Western Australia Flashcards
Western Australia regions N-S
***Speeding Perth People Get Mega Bad Mileage Per Gallon. (N-S)
Swan District Perth Hills Peel Geographe Margaret River Blackwood Valley Manjimup Pemberton Great Southern
(Does not include subregions)
What is Australia’s largest state?
Western Australia. A reason the wine regions within are the country’s most isolated.
What is the capital of Western Australia?
Perth
What are the zones of Western Australia?
—South West Australia
—Greater Perth
—Central Western Australia
—West Australian South East Coastal
—Eastern Plains, Inland and North of Western Australia
What are the regions of Greater Perth Zone?
What is the subzone?
Peel
Perth Hills
Swan District—subregion is Swan Valley
What are the 3 most important GIs in Western Australia?
—Margaret River
—Great Southern
—Geographe
What are the regions of South West Australia
Locations?
What are the top varieties?
Mom (Margaret) wearing a members only jacket with a big P teaching geography of the “Great South” to man Jim standing up carrying black wood
- Geographe-Shiraz, Cab Sauv, Semillon-Sauv Blanc
- Blackwood Valley: SE of Geographe
- Margaret River: SW of Geographe, on the western coast; Chard, Cab Sauv, and Sauv Blanc-Semillon blends.
- Manjimup: South of Blackwood Valley
- Pemberton-Chardonnay; SW abutting Manjimup
- Great Southern
What is Australia’s hottest GI?
Swan Valley. Subzone of Swan District, in Greater Perth
What three bodies of water touch Margaret River GI?
—Geographe Bay
—Indian Ocean
—Southern Ocean
What are the six unofficial subzones of Margaret River?
How were they established?
Karrie and Will abruptly yelling up the wall of a cliff to find carbon in a tree that weighs a ton.
**First four are the coastal zones, from north to south:
—Yallingup
—Wilyabrup (heart of the appellation and home to 3 of the “first five”
—Wallcliffe (home to 2 of the “first five”)
—Karridale
—Carbunup on the Geographe Bay
—Treeton is an inland region :warmest summer day time temps, but also the greatest diurnal variation.
*Dr. Gladstones established the 6 unofficial subzones of Margaret River, catalogued not by soil profile but by the drainage direction for the region’s numerous rivers and creeks, which corresponded to the direction of the air flow systems.
Who are the “first five” of Margaret River?
What subregions are they located in?
- Vasse Felix
- Cullen
- Moss Wood
- above 3 located in Wilyabrup
- Leeuwin Estate
- Cape Mentelle
- above 2 located in Wallcliffe
What is the home of some of best Sauvignon Blanc in Margaret River?
Karridale
**crisp, cool, and often reflecting a pure snow pea character.
What is the climate in Margaret River?
Mediterranean
**dry summers and rainy winters.
Who is Dr. John Gladstones?
What is the “Gladstones Line”?
—An agronomist, who in 1965 presented his research on the suitability of Margaret River for grape growing (with a similarity to Bordeaux, he suggested Bordeaux varieties). The “Gladstones Line” (line of longitude 115° 18’ E) established the modern appellation’s eastern border, following alongside the Whicher Range.
—In 1999 he proposed 6 unofficial subzones of Margaret River, catalogued not by soil profile but by the drainage direction for the region’s numerous rivers and creeks, which corresponded to the direction of the air flow systems.
What is the soil types in Margaret River?
Gravel and sandy loam over granite and gneiss
