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1
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Where is the Murrembidgee irrigation area and why is it a thing?

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New South Wales>Riverina

West of Great dividing range (Arid on the West of New South Wales)

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Who owns Yellow Tail?

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Casella

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Who makes Noble One and where?

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De Bortoli, Riverina

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List the regions top/bottom of hunter valley

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New South Wales>Hunter Valley>Hunter>
Upper Hunter Valley
Lower Hunter Valley>
Pokolbin
Broke Fordwhich
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5
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Who makes “Vat 1”?

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Tyrrells

Semillon

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6
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The GI known for growing old vine Verdelho

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New South Wales>Hunter Valley>Lower Hunter Valley>Broke Fordwhich

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7
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What’s up with Clonakillla?

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Makes Shiraz Vignier called “Canberra District Shiraz”

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8
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Where is Tumbarumba?

Notable grapes?

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Alpine cool climate so sparkling wines, chardonnay, pinot noir

New South Wales>
Southern New South Wales>
Tumbarumba

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9
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Breakdown Southern New South Wales

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Canberra
Gundagai
Hilltops
Tumbarumba

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10
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Name 4 old vine bottlings in Barossa

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Langmeil Freedom Vineyard (1843 Shiraz)
Cirillo Grenache 1850 
Hewittson Mataro from Koch families Old Garden Vineyard 1853
Penfold Lot 42 Cab S 1888
Tricentenary Grenache, Yalumba, 1889
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11
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Age designation in Barossa

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Old vine with charta in front
Hanging off of vines from top

Old man
Old man with wounds
Nicolas with penny head
Mulan ancestor room in charta column

Old vines35
Survivor70
Centenarian100
Ancestor125

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12
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Name of famous Barossa liqueur

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Seppeltsfeild’s Paras, 100 yr

Paras as liquor bottle in field of pelts

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13
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Name 4 top bottlings from Barossa

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Penfolds Grange
Elderton “The Command”
Torbreck Runrig, The Laird

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14
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Top Semillion from Barossa Valley

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Peter Lehman, Margaret

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15
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GIs of Adelaide Superzone

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Barossa (right hand side of culdesac) Bar with Rosa Brooks in front, Eden garden on right, smaller garden floating above)

Fleurieu (Big flower on left side of subdivision,
*McClaren Ferrari,
Creek starts running around left corner, in the creek:
*Cow horn waving hi in gay voice
*Different types of currency
around the corner a *flower pointing to crotch
*In road a patch of dirt with kangaroo on it

Mount lofty ranges (W loft with shooting range in front)
Clare Valley (Clare Underwood shooting at range) She has a veil made of water, she’s standing on a polished glass hill (water vale, polish hill)
Around corner to right and down the street hills shaped like kangaroos (Adelaide Hills)
Inside the hills a picadilly restaurant and in front of hills woods with monocles for leaves (Picadilly Valley, Lenswood)
Hills fade out into open plains with kangaroos jumping on them (Adelaide Plains)
Dead Kangaroo at start of Monroe’s driveway (end of super zone)

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Non Superzone GIs of South Australia

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Down middle of Monroe’s driveway giant lime cliff like British coast (Limestone Coast)
Down the driveway three trashcans being rumaged through by a racoon (coonawarra) on red soil, under red soil key limes
Pads leading thaway through the gate (Padthaway) In garage doorway a rat
On the Toyota Corolla a mountain of belgian whitbier gambling with dice (Mnt. Gambier)
On ford ranger a mountain of Benson bacon (*Mount Benson) hanging on back wall a *Robe

Outside of Garage on right Bill Murray pointing to crotch (Lower Murray)
Giant river flowing out of his crotch (Riverland)

Florida and Baja Cali painted on Wall (*The Peninsulas)

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17
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Post South Australia mind map

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After Peninsulas a Whale on the ground (New South Whales)

In right corner hunter from FC4 with smaller Hunter on top of fence above him (Hunter Valley zone, Hunter Region)
Turn left in middle of fence a ford truck looking sandwich with empty pockets (Broke Fordwhich)
Above on fence…. awww shit it’s another tiny hunter (upper hunter valley)
In corner a trash can filled with poke style tuna salad (Pokolbin)

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18
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NSW turn left from Pokolbin

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Backdrop a mountain range with big center target (Central Ranges)
Ghee container filled with mud (Mudgee)
Very high in the sky like the sun an Orange (Orange, highest region in Australia)
Cow with the Eye of RA branded on the side.

In corner Frozen river on top flowing down, river gets smaller and eskimo hastening the melt of the river (Northern Rivers ZONE Hasting river REGION)

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NSW in yard turning left again towards house

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After corner with N. Rivers ZONE
Game of thrones wall on side of house (Northern slopes ZONE)
At foot of slope New England fisherman in yellow pants w/Aussie accent (New England Australia)

Back door to house a beach with cowboy hat and spurs on ground (South Coast)
A shoal pops up and wraps a higher coast (Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands REGIONS)

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20
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NSW into back door Monroe house

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Giant /river flowing left (Big Rivers ZONE) breaking into two waters, on bill murray, the other bill murray dressed as mom bidding on ghee (Murray River and Murrumidgee River)

In corner
water turns right and turns into water shaped nymph (Riverina REGION)

Skipping to far wall a barracuda sipping perrier (Perricoota REGION)
Next to door bill murray and a hill of swans both in Victorian dresses

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21
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NSW through doorway into living room

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Whale in hole in ground (Southern NSW ZONE)

Turn right into living room a giant can with bear arms/head (Canberra REGION)
In corner a Top spinning on grassy hill (Hilltops)
Turn left in middle of wall a gai building a gundam model (Gundagai REGION)
In right corner Pooh with rumba in one hand, champer bottle in other (Tumbarumba REGION makes good champers)

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22
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Monroe house into bedroom

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Bedroom door Queen (Victoria STATE)
past fire oil koala in right corner a circle of dresses holing up Phillip Skinner spraying them with spray bottle (Port Phillip ZONE)
In bathroom door a pirate saying Yarr! (Yarra REGION) he’s cool, has bee flying around Vougeot bottle
At sink Baja and Florida getting ready for morning (Mornington Peninsula REGION)
Right corner bathroom long skinny can of ghee (Geelong Region)
Back wall bathtub sun burying itself (Sunbury REGION)
In left corner greek guy shooting at gun range (Macedon Range)

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23
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Monroe house Back in bedroom from Bath room

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Central park (Central Victoria ZONE)
In park indigo colored Ben (Bendigo REGION)
Left in middle of wall Heath bar in Coast (Heathcote)
On bed in middle of room a soccar goal burning (Goulburn Valley)
At foot of bed a Gambero covered in periodic style salt [Na] in puddles of water (Nagambie Lakes SUB REGION)
Left corner of room top half of goal burning (Upper Goulburn)
Above mountains with plane strathing bogie targets (Strathbogie Ranges)

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24
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Left wall Monroe bedroom

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Left wall NE USA map (North East Victoria ZONE)
In front Glen with arms wide open, muscat style on ground (Rutherglen)
Out door turn right in living room Glen Rowing a rowboat (Glenrowan)
next to him a deep valley, snow peaks on top with skiing (Alpine Valleys) beach below with empty price tag [?] (Beechworth) In valley is burger king (King Valley)

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25
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Down living room wall right of bedroom

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Middle of wall a map of NW USA

Bill Murray in dress and Swan Hill (Murray Darling, Swan Hill, also in NSW big rivers)

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Down living room hall Monroe

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Old West, Granpa holding John Wayne doll holding DRC as champagne bottle (Grampians REGION Great Western SUBREGION)
Hen with tshirt on (Henty)
Other side of hall two knees with fire coming out [pyro knees] (Pyrenees)

Ronald Reagan (Gippsland ZONE)

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27
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Further down hall

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Yosemite Sam birthing [Perth] a bunch of swans which form a valley [Swan District REGION > Swan Valley SUBREGION]
Orange peels on the ground

Greater Perth hills>Perth Hills
Swan Hill>Swan Valley
Peel

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28
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Near doorway to piano room

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Yosemite on a plate of huevos rancheros [South West Australia ZONE]
River going into room with Margaret floating down river [Margaret River REGION]
Will cuts off river abruptly [Wilyabrup REGION] drinking a red bordeaux, covered in red dust
Behind will a [wall cliff] turn left into piano room a giant golden triangle instrument on corners bruce lee with trophy [leeuwin] three men in capes telling state secrets [cape mentelle] starteck ship [voyager] chardonnay ringing bell
vasse felix bird flying overhead

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29
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Inside piano room

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after golden triangle
General sanders on dirtbike back reads [great southern REGION]
back left corner a barking mountain [Mount Barker]
Turn right guru with pores on him [poronguru]
doorway coppenhagen river front [denmark] Jessica alba kneeding biscuits [albany] in door way a globe [geographe]
right corner a forest with a bunch of mrs blackstones [Blackwood]
Jim Burton drinks a pimms [Pemberton]
turn right Maanchi using a muppet [Manjimup]

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30
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What is “The command”

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Barossa Shiraz from Elderton

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31
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freedom vineyard is?

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world’s Oldest Shiraz, by langmeil 1843

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32
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T/F Victoria was hit by phyloxera

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True, 1877

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33
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Port Phillip Zone climatic features

Regions within

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Cooled by wind and proximity to water (cooler than Bordeaux)
Near Macedon ranges elevation happens,
Geelong, Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula, Sunbury, Yarra Valley

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34
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Yarra grape and producer overview

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Cool, Red outnumber white but Chardonnay most planted Variety, Pinot Noir in behind, Syrah and Cab taking up the rear
Yerring and De Bortoli producers

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35
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Where is beech worth?

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in Victoria

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36
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What is Caley?

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Yalumba blend
inaugural 2012
Cab s, Shiraz, from Coonawarra

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37
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2 seriously great blends Yalumbe

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Signature Blend

The Caley

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38
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Who makes Tom Cullity

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Vasse felix, Margaret River

Cab, Malbec, Petite Verdot

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39
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Name a top Chard from Yarra Valley

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864 Funder & Diamond Drive Block Chard

by Oakridge

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40
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Who makes 864 Funder & Diamond Drive Block

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Oakridge
Chardonnay
Yarra Valley

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41
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Where is Vasse Felix located

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Margaret River

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42
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Max Shubert is?

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Guy who Started Grange in 50’s

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43
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Australia 2010

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Rain Broke drought

otherwise good fine whatever

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44
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Australia 2011

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rainy, lots of mold, worst in 25 years

whites are exceptions, intense cIare Riesling

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45
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Australia 2013

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intensly hot, like… hottest ever

Vines faired well though

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46
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Australia 2014

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Weather all over the place but generally fine

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47
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Australia 2015

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aww shit fire
some Smoke taint in Adelaide hills
great long balanced growihg season other wise

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48
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Australia 2016

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compressed vintage, warm summer

slightly lower alcohols

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49
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Where is Henschke located

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Eden Valley

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50
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location and top 3 cuvees Torbreck

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Barossa
Run Rig (120-160 yr old vines)
The Laird
Descendent

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51
Q

Who makes Astralis

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Clarendon Hills
Single Vineyard Syrah
McLaren Vale

52
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Where is leeuwin based

A

Margaret Cuvee

Art Series Chardonnay

53
Q

who planted Mnt Pleasant

A

Maurice O’shea

Hunter

54
Q

Bass Philips

A

Gippsland Pinot Noir

55
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What does Clarendon Hills make

A

Astralis Shiraz

McLaren Vale

56
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Who makes Astralis

A

Clarendon Hills Shiraz,

57
Q

Who makes a good Pinot Noir in Gippsland

A

Bass Phillips

58
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What does Bass Phillips do?

A

Exceptional (literally)

Pinot Noir from Gippsland

59
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Who makes Diana Madeline

A

Cullen

Cab/Merlot from Margaret River

60
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Where is Polish Hill

A

Clare Valley

By Grosset

61
Q

L. Exceptional Riesling

A

Grosset Polish Hill Clare Valley

62
Q

subs of Adelaide Hills

A

Lenswood

Picadilly Valley

63
Q

Where is Para Liqueur based?

A

Seppeltsfield in Barossa Valley

64
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Name a producer of Sparkling shiraz

A

Rockford in Barossa

65
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Where is Peter lehmann based

A

Barossa

“Margaret” is 1929 Semillon vines

66
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Who makes “Margaret”

A

Peter Lehman

1929 Semillon

67
Q

Pewsey Vale beets

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Planted in Eden Valley 1847 by Joseph Gilbert

68
Q

What is CSIRO

A

technique using Zero pruning to restrict yields

69
Q

label percentages Australia

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85% top to bottom

70
Q

Majella is based where?

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Coonawarra

Cab

71
Q

Who makes Riddoch

A

Wynns

Coonawarra Cabernet

72
Q

Name three Terra Rosa Cabs

A

Wynns John Riddoch
Parker Estate first Growth
Majella

73
Q

Climate fleurieu

A

Mediterranean

Ocean current and lake Alexandrina

74
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What is Mataro

A

Mouvedre

75
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Who makes High Sands, what is it

where is it

A

Yangarra
Grenache
McLaren Vale

76
Q

“Eclipse” beets

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Drew Noon’s Grenache Shiraz blend, McLaren Vale and Langhorne Creek

77
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Where is Clarendon Hills based

A

Fleurieu Zone

Makes Astralis

78
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2 “subs” of Clare Valley

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Watervale and Polish Hill

79
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What is Watervale

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One of 2 subs of Clare Valley

with Polish Hill

80
Q

Mountain ranges around Barossa

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Mount lofty Ranges

81
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Traditional barrel in Barossa

A

American Hogshead 300 Liters

82
Q

Great Southern Subs

A 
Frankland River
Denmark
Mount Barker 
Albany
Porongurup
83
Q

Zones of Western Australia

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Central Western
Eastern Plains
South West
west Australian South east coast

84
Q

Sub region in Greater Perth

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Swan Valley

85
Q

Regions in Perth

A

Peel
Perth Hills
Swan District

86
Q

Where is forest hill vineyard

A

Mount Barker in Great southern

87
Q

Name 4 producers in Margaret River

A

Cullen “Diana Madeline”
Vass Felix “tom cullity”
leeuwin “art series”
Cape mentell

88
Q

Mount Barker beets

A

one of five Great Southern sub region mountain side Riesling and Shiraz

89
Q

Hottest appellation in Australia

A

Swan Valley

90
Q

Ocean on the coast of Margaret river

A

Indian Ocean

91
Q

willyabrup valley beets

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area in Margaret river known for Cabernet

92
Q

yallingup beets

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area in North Margaret River

Cooled by Geograph Bay

93
Q

Augusta beets

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South Margaret Cooled by Antarctic waters

White focused

94
Q

GI in Queensland

A

Granite Belt

South Burnett

95
Q

vineyard near hill of Grace

A

Mount edelstone

96
Q

Where is kilikanoon based

A

Clare Valley

97
Q

Adelaide Hills beets

A

surprisingly cool
70% white
Piccadilly Valley great for Chard
Lenswood good for SB

98
Q

Top appellation for SB South Australia

A

Lenswood in Adelaide hills

soft SB

99
Q

Compare Adelaide plains to hills

A

Plains are intensly hot

Hills are cooler, nestled in Higher elevation

100
Q

Mnt Gambier Borders which regions

A

Coonawarra N

Victoria’s Henty E

101
Q

Where is Shaw + Smith Based?

A

Adelaide Hills

102
Q

Name a vineyard in Langhorne Creek

A

Metala on the river bank

Planted by adams family

103
Q

Where is Petaluma Winery based?

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Picadilly Valley in Adelaide Hills
planted by Brian Croser
Great Chard

104
Q

What is Topaque?

A

Name for Muscadelle in Rutherglea

105
Q

Name for Muscadelle in Rutherglen

A

Topaque

106
Q

Name a winery in king Valley

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Brown Brothers who planted Milawa (super high elevation, 2600ft)

107
Q

Who makes “patrician”

A

Broun Brothers in king Valley

Bubbles from Pinot Noir and Chard

108
Q

Possibly world’s oldest Marsanne Vines

A

Nagambie lakes in Goulbourn Valley

Tahbilk owns

109
Q

Climate Macedon Ranges

A

Very cool

Chard and PN

110
Q

Strathbogie ranges

A

taught Rieslings

111
Q

Where is paringa

A

old timer from Mornington peninsula

112
Q

Where’s Main Ridge Estate

A

Mornington peninsula

113
Q

Mornington Peninsula Climate

A

cooler than Burgundy in Summer

constant wind

114
Q

Where is Chandon based Australia

A

Yarra Valley

115
Q

What is Yattarna

A

“White Grange”

High proportion Tasmanian Chardonnay

116
Q

Where’s Brown Bros.

A

Based in Victoria
Very important in Tasmania
Pinot is crazy fucking good

117
Q

Where’s Tyrrell based?

A

Hunter Valley

118
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Sub regions of Hunter

A

Broke fordwich
Pokolbin
Upper Hunter Valley

119
Q

Sub regions of Hunter

A 
Broke fordwich sandy alluvial (intense semillon)
Pokolbin Volcanic (shiraz)
Upper Hunter Valley (chardonnay)
120
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Where is Semillon found Hunter

A

Sandy lower reaches

121
Q

Who makes Vat 47

A

Tyrrell,

Hunter Chardonnay

122
Q

Australia’s oldest operating winery

A

Windham estate Hunter

123
Q

is Hunter valley Phylox free?

A

Yup

124
Q

Who makes ILR Reserve

A

Brokenwood

125
Q

Who makes ILR Reserve

A

Brokenwood Semillon

126
Q

why does Semillon work in Hunter?

A

Super early picking, lots of cloud cover

127
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where is Mount Canobolas

A

Volcano, Orange, highest point in Australia wine regions

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