Regional - Australia

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South Australia produces how much of the country's wine?

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60%

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What is Australia's appellation system known as?

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G.I.'s - Geographical Indicators

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The Margaret River GI is located where?

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Western Australia, south of Perth

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The Swan District GI is located where?

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Western Australia, just north of Perth

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The Adelaide GI is known as what?

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A "super zone", which allows producers to blend freely from Barossa, Fleurie, and Mount Lofty Ranges. Not to be confused with Adelaide Hills, or Adelaide Plains

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South Eastern Australia zone covers wine grown where?

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All of Victoria, Tasmania, New South wales, plus growing areas of South Australia and Queensland

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What is the heirarchy of the regional classifications in Australia?

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Within each state, Aussie appellations are sub-divided into: Zones > Regions > Sub-Regions

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In Australian, wines labeld vy variety, vintage or regions must contain a minimum of ____ of the stated grape, year or region?

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85%

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When was "Wine Australia" established and what is it?

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1981

Government Authority which:

- maintains oversight of the wine industry,

- regulates label language,

- geographical boundaries,

- the export trade,

- promotes wine domestically and abroad

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Is chaptalization allowed in Australian winemakeing?

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No, but

• acidification,
• cultered yeasts
• and micro-oxygenation are

Front 11

Which Australian State produces approximately 50% of the nation's wine?

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South Australia

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What is Australia's appellation system known as?

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G.I. s

Geographical Indicators

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What is the "85" rule for Australian wines?

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If designated, a wine must contain 85%:

- varietal

-region

-vintage

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CSIRO

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Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization

founded in 1926, one of th world's largest and most profound/diverse research insitute

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How much of Tasmania's 2011 total wine production was devoted to sparkling wine?

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40%

Front 16

Where has Australia taken the lead similar to Italy?

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Because they can grow all kinds of wines, they have taken the lead producing easy-to-drink, popular wines

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Name 5 factors that have allowed explosive growth with Australian quality wines:

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1- Climate

2 - Lots of land

3 - Innovation

4 - Technology

5 - Fruit First winemaking

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Name 3 distinctly Australian wine-making terms:

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1 - fruit forward flavors

2 - reduced tartness (whites)

3 - reduced tannins (reds)

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Maurice O'Shea

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1897-1956

Australian winemaker'

1st to recognize quality of Hunter Valley (esp Shiraz)

McWilliam's Mt Pleasant

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What is L.I.P?

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Label Integrity Program in Australia

established in 1987

annual audit on general and specific things: regions, variety, audits individual wineries and uses their production records to verify

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What is the most famous wine region in Western Australia?

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Margaret River

Accounts for 20% of Australia's premium wine

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How many wineries in Western Australia?

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150 wineries

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What are the major regions of Western Australia?

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Coastal

Great Southern

Margaret River

Pemberton

Pirth Hills

Swan Valley

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Name three wineries in Western Australia

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Black Swan - Swan Valley

Cape Mentelle - Margaret River

Leeuwin Estate - Margaret River

Front 25

The Eden Valley is a sub-region of what zone:

a - Barossa

b - South West Australia

c - Central Victoria

d - Central Ranges

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Barossa Valley

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When were vines brought to Australia?

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1788

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What two GIs within South Australia are famed for Riesling?

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Eden and Clare Valleys

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Riverina is best known for what two wine products?

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Box Wine

Dessert Wine

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Name the states (= GIs) of Australia:

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Western Australia

New South Wales

South Australia

Queensland

Northern Territory

Australian Capital Territory

Victoria

Tasmania

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What single region in South Australia is responsible for 22% of the total national wine production?

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Riverland

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Four tiers of Liqueur Muscat

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1– Basic2 – Classic (5 years of aging)3 – Grand (10 years fo aging)4 – Rare (15 years + of aging, very limited)

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Where is the Hill of Grace Vineyard and who owns it?

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Henschke

Eden Valley / Barossa

And is 20 acres originally planted in the 1880s

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When was the Hill of Grace Vineyard planted, and by whom?

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1860

Nicolaus Stanitzki

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Who was the agronomist who laid the groundwork for modern winegrowing industry in Margaret River, Australia?

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John Gladstone

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In the Hunter Valley, what are the cool climate attributes of high acidity and low alcohol a result of?

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Early picking

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What is the grape of the Hunter Valley Riesloing?

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Semillon

can range from very dry to very sweet