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What are the 8 regions of Australia

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Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
South Eastern Australia
Tasmania
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What is the Label Integrity Program?

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Requires any wines labeled with variety or region to contain min 85% of stated grape or region

Requires any wine labels with vintage on the label to contain a min of 95% of the stated vintage

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What is the most planted grape in Australia?

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Shiraz

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Which state has the greatest amount of wine production?

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South Australia

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What recent Australian vintages were affected by drought?

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2003, 2006 and 2009

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Who makes Runrig Shiraz?

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Torbreck (Barossa Valley)

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What is the top bottling from Drew Noon?

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Eclipse Grenache (McLaren Vale)

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Who makes Astralis Shiraz?

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Clarendon Hills (McLaren Vale)

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What is the state capital of South Australia?

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Adelaide

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What are the 8 zones of South Australia?

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Far North
Adelaide Super Zone
Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges
Limestone Coast
Lower Murray
The Peninsulas
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What 3 South Australian Zones can be blended to make up the Adelaide Super Zone GI?

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Barossa
Fleurieu
Mount Lofty Ranges

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What are the GI’s of Barossa zone

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Barossa Valley

Eden Valley

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What are the GI’s of Fleurieu zone

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Currency Creek
Mc Laren Vale
Kangaroo Island
Southern Fleurieu
Longhorn Creek
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What are the GI’s of Lower Murray zone

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Riverland (bulk)

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What are the GI’s of the Limestone Coast zone

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Coonawarra 
Mount Benson
Mount Gambier
Padthaway
Wrattonbully
Robe
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What are the GI’s of the Mount Lofty Ranges zone

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Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Plains
Clare Valley

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What are the 8 Zones of New South Wales

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Big Rivers
Central Ranges
Hunter Valley
Northern Rivers
Northern Slopes
South Coast
Southern New South Wales
Western Plains
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What are the GI’s of Big Rivers zone

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Murray Darling*
Swan Hill*
Pericoota
Riverina

  • Murray Darling and Swan Hill also in Victoria
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What are the GI’s of Central Ranges zone

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Cowra
Mudgee
Orange

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What is the GI of Hunter Valley zone

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Hunter

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What are the sub regions of Hunter (Hunter Valley zone)

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Broke Fordwich
Pokolbin
Upper Hunter Valley

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What is the GI of Northern Rivers zone

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Hasting Rivers

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What is the GI of Northern Slopes zone

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New England Australia

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What are the GI’s of South Coast zone

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Shoalhaven Coast

Southern Highlands

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What are the GI's of the Southern New South Wales zone
Gundagai Hilltops Canberra district
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South Eastern Australia zone
Includes al zones except those in Western Australia
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What are the 5 zones of Victoria
``` Central Victoria North East Victoria Port Phillip North West Victoria Western Victoria ```
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What are the GI's of Central Victoria zone
``` Bendigo Goulburn Valley Heathcote Strathbogie Ranges Upper Goulburn Gippsland ```
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What is the sub region of Goulburn Valley in the Central Victoria zone
Nagambie Lakes
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What are the GI's of North East Victoria zone
``` Alpine Valleys Beechworth Glenrowan King Valley Rutherglen (sweet wines) ```
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What are the GI's of Port Phillip zone
``` Geelong Macedon Ranges Mornington Peninsula Sunbury Yarra Valley ```
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What are the GI's of North West Victoria zone
Murray Darling Swan Hill GI's are also in New South Wales
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What are the GI's of Western Victoria zone
Grampians Henty Pyrenees
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What is the sub region of Grampians in the Western Victoria zone
Great Western
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What are the two GI's of Queensland
Granite Belt | South Burnett
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What is the sub region of Eden Valley in the Barossa zone
High Eden
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What are the sub regions of Adelaide Hills in the Mount Lofty Ranges zone
Lenswood | Picadilly Valley
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What are the 5 zones of Western Australia
``` Central Western Australia Eastern Plains, Inland and North of Western Australia Greater Perth South West Australia West Australia South Eastern Coastal ```
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What are the GI's of Greater Perth
Peel Perth Hills Swan
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What is the sub region of Swan in the Greater Perth zone
Swan Valley
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What are the GI's of South West Australia zone
``` Margaret River Greater South Blackwood Valley Geographe Pemberton Manjimup ```
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What are the sub regions of Greater South in the South West Australia zone
``` Albany Denmark Frankland River Mount Barker Porongurup ```
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Where are terra rossa soils found in Australia?
Coonawarra and Padthaway; Limestone Coast, South AUS
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Where is the best Cabernet Sauvignon grown in South Australia?
Coonawarra; Limestone Coast zone, South Australia
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Where do the producers of Yalumba, Pewsey Vale, and Henschke make wine?
Eden Valley, Barossa zone, South Australia
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What is Barossa Shiraz typically aged in?
American Oak "hogs head," 300 liters
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Which is Australia's most important region for premium Shiraz?
Barossa Valley, Barossa zone, South Australia
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What are the 5 unofficial subregions of Clare Valley?
``` Watervale (terra rossa) Polish Hill River (slate) Auburn Sevenhill Clare ```
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Where are Picadilly and Lenswood?
Adelaide Hills, Mount Lofty Ranges Zone, South Australia
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Where are the best examples of Riesling in South Australia?
Clare Valley GI, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
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Which is the coolest of South Australia's wine regions?
Adelaide Hills (350m-700m), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
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What is the single GI of Far North Zone?
Southern Flinders Ranges
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What is the Multistate Zone GI?
South Eastern Australia GI (includes all states but Western Australia)
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What are the min requirements for Australian regions and subregions?
- single tracts of land - min 5 independently owned vineyards - min 5 ha a piece - min output of 500 tons of wine annually
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Who owns Penfolds and Lindemans?
Treasury Wine Estates
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What are the different aging requirements for the Barossa Old Vine Charter?
Old Vine: 35y Survivor Vine: 70y Centenarian Vine: 100y Ancestor Vine: 125y
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Where is Penfolds based?
Barossa Valley, South Australia
58
What bodies of water surround Australia?
Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean
59
Where are Shaw + Smith located?
Adelaide Hills
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Where would one find producers: Grosset, Kilikanoon, Jim Barry or Wendouree?
Clare Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
61
Which wine region means "wild honeysuckle" in Aborigine?
Coonawarra, Limestone coast, South Australia
62
Who makes The Armagh Shiraz?
Clare Valley, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
63
Majella's "Malleea" is a classic red blend from where?
Coonawarra, Limestone Coast, South Australia
64
What 2 GIs require irrigation and have be so successful (due to irrigation) to account for 40% of Australia's wine?
Riverina, New South Wales | Riverland, South Australia
65
Who makes the collectible Grange Shiraz?
Penfolds, debuted by Max Schubert as "grange hermitage" in 1951
66
What is Hunter Riesling?
Semillon
67
What so great about Tahbilk winery?
- A compelling producer in the Nagambie Lakes subregion of Goulburn Valley, protected its vineyards from the pest and today produces a flagship Shiraz from vines planted in 1860. - The estate also boasts the oldest Marsanne vines in Australia, and possibly the world.
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What is Topaque?
Wines from Rutherglen or Glenrowan which are fortified from Muscadelle grape.
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What is Brown Muscat of Rutherglen?
Muscat blanc a petit grains.
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D'Arenberg's "Dead Arm" Shiraz, Yangarra's "High Sands" Grenache, Drew Noon's Grenache-based "Eclipse", and the dry-farmed Clarendon Hills' "Astralis" Shiraz is found in which GI?
Mc Laren Vale, Fleurie, South Australia
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What is the 2nd most grown varietal in Australia?
Chardonnay

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