Austrailia

Front 1

List 4 important subregions of Australia

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South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Western Australia

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Name good Australian vintages

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2001-2006, 2005 was great

South Australia: only 2001-2002, 2005

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Name the 5 most important varietals of Australia

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Chardonnay, Shiraz, Riesling, Semillon, Cabernet Sauvignon

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What is the climate like in Australia?

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In southern Australia, Mediterranean, stable, warm, and sunny.

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When does the Australian harvest take place?

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February through May, during their summer.

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What are the “Big Five?”

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The five biggest wine corporations in Australia. Southcorp, Brl Hardy, Orlando Wyndham, Beringer Blass, McGuigan Simeon. These wine corporations and the labels they own account for 75% of wine made in Australia.

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TRUE or FALSE: Most if not all the Australian Vineyards are located in South Australia.

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TRUE

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TRUE or FALSE: Australians, per capita, consume 2.5 times the amount of wine that Americans do.

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TRUE

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What was the name of the place where the first successful Australian vineyard was founded?

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HUNTER VALLEY

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TRUE OR FALSE: Australia’s wine laws are based on the French AOC law structure.

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False

Front 11

If a single varietal is listed on the label of an Australian Wine, how much of the wine must be made from that vareital?

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85%

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If an Australian wine is labeled Cabernet Sauvignon- Shriaz, what does that mean? Why?

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Blends must be labeled by variertal in order of greater percentage to lesser percentage. This would mean that both the cab and the shiraz constituted less than 85% by themselves, and that there was more cab than shiraz in the wine.

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Must an Australian blend list the percentages of the varietals used to make it up?

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Yes

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If a label states a region of origin for the wine, how much of the grapes used to make the wine must be from that region?

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85%

Front 15

What is the name of Australia’s most famous wine?

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Penfold’s Grange made originally by John Duval.

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What are stickies?

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Australian dessert wines

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Why is much of the harvesting mechanized in Australia?

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Because of their limited population.

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GI’s are:

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Geographic indications, or the beginning of a sense of an AC system in Australia.

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Austrlia’s most planted varietal is:

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SHIRAZ

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Average vine age is high or low in Australia?

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Low.

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TRUE OR FALSE: SOME GI’S IN AUSTRALIA ARE GROWING COOL CLIMATE VARIETRALS LIKE SAUVIGNON BLANC AND PINOT NOIR.

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TRUE

Front 22

Name the important subregions of South Australia.

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Adelade Hills
Barossa Valley
Eden Valley
Clare Valley
Coonawarra
Padthaway
Mc Laren Vale.

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Is Adelade Hills considered a warmer wine region or cooler?

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Cooler

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Coonawarra is known for what grape varietal?

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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What kind of Soil does Coonawarra have?

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Two types, red and black earth, both over limestone.
The red earth is prized, due to historically better wines being grown on it.

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Barossa Valley is best known for what varietal?

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Shiraz

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If a wine is labeled just Barossa, what can it mean?

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That the grape come from either or both the Eden Valley, and the Barossa valley.
The Barrossa district is the largest Australian quality wine zone.

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TRUE OR FALSE; South Australia was ravaged by phylloxera in 1955.

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FALSE. It has never seen Phylloxera, which is why there’s a huge quarantine in effect down there.

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Wine makers in the Barossa are known to add_____ and _______ to their wines.

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acid and tannin

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Where does the heady sweetness/smoothness in a Barossa shiraz come from?

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The fact that the reds finish their fermentation In American oak barrels, as opposed to the standard post-fermnetation maceration techniques used by Bordeaux producers to extract color and tannin.

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If California is to Australia, then Napa is to __________:

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The Barossa Valley.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Clare valley is a series of north-south facing smaller valleys with very different soil types in each.

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TRUE

Front 33

What is a distinguishing flavor profile in Clare Valley Riesling?

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Limeade.

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What is the different flavor that distinguishes Eden Valley Riesling?

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Grapefruit.

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Both Rieslings from Claire and Eden vallies become what after aging in the bottle?

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Toasty.

Front 36

Mesh is a joint venture between:

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Yalumba and Jeffery grosset, the most famous Clare valley Riesling producer.

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Is Eden valley warmer or cooler than the Barossa valley?

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Cooler, Higher altitude, and rockier.

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The Eden Valley is home to the Hill of grace vineyard. How old are the Shiraz vines there?

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130 years old

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McLaren vale is known for:

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OLD VINES. The first vines in South Australia were planted there by John reynell in 1838. Also known for old vine Grenache, Shiraz, Cabernet sauvignon. Grapes from this region tend to be plump but with good balancing acidity, and because of this, other growing regions buy grapes from this area to use in their blends. These grapes are known to contribute a mocha and warm-earth character.

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What is Chateau Reynella?

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The famous wine house that John Reynell gave his name to. Just historic. That’s all.

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Why is Langhorne Creek barely known for great wine?

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Because it’s not sold claiming it’s region most of the time. It’s blended into other wines.

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What is the ‘Lake Doctor?’

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A breeze that flows in off the lake of the region reliably, slowing ripening by about 2 weeks.

Front 43

Adelaide Hills was first famous for what varietal? Why does this varietal work there?

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Sauvignon blanc.

Because the ocean and cloud covers keep this part of South Australia a bit cooler.

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Name two subregions of Adelaide Hills.

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Piccadilly valley and Lenswood.

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Why is the Limestone Coast region called such?

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Cause they have seabed limestone under their soils!

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Name the 5 subregions of the limestone cost!

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COONNAWARRA. PADTHAWAY. WRATTONBURY. MOUNT BENSON. ROBE.

Front 47

List Padthaway, Coonawarra, and Wrattonbury in order from warmest to coolest.

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JUST DID IT.

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Coonawarra isknown for what specially named soil? Describe it.

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Terra Rossa. Crumbly red soil that turns into welldraining pure limestone over a pure water table.

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Coonawarra is cool. Why?

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Temperature wise, because it’s further south than any other Australian wine region, getting closer to the pole.

Front 50

Name the Important subregions of New South Wales

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Hunter Valley
Mudgee
Riverina

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The Hunter Valley is divided into what two regions?

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Upper and lower, caused when Penfold’s moved to “upper”

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What is the main difference between the upper and lower Hunter Valley?

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The upper hunter valley is just as warm as the lower, but is drier, and thus needs more irrigation

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What is the soil like in the Hunter Valley?

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Less than ideal clay soil in many parts. The Upper Hunter Valley has volcanic basalt soil that concentrates grape flavors and adds a mineral tone to the wine. In the lower regions, theres white sand and loam that gorws semmillon; in upper elevations, the volcatic soil turns red, and is good for shiraz.

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What is the climate like in the Hunter Valley?

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Hot and humid. Not the ideal place to grow grapes; it’s almost sub-tropical. Breezes from the northeast modearate and cloud-cover helps, but vintages really vary quite widely.

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Why are there so many wineries in a region like Hunter Valley?

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Because the location is only 2 hours away from Sydney. They are trying to draw tourists.

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What is the most noteable varietal of the Hunter Valley?

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Semillon,; gets better with age.

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Describe a Hunter Valley Semillon

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This semillon is picked at low ripeness, fermented to 11%, bottle early, and given no malo. Grassy, citrus, green-gold, toasty.

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What was Vat 47?

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The first famous modern chardonnay from Australia, planted in the hunter valley by Murray Tyrrell, in 1970.

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What is the best grown varietal of the upper hunter, in terms of white wine?

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Chardonnay

Front 60

Compare and contrast Mudgee with Hunter Valley

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Mudgee is warmer? (two books dispute this) , but higher altitude and sees less rainfall.

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“Hunter Shiraz” used to be famous for what type of smell? What caused this?

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Sweaty, saddle smells. Thought to be from the soil, now known to be caused instead by the spoilage yeast brett.

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What is mudgee known for?

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Best Cabernets in New South Wales.

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Orange is what?

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Not a trick question. A wine region at high altitudes with volcanic soils, which brings a naturally high acidity to anything grown here. Orange is all about altitude.

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Cowra is what?

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A wine region, at low alititudes, known for lush chardonnay.

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Name the important subregions of Victoria

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Bendigo
Geelong
Glenrowan
Goulburn Valley
Rutherglen, etc. Very many.

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How is Victoria similar to California, historically?

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Both saw mid 1800’s gold rushes that laid the foundation for a fledgling wine industry.

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Why are there so many wineries, but not as much wine produced as say, South Australia?

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Phylloxera hit in the 1870’s after the gold rush, and the government panicked and tore up much of the vines of the area.

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TRUE or FALSE: Victoria is Australia’s smallest major wine region, and the most southern.

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TRUE

Front 69

What is Seppelt?

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The famous sparkling wine producer of Victoria, located in Grampians.

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Grampian’s soil type is rich in what?

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Limestone. Great for sparkling wine.

Front 71

TRUE OR FALSE: The Tasmanian devil is a marsupial.

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TRUE

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TRUE OR FALSE: Tasmania is an established, cool climate wine growing region.

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All is true except for the fat that it is still finding it’s feet. It is the coolest wine region in Australia, but has not really been tested yet.

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Name the upcoming sub-regions of Tasmania.

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North west
Tamar valley
Pipers river
East coast
Coal River
Derwent valley,
Huon Valley.

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What should you know about Murray Darling?

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That’s it’s a wine region bordering new south wales that produces 80% of Victorian wine.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Victoria is the coolest of all Australian wine states.

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TRUE

Front 76

What are “stickies?” Describe in depth.

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Australian dessert wines. North eastern Victoria is famous for producing these from dark-skinned Muscat and “tokay,” (the muscadelle of Sauternes and Bergerac.) they age in old oak for years, in extrememly hot conditions and therefore reach a high/sliky richness. Rutherglen is probably the best known region for these.

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What is Durif?

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An ancient Rhone grape variety that grows well in Rutherglen.

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If you were to liken Rutherglen and glenrowan to other wine producing regions in another country, which two would be arguably the best comparison?

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Relatively, Jerez and Opporto.

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Yarra Valley has cool nights and hot days, and a varied topography. It’s also located in Victoria. Name the varietal that the region is growing very well these days.

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Pinot Noir. (Beaune in style, not Nuits.) Also great for sparkling wine. Domaine Chandon is an example.

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Name the important subregions of Western Australia

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Margaret River, Great Southern Region, Pemberton, Perth Hills, Swan Valley

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Western Australia, Generalized, is known for what two qualities?

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Fruitiness with a light graceful touch. This region produces only 5% of the total output, but it’s quality is very, very high. Again, generalizing.

Front 82

What was Houghton White Burgundy?

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From West Australia!
A huge, Dry alcoholic white blend made from Chenin Blanc, Semillon, and Muscadelle. Famous before World War II. Now it is called Houghton’s White Classic, is lighter instead of huge and golden, and includes Chardonnay.

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Margaret River is known for what?

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Chardonnay

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What is the soil like in Western Australia?

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Gravelly, much like Bordeaux.

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Western Australia has 7 % of the vineyard sites, but only produces 3 % of the total grapes crushed. Why is that?

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They restrict vineyard yields much more; this leads to better grape product.

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What is the Climate like in Great Southern?

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Some of the coolest, wettest terrain in Australia.

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Name 4 subregions of the Great Southern. What is unusual about this?

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Albany
Denmark
Porongurup
Mount Barker.

Most Australian regions don’t get carved up into subregions.

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Are there 2 mount barkers?

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Yes. One is in great southern, the other in Adelaide Hills.
The one in great southern is known for good Riesling and peppery shiraz.

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Denmark is planted with:

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Mostly pinot noir and Chardonany, due to the wet and moderate cool climate.

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Manjumip is located:

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Inland on the south west tip. It is warmer, and grows nice verdelho.

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Permberton producers are focusing on:

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Burgundy varietals.

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Describe Leeuwin’s style of Chardonnay:

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Rich and creamy.

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Houghton and Sandalford produce what famous Margaret River varietal?

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Cabernet sauvignon.