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Smallest and coolest State in Australia

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Victoria

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Subregions of Victoria (6)

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  • North West
  • Central Victoria
  • North East
  • Gippsland
  • Port Phillip
  • Western
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Subregions of Central Victoria (5)

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  • Bendigo
  • Heathcote
  • Goulburn Valley
  • Strathbogie Ranges
  • Upper Goulburn
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In which subregion is Nagambie Lakes GI located, name a producer

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  • Goulburn, Central Victoria, Victoria

- Tahbilk

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Which winery protected its vineyards from the phylloxera, Shiraz vines planted in 1860 and well known for Marsanne, the oldest and largest plantation (70%) in the world

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Tahbilk, Nagambie Lakes GI, sub of Goulburn, Central Victoria, in Victoria

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This sub used to be part of Bendigo, and makes red wines ONLY in Victoria. Name a producer

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  • Heathcote, Central Victoria

- Jasper Hill, La Pleaiade, Chapter, Pyrette

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Where is the Bass Phillips winery

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Gippsland, Central Victoria, Victoria

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Subregions of North East Victoria (5)

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  • Glenrowan
  • Rutherglen
  • Beechworth
  • Alpine Valleys
  • King Valley
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The Warby Ranges are the predominant geological formation in the region

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Glenrowan, North East Victoria, Victoria

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Where is the Giaconda winery located

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Beechworth, North East Victoria, Victoria

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“Prosecco Road” using Glera is located where

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  • King Valley, North East Victoria, Victoria

- lots of sparkling here

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Synonym for Durif, and where is it famously located

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  • Petite Syrah

- Rutherglen, North East Victoria, Victoria

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Grape used for fortified wines from Rutherglen and producers

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  • Topaque (formerly “Tokay”): Muscadelle
  • Muscat: Muscat a petits grains rouge or Rutherglen Muscat
  • Tawny
  • Producers: Rutherglen, Buller, Chambers Rosewood winery
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4 tiers for the Rutherglen Muscat Classification (1995)

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  • Rutherglen: 3-5 yrs, RS: 180-240g/l
  • fresh raisin aromas with clean, clear spirit
  • Classic: 6-10 yrs, RS: 200-280g/l
  • more richness and complexity with rancio characters often from maturation in old oak casks
  • Grand: 11 -19 yrs, RS: 270-400g/l
  • mature ranch characters
  • Rare: 20+ years, RS: 270-400g/l
  • tiny quantities
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Original Rutherglen families (8)

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  • Chambers Rosewood (1858)
  • John Gehrig (1859)
  • Morris Wines (1859)
  • Mount Prior (1860)
  • St Leonards (1860)
  • All Saints Estate (1864)
  • Campbells (1870)
  • Stanton & Killeen (1875)
  • Buller (1921)
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GIs of North West Victoria (2)

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  • Murray Darling: 2nd largest region In australia, largest In Victoria
  • Swan Hill: overlaps NSW, Mediterranean, hot climate
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What are the (2) appellations that is shared between NW Victoria and NSW and what zones do they belong in for each State?

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Swan Hill, Murray Darling

  • North West Victoria, Victoria
  • Big Rivers, NSW
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Largest region in Victoria and 2nd largest region In Australia

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Murray Darling, North West Victoria, Victoria

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GIs of Port Phillip (5)

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  • Yarra Valley
  • Mornington Peninsula
  • Geelong
  • Sunbury
  • Macedon Ranges
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Which 2 GIs surround Port Phillip Bay

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  • Mornington Peninsula

- Geelong

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Australia’s coolest region on the mainland (cooler than Reims!!)

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Macedon Ranges, Port Phillip, Victoria

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First to achieve commerical success was Pinot Gris/Grig

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Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip, Victoria

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Victoria`s oldest established wine region (1837), located east of Melbourne

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Yarra Valley, Port Phillip, Victoria

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1st winery in Yarra Valley

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Yering Station (1838)

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Domaine Chandon (Australian Domaine Chandon in 1987) where
Yarra Valley, Port Phillip, Victoria
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Watirna Estate where
Yarra Valley, Port Phillip, Victoria
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This GI has a strong maritime influence, cool climate, phylloxera in the 1870's caused wine production to cease for 100 years! Replanting did not occur until 1966!
Geelong, Port Phillip, Victoria
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Bannockburn and Prince Albert vineyards located where
Geelong, Port Phillip, Victoria
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New names for Sherry and Tokay in Australia
- Sherry: Apera | - Tokay: Topaque
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Brown Brothers of Milawa company located in which state
King Valley, North East Victoria
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Giaconda in which state
Beechworth, North East Victoria
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Australia's most common Pinot clone
MV6, a selection of vines imported by James Busby which are believed to have been sourced from Clos de Vougeot
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This winery was founded by wine writer James and Suzanne Halliday in 1985, and helped to put Yarra Valley Pinot Noir on the map
Coldstream Hills (now owned by Treasury Wine Estates)
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Australia's most populous state and Australian wine's birthplace
- New South Wales - ~1/4 of Australia’s wine production - >1/2 of state’s production in Riverina
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Year which Captain Arthur Phillip landed the First Fleet in Sydney in NSW
1788
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50% of NSW's production is in this subregion
Riverina
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Sole Multistate and regions
- New South Wales (whole) - Victoria (whole) - Tasmania (whole) - part of Queensland - part of South Australia
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8 zones in NSW
- Western Plains - Northern Slopes - Northern Rivers - South Coast - Southern NSW - Hunter Valley - Central Ranges - Big Rivers
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T or F? Western Plains has no regions
True!
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4 Regions in Big Rivers in NSW
- Murray Darling (in North West Victoria in Victoria) - Swan Hill (in North West Victoria in Victoria) - Riverina - Perricoota
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Which 2 regions in Big Rivers overlap North West Victoria also?
- Murray Darling | - Swan Hill
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Notable producers in Big Rivers, NSW
- Lindemans (Karadoc): Murray Darling - Riverina: De Bertoli “Noble One” (a botrytised Semillon dessert wine), most of Yellow Tail fruit (Casella) - Riverina: McWilliam’s (first commerial plantings — 1913)
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2 rivers in Riverina, which one is a tributary of the Murray River
- Lachlan, Murrumbidgee (tributary)
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Murray River passes through or touches which 4 NSW regions
- Murray Darling - Swan Hill - Perricoota (surrounds/touches) - Tumbarumba (surrounds/touches)
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Sole regions in Northern Slopes and Northern Rivers in NSW
- Northern Slopes: New England Australia | - Northern Rivers: Hasting Rivers
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4 regions in Southern NSW
- Gundagai - Hilltops - Canberra District (Clonakilla) - Tumbarumba (alpine climate, majority sparkling wines)
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This river runs through Riverina, Gundagai and Canberra District
Murrumbidgee
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South Coast region's subregions in NSW (2)
- Shoalhaven Coast | - Southern Highlands
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Central Ranges region subregions in NSW (3)
- Mudgee - Cowra - Orange
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Australia’s oldest wine-producing region
Hunter Valley, Central Ranges, NSW
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First Commercial Plantings in Hunter Valley (Central Ranges, NSW)
- 1830: James Busby's "Kirkton" estate | - Busby, the “father of Australian wines”
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Sole GI/region of Hunter Valley zone and its subregions
* Hunter GI - Upper Hunter Valley - Pokolbin (Lower Hunter) - Broke Fordwich (Lower Hunter)
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Synonym for Semillon in Hunter Valley
Hunter Riesling
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Which area claims the oldest Verdelho plantings in the country
Broke Fordwich, a subregion of Hunter
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Hunter Valley, subtropical. Name key producers
- Brokenwood - Rosemount - Tyrell's Vat 1 Semillon - Keith Tulloch - O’Shea (Mt. Pleasant, 1925) * Maurice O’Shea: one of the early proponents of Hunter Valley Semillon who recognised its potential as a long-lived single-varietal wine
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The most Northerly of Australia's traditional wine regions
Hunter Valley, NSW
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Australia's highest wine region at 4,330 ft (1320m)
New England, Northern Slopes Region, NSW
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Sparkling wine zone in Southern New South Wales
Tumbarumba
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The zone and region closest to the Bass Straight
- Zone: Port Phillip - Region: Mornington Peninsula * NSW
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What style of wine is dominant in Riverina? Most planted varietal?
- Fortified and botrytis-affected dessert wines | - Sémillon
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This lake in Glenrowan (North East Victoria Zone) contributes to the moderating influence there
Mokoan
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Australia's longest river?
Murray River

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