gingin clone (Mendoza Clone)
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what is Dijon clone called in Margaret River
Bernard clone (Gingin clone is most planted)
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Main River of Karridale
Blackwood River
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Mountain range that defines Gladstone line
Whicher range
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Subregions of Margaret river are named for this
drainage directions of the region's numerous rivers and creeks 1999 established, six of them
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Margaret river is named for this person
Margaret Whicher (Whicher ranges)
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Zones of Western Australia
Southwest Australia (with GIs) greater Perth (With GIs) Central western Australia West Australian South East coastal
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Rivers of Pemberton GI (Southwest Australia)
Warren and Donnelly Rivers
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First vineyard planted in Western Australia
Thomas Waters Swan River Colony 1830
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These two early wineries were founded in Swan Valley in 1836 and 1840 respectively
Houghton Sandleford
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Today, volume of production has shifted from Greater Perth Zone to these GIs
Margaret River GI Great Southern GI Geographe GI
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In This year Dr. John Gladstones presented research to local landowners about suitability of the region for grape growing, in Margaret River; In this year the first experimental plantings followed.
1965 1966
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What is the Gladstones Line?
Line of Longitude 115' 18E. Established the modern appellation Eastern border, along Whicher Range
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Coastal Zones of Margaret River North to South
Yallingup Wilyabrup* home to Vasse Felix, Cullen, Moss Wood (golden triangle) Walcliffe * home to Leeuwin Estate, Cape Mentelle Karridale Carbinup on Geographe Bay East of Cape Naturaliste in Yallingup Treeton inland region, warmest summer daytime temp but greatest diurnal shift
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The Blackwood River flows into the Southern Ocean in this sub region of Margaret River
Karridale (best Sauvignon Blanc)
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Margaret River is this on Winkler's Scale
III
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Margaret river is warmer than Coonawarra and Bordeaux. T/F?
TRUE
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Soil of Wilyabrup
Red Gravelly Loam Best place for Cabernet Sauvignon
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What is the Golden Triangle Coined by James Halliday
Leeuwin Estate Cape Mentelle Voyager Estate In Stevens Valley Walcliffe
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Who is Virginia Willcock
Winemaker at Vasse Felix
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The "Engine" (style) of local production in Margaret River
Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends
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What is SBS or SSB (Margaret River)
Sauvignon Blanc Semillon or Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
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This winemaker popularlized Graves style Semillon sauvignon blanc blends in Margaret River
Stuart Pym (Stella Bella) Did a season's stint at Domaine de Chevalier
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Dr. John Gladstones also promoted this GI in 1965 within Western Australia
Great Southern GI
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Mount Barker GI and Franklin River GI (Great Southern GI) are this on the Winkler Scale
I and II (Harold Olmo in 1956 recommended these regions become the new growing regions, shift from Greater Perth)
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Riesling vines can be traced to Forest Hill in Mount Barker GI as early as this year
1965
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Who was Houghton's famed winemaker (spanning five decades)
Jack Mann Crushed grapes with a butcher's mincer
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What year was Forest Hill (Great Southern GI) first red wine?
1972 Cabernet Grapes
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Five Official Subregions of the Great Southern GI
Mount Barker GI Frankland River GI Porongurup GI Denmark GI* Albany GI Both Coastal GIs
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Site of Western Australia's oldest permanent settlement and spot from which Britain formally claimed Western Australia for the crown Christmas Day 1826
Albany GI (Great Southern GI)
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Dominant varieties of Porongurup and Mount Barker *Great Southern GI
Riesling and Shiraz
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Main Varieties of Albany and Denmark GIs (coastal, great Southern GI)
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
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What is the Great Southern GIs most established sub region and center of production
Mount Barker GI Home to Forest Hill Vineyard and Plantagenet
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Perth is separated from Albany by this many miles
Over 250
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85% of Western Australia's vines are located here
South West Australia Zone Divided between Margaret River GI and Great Southern GI
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Western Australia's third largest Appellation
Geographe GI (800ha of vines in 2019)
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Geographe GI's most important producer today (South west Australia)
Capel Vale, planted first vines in 1974
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Geographe GI and Geographe bay are named for this
"Le Geographe" vessel of French explorer Nicolas Baudin, mapped Western AUS coastline in 1800
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Four subregions (areas) of Geographe GI
Donnybrook Ferguson Valley Harvey Capel-Busselton Coastline
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What is the varietal focus in Geographe GI
Red grapes: Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon leading
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What year were Blackwood Valley GI's first vines planted (Southwest Australia)
1976
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What decade did Pemberton GI and Manjimup see the advent of commercial vineyards?
1980s

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