History

Question 1

What year were the first vines planted in New Zealand?

Answer 1

1819

Question 2

Who was the first recorded to make wine in New Zealand?

Answer 2

James Busby in Northland in the 1830s

Question 3

Who is Romeo Bragato?

Answer 3

Austrian viticulturist from Victoria who was paid to study New Zealand for viticulture and to fight phylloxera

Question 4

When did the viticultural arm of Department of Agriculture disband in New Zealand and why?

Answer 4

1909

temperance

Question 5

Six oclock swill?

Answer 5

An early closing hour for pubs from 1909-1967 so that men would go home to their wives. This was during a heavy temperance movement and it was either this or prohibition

Question 6

What was the most planted varietal in New Zealnd in 1960

Answer 6

Albany Surprise- hybrid

Question 7

When did restaurants gain the right to sell wine in NZ?

When did restaurants gain the right to sell a single glass of wine in NZ?

Answer 7

1960

1976

Question 8

When were wine shops give the right to sell single bottles of wine in NZ?

Answer 8

1955

Question 9

Who is Montana Wine Co?

Answer 9

New Zealand’s largest wine producer now owned by Allied Domecq. They are considered the founders of commercial wines in Marlborough

Question 10

What year did Montana Wine Co plant their first vineyards in Marlborough?

Answer 10

1973

Question 11

What was New Zealand’s first varietal wine to be released?

Answer 11

Gisbourne Chardonnay from Montana Wine Co

Question 12

Who put Marlborough on the map?

Answer 12

Cloudy Bay- 1985

Question 13

What winery did Montana first create for their Marlborough wines?

Answer 13

Brancott

Question 14

What is the world’s easternmost and southernmost winemaking country?

Answer 14

New Zealand

Question 15

What range divides the South Island of New Zealand along it’s spine?

Answer 15

Southern Alps

Question 16

Who owns Cloudy Bay? What other winery do they own and where is it located?

Answer 16

David Hohnen, Cape Mentelle, Margaret River, Western Australia

Question 17

What causes the rainshadow effect in the south island of NZ?

Answer 17

rainclouds moving eastward from the Tasman sea depositing moisture high in the southern alps.

Question 18

In what year did vitis vinifera start to replace hybrid vines in NZ?

Question 19

What is Northland’s lattitude comparable to in Spain?

Answer 19

Jerez

Question 20

Central Otago lies on what parallel?

Answer 20

45th

Question 21

What is the southernmost winemaking region in the world?

Answer 21

Central Otago

Question 22

Why are New Zealand wines more expensive per bottle than any other country in the world?

Answer 22

• no cheap source of labor
• no huge agricultural zone to reach economies of scale

Question 23

When was New Zealand Winegrowers formed?

Answer 23

2002- all wineries are part of the NZG

Question 24

New Zealand Winegrowers is a joint venture between who?

Answer 24

Grape Growers Council and New Zealand Wine Institute

Question 25

What is the "screwcap initiative" and when was it formed?

Answer 25

2001- an international association committed to using the closure—even on ultra-premium bottlings.

Question 26

Which winery was the first to comercially realease a wine under screwcap?

Answer 26

Kim Crawford

Question 27

What percentage of wines in NZ are packaged under stelvin closure?

Answer 27

85%

Question 28

What are the major wine regions on the north island of NZ?

Answer 28

Northland Auckland Waikato/Bay of Plenty Gisbourne Hawkes Bay Wairarapa

Question 29

What are the major regions of the south island of NZ?

Answer 29

Nelson Marlborough Cantebury Central Otago

Question 30

What is the minimum percentage of a varietal label wine? What percentage must come from a stated vintage?

Answer 30

85% 85%

Question 32

What brands does Constellation own in NZ? Where are they based out of?

Answer 32

Kim Crawford, Nobilo, Monkey Bay Aukland

Question 33

Who owns Montana?

Answer 33

Pernod Ricard located in Auckland

Question 34

Where is Villa Maria headquarters located?

Answer 34

Auckland