Victoria

Question 1

Zones of Victoria

Answer 1

North West Victoria, Western Victoria, Central Victoria, Port Phillip, North East Victoria, Gippsland

Question 2

Regions and subregions of Western Victoria Zone

Answer 2

Henty, Grampians, Great Western (subregion of Grampians), Pyrenees

Question 3

Regions and subregions of the North West Victoria Zone

Answer 3

Murray Darling and Swan Hill, both shared with New South Wales

Question 4

Regions and subregions of Central Victoria Zone

Answer 4

Bendigo, Heathcote, Goulburn Valley, Nagambie Lakes (a subregion of Goulburn Valley), Strathbogie, Upper Goulburn

Question 5

Regions and subregions of Port Phillip Zone

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Regions and subregions of Gippsland Zone

Answer 6

none

Question 7

Regions and subregions of North East Victoria

Answer 7

Glenrowan, Rutherglen, King Valley, Beechworth, Alpine Valleys

Question 8

Port Phillip Zone climate, cities, geography

Answer 8

Along the coast in southern Victoria. Vineyards surround Port Phillip Bay. Cool maritime climate, Cities: Melbourne, Geelong

Question 9

Yarra Valley location, grapes, soil

Answer 9

Region in Port Phillip Zone, Victoria. Directly NE of Melbourne. Victoria’s oldest wine region. PN, Chard, CS, Shiraz (often co-fermented w/ Viognier and called Syrah), Sparkling. grey-brown sandy loam and fertile red basalt-derived volcanic soils

Question 10

Yarra Valley producers

Answer 10

Home to boutique wineries and newer larger houses as well. Mount Mary, Australian Domaine Chandon, de Bortoli, Yarra Yarra, Yering Station, Yarra Yering, Luke Lambert

Question 11

Mornington Peninsula location, grapes

Answer 11

Region in the Port Phillip Zone, Victoria. South of Melbourne, enclosing the Port Phillip Bay. One of Australia’s coolest and most maritime climates. Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chard

Question 12

Mornington Peninsula producers

Answer 12

Main Ridge Estate, Kooyong, Paringa Estate

Question 13

Geelong

Answer 13

Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. Across the Port Phillip Bay SW of Melbourne. PN

Question 14

Geelong producers

Answer 14

Bannockburn, By Farr

Question 15

Sunbury

Answer 15

Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. NW of Melbourne

Question 16

Macedon Ranges

Answer 16

Region in the Port Phliip Zone, Victoria. North of Sunbury, south of Bendigo and Heathcote.Higher elevation, coolest Australian region on the mainland. PN, Chard, Shiraz, Sparkling

Question 17

Macedon Ranges producers

Answer 17

Bindi

Question 18

Murray Darling

Answer 18

Region shared between Victoria and New South Wales (North West Victoria Zone) along the Murray R. Char adn Shiraz, commercial production, hot, continental, heavily irrigated

Question 19

Swan Hill

Answer 19

Region shared between Victoria and New South Wales (North West Victoria Zone) along the Murray R. Char adn Shiraz, commercial production, hot, continental, heavily irrigated

Question 20

Henty

Answer 20

Region in the Western Victoria Zone. Neighboring Mount Gambier, in South Australia. Cooler, coastal. PN, Chard Riesling

Question 21

Grampians

Answer 21

Region in the Western Victoria Zone, between Henty and Pyrenees at the western edge of the Great Dividing Range, higher elevation. Shiraz, CS, PN, Riesling. One subregion: Great Western.

Question 22

Pyrenees

Answer 22

Region in the Western Victoria Zone, Between Grampians and Bendigo. CS, Shiraz

Question 23

Bendigo

Answer 23

Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Ravaged by Phylloxera in the late 1800’s. Dry, warm, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS, Merlot

Question 24

Heathcote

Answer 24

Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Ravaged by Phylloxera in the late 1800’s. Dry, warm, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS, Merlot

Question 25

Heathcote producers

Answer 25

Jasper Hill (Shiraz), Domaine Terlato & M Chapoutier

Question 26

Goulburn Valley

Answer 26

Region in the Central Victoria Zone. Warm, inland, continental. Red grapes: Shiraz, CS. One subregion: Nagambie Lakes

Question 27

Nagambie Lakes

Answer 27

Subregion of Goulburn Valley in Central Victoria Zone. Home to Tahbilk, one of the only producers to survive and continue winemaking through Phylloxera. Acclaimed Shiraz from a plot of ungrafted vines in sandy soils planted pre phylloxera in 1860. Also home to some of the oldest Marsanne vines in the world.

Question 28

Strathbogie

Answer 28

Region in the Central Victoria Zone between Goulburn Valley and Upper Goulburn. In the Dividing Range, higher elevation. PN, Chard

Question 29

Upper Goulburn

Answer 29

Region in the Central Victoria Zone. In the Dividing Range, higher elevation. PN, Chard

Question 30

Glenrowan

Answer 30

Region in the North East Victoria Zone. produces similar styles of fortified wines and dry reds as Rutherglen

Question 31

King Valley

Answer 31

Region in the North East Victoria Zone, Higher elevation in the Dividing Range, slightly cooler. Merlot, CS, PN, Chard, SB

Question 32

Beechworth

Answer 32

Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Higher elevation in the Dividing range, slightly cooler. Red grapes: CS, PN, Shiraz, Merlot

Question 33

Alpine Valleys

Answer 33

Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Higher elevation in the Dividing range, slightly cooler. Merlot, PN, Chard, SB, PG

Question 34

Rutherglen

Answer 34

Region in the North East Victoria Zone. Hot, Continental, Murray R. forms northern border. Famous for “stickies” sweet, fortified Muscat, also produce red table wines: Shiraz, Durif (PS). The gold rush town wine industry flourished before phylloxera w/ red table wines, turned to bulk sweet fortified after the Great Depression.

Question 35

The Muscat of Rutherglen Network

Answer 35

a producers’ syndicate established in 1995, has developed a voluntary and self-regulating four-tier classification system for the Muscat wines based on taste profile, similar to the undefined designations of Tawny Port. Tiers w/ increasing age and rancio character: Rutherglen Muscat, Classic, Grand, Rare (should taste min 20yo)

Question 36

Rutherglen Muscat Production

Answer 36

Brown Muscat (Muscat Frontignan, Muscat Rouge a Petite Grains) dries on the vine during the passillerage process, short fermentation on the skins, then pressed and fortified w/ grape spirit at 1:4 ratio (a la port), aged in old cask for years, w/ evaporation concentrating the sugars. Some producers use a solera system

Question 37

Rutherglen Muscat Producers

Answer 37

Campbell’s, Chambers, All Saints

Question 38

Rutherglen Topaque

Answer 38

Formerly Tokay before EU trade agreements. Fortified Muscadelle (probably the only fortified version of this Bordeaux and W France grape in the world). Treated similarly to Rutherglen Muscat: passillerage, fortification and aging w/ same categories (Classic, Grand, etc), results in a paler wine as it is white, w/ 30-40 g/l less sugar, less intensity more acidity, basic styles can be served chilled as an apertif

Question 39

Apera

Answer 39

Australia’s new term for Sherry style wines after the EU 2010 trade agreement

Question 40

Gippsland

Answer 40

Zone in Victoria with no regions. 3 unofficial: South, east, west

Question 41

Gippsland producers

Answer 41

Bass Philip (South)

Question 42

Great Western

Answer 42

Subregion of the Grampains Region in the South West Victoria Zone.

Question 43

Grampian’s producers

Answer 43

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