Australia Flashcards
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Who is Max Schubert?
Pioneering Australian winemaker, most notably credited with creating Penfolds Grange Hermitage
What is the Label Integrity Program? What are its stipulations?
Introduced in 1990, it stipulated that wines labeled by variety, vintage, or region must contain 85% of stated grape, year, or region.
When were the first GIs rolled out?
1994
What areas are included within the Southeastern Australia Zone?
Part of South Australia, Part of Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales
True or False: Chaptalization is illegal in Australia
TRUE
What are the G.Is of the Mount Lofty Ranges
Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains, Clare Valley
What Zone contains Adelaide Hills?
Mount Lofty Ranges
What are the GIs of Western Australia?
Swan Valley, Perth Hills, Peel, Geographe, Blackwood Valley, Margaret River, Manjimup, Pemberton, Great Southern
What are the G.I.s of Great Southern?
Albany, Denmark, Frankland River, Mount Barker, Porongorup
What is the northernmost GI of Great Southern?
Frankland River
Where is Mount Barker, Mount Benson, and Mount Gambier respectively?
Mount Barker is a GI of Great Southern. Mount Gambier and Mount Benson are both GIs within the Limestone Coast of South Australia.
What varieties are common in Mount Barker GI?
Riesling and Shiraz
What are the key varieties of Denmark and Albany?
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Who are the “first five” of Margaret River
Vasse Felix, Leeuwin Estate, Cullen, Moss Wood, Cape Mentelle
Where does Cullen produce wine?
Margaret River
Recommend a cabernet based wine from Margaret River GI
Vasse Felix Heytesbury
Recommend a chardonnay from Margaret River
Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay
What is the Australian synonym for Mourvedre?
Mataro
What is the climate of Margaret River?
Maritime. Mediterranean in terms of rainfall.
What bodies of water lie to the West and South of Western Australia?
Indian Ocean is West. Southern Ocean is South.
What is the hottest GI in Western Australia
Perth Hills
What does the term ‘doctors-cum-winemakers’ refer to? Give an example.
Early development of viticulture, particularly in Western Australia dominated by Doctors. Dr. Tom Cullity of Vasse Felix.
Where is Castelli Estate?
Great Southern GI of Western Australia
True or False: South Australia is phylloxera free
TRUE