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Port Phillip Flashcards

1
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This GI is coolest of Victoria state and Port Phillip Zone

A

Mornington Peninsula (Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay)

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2
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Two main soil types of Yarra Valley GI

(Port Phillip zone)

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Grey brown sandy loam/red basalt

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3
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Port Philip Zone in Victoria surrounds this city and has this climate

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Melbourne
maritime

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4
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where is Yarra Valley (State, zone)

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Victoria (State)
Port Philip (zone)

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5
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name of bay bordering Mornington Peninsula and Geelong (Victoria)

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Port Phillip Bay

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6
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gIs of port Philip

A

Geelong GI
Macedon Ranges GI
Mornington Peninsula GI
Sunbury GI
Yarra Valley GI

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7
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Where did Phylloxera first hit? in Australia

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Geelong, Victoria

1877

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8
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How is Geelong different climate wise than Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula? (Port Phillip Zone)

A

Warmer

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9
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Which is cooler, Yarra Valley or Mornington Peninsula?

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Mornington Peninsula

sliver of land to the south of Melbourne that encloses the Port Phillip Bay, is an even cooler, windier region and one of Australia’s most profoundly maritime climates. Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay thrive; much of the GI is too cool for late-ripening grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon.

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10
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Strait to the south of Mornington Peninsula

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Bass Strait

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11
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Towns of Yarra Valley

A

Healesville

Lilydale

Mount Evelyn

Coldstream

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12
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Who founded “Yering” in Yarra Valley

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Ryrie Bros 1838
leased 43,000 acres for grazing

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13
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Grapes cultivated in Yering by the Ryrie Borthers

A

Black Cluster of Hamburg
Sweetwater

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14
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Birth of Victorian Viticulture was here

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Yering Station East of Melbourne

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15
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Who is Hubert de Castella?

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Purchased a section of Yering to found St. Huberts in 1862.
Wrote “John Bull’s Vineyard” in 1886, extoling Victorian Wine Industry

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16
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When did Phylloxera hit Yarra Valley

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2006

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17
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What is “Black Saturday” in Victoria

A

Feb 7 2009
Violent Firestorms
173 deaths
Australia’s worst Natural disaster to date
5% of Yarras vines destroyed

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18
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First modern winery established in Yarra Valley

A

Wantirna Estate
1963

19
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In the 1960s, these regions reemerged in Victoria, and these new regions emerged

A

Macedon Ranges
Sunbury
Bendigo
Beechworth
Heathcote

New Regions: King Valley and Strathbogie Ranges

20
Q

Cool Coastal GIs of Victoria

A

Port Phillip Zone (Yarra Valley GI)
Henty GI

21
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According to James Halliday, what is the “Dress circle of Melbourne?”

A

Port Phillip Zone
Surrounds the capital city and encircles the Port Phillip Bay (the shallow, collapsed delta of the Yarra River)

22
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What is “The Rip” of Port Phillip Zone?

A

A small channel about 2 miles wide connecting the Port Phillip Bay with the Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean
Cooled by “southwesterlies” chilling winds from the polar latitudes

23
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Climate of Port Phillip Zone

A

Meditteranean

Though All five of the regions zones are classified as region I or II in Winkler’s Scale

24
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What feature keeps Macedon Ranges GI (Port Phillip Zone) cool

A

Elevation

25
Q

Winemaker for Oakridge in Yarra Valley

A

David Bicknell

26
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Major Producers of Yarra Valley
established in 1970s

A

Yarra Yering
Mount Mary
Chateau Yarrinya (De Bortoli owned ‘87)

27
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These two Yarra Valley wineries were original sectors of the original Yering Station property

A

Yeringberg
St. Hubert’s
Back on line by 1975

28
Q

James Halliday founded this winery in the mid 1980s in Yarra Valley

A

Coldstream Hills

29
Q

Most planted grapes of Yarra Valley

A

Pinot Noir
Followed by
Chardonnay
(75% of Yarra’s acreage)

30
Q

Yarra Valley Pinot tends to be this compared with Otago

A

Lighter and Leaner

31
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Two sectors of Yarra Valley GI

A

Warmer “Lower Yarra Valley” in North
Cooler “Upper Yarra Valley” in South

32
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Soiltype of Lower Yarra Valley

A

Ancient Sandy Loam

33
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Soiltype of Upper Yarra Valley

A

Younger red basalt

34
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Clones of Pinot Noir commonly planted in Yarra Valley

A

667
777
MV6 (a “mother vine” selection Busby brought into country 1831 from Clos Vougeot)

35
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This GI divides the Port Phillip Bay from the Bass Strait

A

Mornington Peninsula

36
Q

Two main regions of Mornington Peninsula GI

A

**Red Hill **(“up the hill” ,near peninsula’s Western tip, cooler climate)
“Down the hill” Northeastern area near Moorooduc (southern Suburb of Melbourne)

37
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Main Grape of Mornington Peninsula GI

A

Pinot Noir (85% of grape acreage)

38
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in this year, Geelong GI was declared “phylloxera free”

A

2012

39
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Leading producers of Geelong GI

A

By Farr
Bannockburn

40
Q

Driest and warmest GI in the Port Phillip Zone

A

Geelong

41
Q

Three unofficial subregions of Geelong

A

Surf Coast/Otways
the Bellarine
Moorabool Valley

42
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These two GI regions of Port Phillip Zone extend Northward from Melbourne

A

Sunbury
Macedon Ranges (400-600m elevation, highest in Port Phillip Zone)

43
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Coolest region on the Australian Mainland

A

Macedon Ranges GI
(Port Phillip Zone)

44
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Most recognizeable producer of Macedon Ranges GI

A

Bindi Wine Growers (sparkling and still wines)

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