AUS: Tasmania

Question 1

Tamar Valley

Answer 1

Tasmania (northern - most planted subregion)
* Cool maritime
* known for elegant Pinot Noir, Chard, sparkling, Riesling
Tamar Ridge, Jansz, Bay of Fire

Question 2

Pipers River

Answer 2

Tasmania (NE)
* coolest subregion; consistent maritime winds, rainfall
* well-drained, ancient gravel beds
* Pinot Noir, Chard
* Pipers Brook, Bay of Fires, House of Arras

Most important subregion for sparkling production

Question 3

Coal River Valley

Answer 3

Tasmania
* most important in S. Tas
* a little inland, a little warmer, a little more sun

Tolpuddle Vineyard

Question 4

What separates Tasmania from Australia?

Answer 4

Bass Strait
*closest to Victoria

Question 5

Jansz

Answer 5

Méthode Tasmanoise only (Chard, PN, PM)
* est 1986; Andrew Pirie x Roederer. Owned by Hill-Smith Fam aka Yalumba
* name pays homage to explorer who discovered Tasmania

Question 6

Capital of Tasmania?

Answer 6

Hobart

Question 7

What are the 3 subzones of Northern Tasmania?

Answer 7

1. Pipers River
2. Tamar Valley (almost 40% of the vines in Tassie)
3. North West Coast

Question 8

What are the 4 subzones of Southern Tasmania?

Answer 8

1. Derwent Valley
2. Huon Valley
3. Coal River/Richmond
4. The East Coast

Question 9

3 major rivers in Tasmania

Answer 9

Tamar River
Pipers River
Derwent River
Coal River

Question 10

Tasmania grapes

Answer 10

1 Pinot Noir (1400ha; 40%)

#2 Chardonnay (~600ha; 20%)
#3 Sauvignon Blanc (Coal River, Tamar Valley)
#4 Pinot Gris
#5 Riesling

[77% of Chard, 31% of PN harvest went to sparkling in 2019]

(read: whites overall outweigh reds, but PN has the largest share per grape)

Question 11

Tasmania’s 1st plantings

Answer 11

1823 (prior to S. Aus, Victoria)

Question 12

Tasmania’s most important subregion?

Answer 12

Tamar Valley
* most planted (historical headstart)
* production still centers here

Question 13

Tasmania climate

Answer 13

Cool maritime
* Southern Ocean is biggest influence
* east = drier, sunnier

Question 14

Queensland wine

Answer 14

Rather unimportant. Not a great climate

• 1st vineyard = 1965
• Shiraz dominates

Granite Belt GI
South Burnett GI

Question 15

Tolpuddle Vineyard

Answer 15

Coal River Valley
Tasmania