Australia

Question 1

What is the name of the government authority that oversees australian wine?

Answer 1

Wine Australia

Question 2

Under what name was Wine Australia founded?

Answer 2

Australia Wine and Brandy Corporation

Question 3

To what % must Australian producers adhere for Vintage, Varietal and region?

Answer 3

85% for all

Question 4

What is the australian term for a wine appellation?

Answer 4

Geographical Indications

Question 5

What are the tiers of australian GI’s?

Answer 5

Super Region, State, Zone, Region and Sub-region

Question 6

What areas are encompassed within the South Eastern Australia Super Region?

Answer 6

All of Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales and Wine growing areas in South Australia and Queensland

Question 7

What Mountain range divides the cooler wetter coastal regions from the more arid interior of NSW?

Answer 7

The great Dividing range

Question 8

What part of Queensland is responsible for the majority of production?

Answer 8

Arid interior Riverina area

Question 9

What other name is riverina known by?

Answer 9

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

Question 10

What major producers have made their name in Riverina?

Answer 10

Casella with Yellow Tail and De Bortoli producer of Noble One

Question 11

The Hunter Region runs east from which mountains?

Answer 11

The Brokenback Mountains

Question 12

Canberra District in NSW produces wines from which variety?

Answer 12

Shiraz

Question 13

Tumbarumba GI is known for what?

Answer 13

Mountainous regions Producing Sparkling and Still wines from Pinot and Chardonnay

Question 14

Where is the Yarra Valley located?

Answer 14

Victoria

Question 15

Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula and Geelong are known for which grape primarily?

Answer 15

Pinot Noir

Question 16

Rutherglen and Glenrowan are GI’s located where and known for what?

Answer 16

North East Victoria and known for Sweet Fortified Wines

Question 17

What style of wine is Topaque?

Answer 17

Sweet fortified made from muscadelle grapes in Victoria, formerly called tokay

Question 18

Which sweet australian fortified has a classification system denoted by a stylized r on the label?

Answer 18

Rutherglen Muscat from producers in the Muscat of Rutherglen Network

Question 19

Which Victoria producer is notable for having been able to protect its shiraz vines from Phylloxera?

Answer 19

Tahbilk with Old vine plantings of Shiraz and Marsanne dating to the 1860’s

Question 20

Penfolds Grange is based on which grape and formerly used which name?

Answer 20

Shiraz, formerly known as Grange Hermitage

Question 21

What region is known for the Terra Rossa top soil?

Answer 21

Coonawarra and parts of Padthaway

Question 22

What two major regions are known for producing Cab Sauv in the Limestone Coast?

Answer 22

Coonawarra and Padthaway

Question 23

Directly north of the cool limestone coast is which hot bulk wine region?

Answer 23

The Lower Murray Zone with the Riverland GI

Question 24

What name is often used for Mourvedre in Australia?

Answer 24

Mataro

Question 25

McLaren Vale GI is located where?

Answer 25

Fleurieu Zone in South Australia

Question 26

For what is McLaren Vale known?

Answer 26

Cabernet Sauvignon and Rhone GSM varieties

Question 27

Where is the Clare valley located?

Answer 27

Mount Lofty Ranges Zone in South Australia

Question 28

Where are the majority of South Australia wineries located?

Answer 28

South East corner of state

Question 29

What region near adelaide is known for Australia's finest rieslings?

Answer 29

Clare Valley in Mount Lofty Ranges Zone

Question 30

What two unofficial subzones of Clare Valley GI are known for high quality piercingly dry rieslings?

Answer 30

Watervale and Polish Hill

Question 31

What is the difference between Adelaid Hills, Adelaide Plains and Adelaide GI's?

Answer 31

Adelaide Hills and Adelaid Plains are regions in the cool Mount Lofty Ranges zone while Adelaide GI is a super zone that allows blending from Barossa, Fleurieu and Mount Lofty Ranges zones.

Question 32

What is australia's most important region for premium shiraz?

Answer 32

Barossa Zone and specifically the Barossa Valley

Question 33

What type of oak was historically used in Barossa Shiraz?

Answer 33

300L American Oak Barrels known as hogs heads

Question 34

What Australian region is increasingly seeing producers following the example of cote-rotie and co-fermenting shiraz with viognier?

Answer 34

The Barossa Valley

Question 35

What cooler region contrasts the Barossa Valley in the Barossa zone of south australia?

Answer 35

Eden Valley

Question 36

Where is the Eden Valley located?

Answer 36

The Barossa Zone of South Australia

Question 37

Where is the Barossa Valley Located?

Answer 37

The Barossa Zone of South Australia

Question 38

In what region is penfolds based?

Answer 38

The Barossa Valley

Question 39

What region is home to Yalumba?

Answer 39

The eden Valley

Question 40

What region is home to d'Arenberg?

Answer 40

The McLaren Vale in South Australia

Question 41

What important GI is located in Western Australia?

Answer 41

Margaret River in the South West Australia Zone

Question 42

Which GI follows the Southern Coastline of Western Australia?

Answer 42

The Great Southern GI

Question 43

What are the 5 subregions of the Great Southern GI in Western Australia?

Answer 43

Mount Barker, Frankland River, Albany, Porongurup and Denmark

Question 44

Where is Mount Barker GI located? What is it known for?

Answer 44

Located in Western Australia Great Southern GI, known for cool climate riesling, shiraz and cab

Question 45

Where is the Frankland River GI located?

Answer 45

Western Australia

Question 46

What is the hottest appellation in Australia?

Answer 46

Swan Valley GI near Greater Perth

Question 47

What GI's are located in the state of Tasmania?

Answer 47

Tasmani GI is only GI

Question 48

What is Tasmania known for?

Answer 48

Traditional Method Sparkling, Whites and Cool climate reds, primarily Chardonnay, Pinot and Riesling with some Cab Sauv

Question 49

Name an Australian Shiraz

Answer 49

D'Arenberg the Dead Arm Shiraz 2009 McLaren Vake, Schild Estate Shiraz 2010 Barossa

Question 50

Name a Coonawarra Cab

Answer 50

Wynns Connawarra Estate Black Label Cab Sauv 2010

Question 51

What are the 3 major wine producing states in Australia?

Answer 51

South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria