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What is the nearby major city to Victoria? |
Melbourne |
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What two regions overlap with NSW? |
Murray Darling, and Swan Hill. Both located in NorthWest Victoria zone and Big Rivers NSW zone. |
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What is Victoria's oldest wine region? |
Yarra Valley GI in Port Philip. |
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What major sparkling house has set up shop in Yarra Valley? |
Moet and Chandon have set up Domaine Chandon Australia here. |
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Where can you find Australians making SYRAH? |
Yarra Valley GI in Port Philip |
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What are some key producers in Yarra Valley? |
Yering Station, Yarra Yerring, Mount Mary, Yarra Yarra |
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What region is located just S of Yarra Valley? |
Mornington Peninsula GI in Port Philip |
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What do they make in Yarra Valley? |
Elegant, old world examples of PN, CH, Syrah and CS. They typically coferment syrah and viognier. |
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What do they make in Mornington Peninsula? |
This cool climate can only ripen Pinot Noir, Gris and Chardonnay |
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What are some key producers in Mornington Peninsula? |
Main Ridge Estate, Kooyong, Paringa Estate, Stonier Wines, Yabby Lakes, Ocean Eight |
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What is the hottest zone in Victoria? |
North West Victoria, mostly bulk, industrialized wine |
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Where can you find the producer Tahbilk? |
Nagambie Lakes subzone in Goulburn Valley in Central Victoria |
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What are two key wines that Tahbilk makes? |
From the Nagambie Lakes subzone, they make an oldvine shiraz from 1860 called "1860 Vines" and a marsanne from "1927 Vines" . Marsanne could be the oldest in the world |
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What are the two regions of not in North East Victoria? |
Rutherglen and Glenrowan |
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What is Topaque? |
Sweet, fortified wines from Muscadelle produced in Glenrowan and Rutherglen in NEV. |
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What are the famous sweet wines of Rutherglen made from? |
Brown muscat aka Muscat a petit grains rouge, typically rancio and NO BOTRYTIS |
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Does Rutherglen muscat see botrytis? |
NO |
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What are the four "tiers" of Rutherglen Muscat? |
Rutherglen Muscat, Classic, Grand, Rare. |
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What are the age ranges for the four tiers of Rutherglen Muscat? |
Rutherglen Muscat - 3-5yrs olod, 180-240 RS Classic - 6-9yrs, 200-280RS Grand - 11-19yrs, 270-400RS Rare - 20+, 270-400RS |
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What are some key producers of Rutherglen Muscat? |
Campbells, Chambers, All Saints, Morris, Pfeiffer |
