Central Otago

Question 1

Climate of Central Otago

Answer 1

Continental

Question 2

Exposure ideal for planting in Central Otago

Answer 2

Northern

Question 3

Subregions of Central Otago

Answer 3

Wanaka

Gibbston

Alexandra Basin

Bendigo

Cromwell Basin

Bannockburn GI

Question 4

Major Natural features of Central Otago

Answer 4

Southern Alps

Lake Wanaka

Waitaki River

Question 5

producers of Central Otago

Answer 5

Rippon

Peregrine

Felton Road

Mt. Difficulty

Burn cottage

Question 6

Second most planted grape of Marlborough

Answer 6

Pinot Noir

Question 7

When was the first Otago Pinot Noir produced?

Answer 7

1987

Question 8

First clones of Pinot Noir in New Zealand were this

Answer 8

Swiss clone, 10/5 (Ten Bar Five)

Question 9

This producer from France is working with Prophet’s Rock in Central Otago to make Pinot Noir

Answer 9

François Millet of Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé

Question 10

Latitude of Central Otago

Answer 10

45˚ S

Question 11

The moderating lake of Central Otago that influences Bannockburn GI, Bendigo, Cromwell, Lowburn, and Pisa

Answer 11

Lake Dunstan

Question 12

Heart of Waitaki Valley GI (North Otago)

Answer 12

Kurow

Question 13

Coolest subregion of Central Otago

Answer 13

Gibbston

closest to the urban center of Queenstown

Question 14

Main river of Central Otago

Answer 14

Clutha

Question 15

Who made the first commercial Pinot Noir of Central Otago?

Answer 15

Gibbston Valley (Alan Brady) and Rippon (Rolfe Mills)

1987

Question 16

Producers of Waitaki Valley GI (North Otago)

Answer 16

Ostler, Pasquale, River-T Estate Wines, Valli Vineyards

Question 17

Most of NZ has this climate

Answer 17

Maritime
Only Central Otago is semi Continental

Question 18

Driest spot in New Zealand

Answer 18

Subregion of Alexandra in central Otago, protected by three mountain ranges. Irrigation a necessity, only 363 mm of rain

Question 19

Worlds most Southernly wine region
And “adventure capital of NZ”

Answer 19

Central Otago
45 degrees South

Question 20

Who is Jacques Bladier

Answer 20

Frenchman who planted the first vines in Central Otago from cuttings shipped from Australia in the early 1960s

Question 21

Who is Jean Desire Feraud

Answer 21

Purchased land from Jacques Bladier in Central Otago and continued efforts in viticulture

Question 22

Romeo Bragato’s first stop on his 1895 tour

Answer 22

Central Otago
Declared Bannockburn and Cromwell as suited for viticulture (the warmer areas and heart of viticulture today)

Question 23

Who is Alan Brady

Answer 23

Irish journalist purchased 16 acres of land in Gibbston in 1976
Planted first experimental vineyard in 1981

Question 24

Who is Rolfe Mills

Answer 24

family farm in Lake Wanaka
Planted grapes in 1975 that would become Rippon Vineyard

Question 25

Who is Anne Pickney

Answer 25

Founded Taramea in central Otago queens town. inspired by Rolfe Mills and Alan Brady

Question 26

In 1985, Rolfe Mills, Ann Pickney and Alan Brady produced this together

Answer 26

Gewurtztraminer and a Chasselas (Lake Wanaka)

Question 27

Pinot Noir accounts for more than this % of vineyard area in central Otago

Answer 27

75%

Question 28

Subregion of Central Otago furthest West (And Wettest)

Answer 28

Wanaka 700 mm of rain annualy

Question 29

Subregions of Cromwell Basin

Answer 29

Pisa and Lowburn

Question 30

Only GI of Central Otago and official subregion

Answer 30

Bannockburn GI (2022)

Question 31

Coldest viticultural area in all NZ

Answer 31

Waitaki Valley GI (North Otago) Only 850 growing degree days Irrigation also required with only 380 mm of rainfall annually

Question 32

Central Otago represents just 5% of the country's vineyard area, but accounts for more than this % of NZ Pinot Noir plantings

Answer 32

25%

Question 33

This vintage of Central Otago Pinot Noir was showcased to Wine critics in London

Answer 33

2002

Question 34

70% of regions vines in Central Otago are planted around this lake

Answer 34

Lake Dunstan

Question 35

Subregions of Central Otago around Lake Dunstan

Answer 35

Bannockburn GI Bendigo Cromwell Lowburn Pisa

Question 36

Name of the North facing slopes on which the vines of Alexandra (southernmost subregion central otago) are planted

Answer 36

Kawarau Gorge

Question 37

The region of Central Otago is sheltered by these three mountain ranges CPD

Answer 37

Criffel Range Pisa Range Dunstan Mountains

Question 38

Lake Dunstan is a moderating influence on which region ?

Answer 38

Central Otago Cromwell basin specifically