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1
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Largest state in Australia

A

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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4
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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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5
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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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8
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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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13
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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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14
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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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17
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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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18
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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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19
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Perth and Adelaide are separated by this many miles

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1,300 miles

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20
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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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21
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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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22
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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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23
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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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24
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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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25
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Southern most coastal zone of Margaret River

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Karridale

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26
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subregion of Margaret river that is furthest inland with the greatest diurnal variation

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Treeton

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this region in Margaret river is home to the regions best Sauvignon Blanc

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Karridale

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28
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in what region of Margaret river are Leeuwin and Cape Mentelle

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Walcliffe

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29
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the name of the settler that brought Cabernet Sauvignon to Margaret River

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Thomas Rivers

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30
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What are the “Horghton’s” selection

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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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31
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First five of Margaret River

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Cape Mentelle
Vasse Felix
Mosswood
Cullen
Leeuwin Estate

In Wilyabrup

Christina Very Much Craves Love

32
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first commercial plantings Margaret river

A

1967
Vasse Felix!

33
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What label is Dr. Tom Cullity famous for owning

A

Vasse Felix

34
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what is the “golden triangle” and who coined it

A

in Margaret River (Walcliffe) best Chardonnay

Coined by James Halliday
Leeuwin Estate
Cape Mentelle
Voyager Estate

35
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Main Chardonnay clone of Margaret River

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Gingin clone (Mendoza Clone)

36
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what is Dijon clone called in Margaret River

A

Bernard clone

(Gingin clone is most planted)

37
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Main River of Karridale

A

Blackwood River

38
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Mountain range that defines Gladstone line

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Whicher range

39
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Subregions of Margaret river are named for this

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drainage directions of the region’s numerous rivers and creeks
1999 established, six of them

40
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Margaret river is named for this person

A

Margaret Whicher (Whicher ranges)

41
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Zones of Western Australia

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Southwest Australia (with GIs)
greater Perth (With GIs)

Central western Australia
West Australian South East coastal

42
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Rivers of Pemberton GI (Southwest Australia)

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Warren and Donnelly Rivers

43
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First vineyard planted in Western Australia

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Thomas Waters

Swan River Colony 1830

44
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These two early wineries were founded in Swan Valley in 1836 and 1840 respectively

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Houghton
Sandleford

45
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Today, volume of production has shifted from Greater Perth Zone to these GIs

A

Margaret River GI
Great Southern GI
Geographe GI

46
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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.

47
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What is the Gladstones Line?

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Line of Longitude 115’ 18E. Established the modern appellation Eastern border, along Whicher Range

48
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Coastal Zones of Margaret River North to South

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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

49
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The Blackwood River flows into the Southern Ocean in this sub region of Margaret River

A

Karridale (best Sauvignon Blanc)

50
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Margaret River is this on Winkler’s Scale

51
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Margaret river is warmer than Coonawarra and Bordeaux. T/F?

52
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Soil of Wilyabrup

A

Red Gravelly Loam
Best place for Cabernet Sauvignon

53
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What is the Golden Triangle
Coined by James Halliday

A

Leeuwin Estate
Cape Mentelle
Voyager Estate

In Stevens Valley
Walcliffe

54
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Who is Virginia Willcock

A

Winemaker at Vasse Felix

55
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The “Engine” (style) of local production in Margaret River

A

Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends

56
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What is SBS or SSB
(Margaret River)

A

Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
or Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

57
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This winemaker popularlized Graves style Semillon sauvignon blanc blends in Margaret River

A

Stuart Pym (Stella Bella)
Did a season’s stint at Domaine de Chevalier

58
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Dr. John Gladstones also promoted this GI in 1965 within Western Australia

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Great Southern GI

59
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Mount Barker GI and Franklin River GI (Great Southern GI) are this on the Winkler Scale

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I and II (Harold Olmo in 1956 recommended these regions become the new growing regions, shift from Greater Perth)

60
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Riesling vines can be traced to Forest Hill in Mount Barker GI as early as this year

61
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Who was Houghton’s famed winemaker (spanning five decades)

A

Jack Mann
Crushed grapes with a butcher’s mincer

62
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What year was Forest Hill (Great Southern GI) first red wine?

A

1972
Cabernet Grapes

63
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Five Official Subregions of the Great Southern GI

A

Mount Barker GI
Frankland River GI
Porongurup GI

Denmark GI*
Albany GI
Both Coastal GIs

64
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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

A

Albany GI (Great Southern GI)

65
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Dominant varieties of Porongurup and Mount Barker *Great Southern GI

A

Riesling and Shiraz

66
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Main Varieties of Albany and Denmark GIs (coastal, great Southern GI)

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Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

67
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What is the Great Southern GIs most established sub region and center of production

A

Mount Barker GI
Home to Forest Hill Vineyard and Plantagenet

68
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Perth is separated from Albany by this many miles

69
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85% of Western Australia’s vines are located here

A

South West Australia Zone
Divided between Margaret River GI and Great Southern GI

70
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Western Australia’s third largest Appellation

A

Geographe GI (800ha of vines in 2019)

71
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Geographe GI’s most important producer today (South west Australia)

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Capel Vale, planted first vines in 1974

72
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Geographe GI and Geographe bay are named for this

A

“Le Geographe” vessel of French explorer Nicolas Baudin, mapped Western AUS coastline in 1800

73
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Four subregions (areas) of Geographe GI

A

Donnybrook
Ferguson Valley
Harvey
Capel-Busselton Coastline

74
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What is the varietal focus in Geographe GI

A

Red grapes: Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon leading

75
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What year were Blackwood Valley GI’s first vines planted (Southwest Australia)

76
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What decade did Pemberton GI and Manjimup see the advent of commercial vineyards?

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