Hunter Valley

Question 1

Brokenwood’s outstanding Semillon

Answer 1

ILR reserve

(Hunter Valley-Broke Fordwich)

Question 2

What subregion of Hunter Valley specializes in 100 year old Verdelho?

Answer 2

Broke Fordwich

Question 3

Climate of Hunter Valley

Answer 3

Subtropical

Question 4

Semillon is this in Hunter Valley

Answer 4

Hunter riesling

Question 5

what rivers are major natural features of Hunter G.I.

Answer 5

Hunter and Goulburn rivers

Question 6

producers of Hunter G.I.

Answer 6

Tyrrells
Brokenwood (Verdelho oldest in Australia)
Yarraman Estate
Mc William’s Mount Pleasant
Keith Tulloch Wine
Wyndham Estate (1828)
Rosemount Estate

Question 7

GI Subregions of Hunter GI (Hunter Valley Zone, New South Wales State)

Answer 7

Upper Hunter Valley GI (2010)
Polkobin GI
Broke Fordwich GI

Question 8

Mountain region near Hunter Valley

Answer 8

Broken back mountains

Question 9

who produces noble one what is it

Answer 9

De Bortoli

A botritized Semillon dessert wine New South Wales (Big Rivers, Riverina GI)

Question 10

Napoleon sipped this wine from Hunter Valley in 1855 Paris expo

Answer 10

Sparkling Hunter Valley wine

Question 11

Oldest Estate of Australia

Answer 11

Wyndham 1828
Hunter Valley

Question 12

first commercial plantings of Hunter G.I.

Answer 12

1830 James Busby “Kirkton” estate

The same year he brought viticulture to Australia with thousands of cuttings from Spain and France

Question 13

The Hunter Region (excluding upper hunter valley) is knows as this

Answer 13

Lower Hunter Valley

dates to 1830

Question 14

Who founded Mt. Pleasant in Hunter in 1925?

Answer 14

Maurice O’Shea
Some of Australias first wines labeled by Variety

Question 15

Who is George Wyndham

Answer 15

Founded Australia’s now-oldest continually operating winery (Wyndham Estate) in 1828
Planted Australia’s first Commercial Shiraz Vineyard in 1830, in Hunter Valley

Question 16

What is the name of James Busby’s Estate in Hunter Valley?
In Sydney?

Answer 16

Kirkton

Sydney Botanical Gardens

Question 17

When Gold Was discovered in 1851, this spurred vineyard expansion in these two Australian States

Answer 17

Victoria and NSW (Especially Hunter GI, closer to Sydney)

Question 18

Who was the first great Australian winemaker of the 1900s

Answer 18

Maurice O’Shea
Produced Hunter Valley Shiraz labled as “Hunter Burgundy”

Question 19

Original Winemaker for McWilliams Mt. Pleasant in Hunter Valley til his death in 1956

Answer 19

Maurice O’Shea

Question 20

This producer led a push for new plantings in 1960s Hunter Valley

Answer 20

Lake’s Folly

Question 21

In the 1960s, plantings of Hunter Valley moved toward table wine production, toward Chardonnay and Merlot away from these fortified wine grapes

Answer 21

Pedro and Trebbiano

Question 22

These GIs of NSW are influenced by the Indro Australian Monsoon Season

Answer 22

South Coast
Hunter
Northern Rivers

Question 23

Of the Three GIs of Hunter GI, which two are considered Lower Hunter Valley

Answer 23

Polkobin
Broke Fordwich

Question 24

Producers located in Polkobin GI

Answer 24

Tyrell’s, Brokenwood, Thomas Wines, Audrey Wilkinson, McWilliams Mt. Pleasant

Question 25

Subregions of Lower Hunter Valley

Answer 25

Polkobin GI Broke Fordwich GI Allandale Belford Dalwood Rothbury

Question 26

Upper Hunter GI dates back to this year, when Penfolds established 250 ha of vines at Wybong

Answer 26

1960

Question 27

Upper Hunter Valley GI is this on the Winkler Scale

Answer 27

IV

Question 28

Wettest Months in Hunter Valley

Answer 28

January and February

Question 29

Most planted grape in Hunter Valley

Answer 29

Semillon

Question 30

Semillon in Hunter Valley is known as this

Answer 30

Hunter Riesling

Question 31

Hunter Valley Semillon is harvested in these Months

Answer 31

End of January and First week of February

Question 32

Tyrell's Vat 1 and Brokenwood ILR Semillon are released this long after the vintage

Answer 32

Five and six years, respectively

Question 33

Australia's first bottling of Chardonnay

Answer 33

1971 Vat Pinot Chardonnay Tyrell's

Question 34

Verdelho (grape of Madeira) performs well in Hunter because of this

Answer 34

Thick skins, does well in SubTropical climate

Question 35

Shiraz of Hunter Valley does particularly well in this area of Hunter Valley

Answer 35

Lower Hunter Valley (red, volcanic soil)

Question 36

Semillon of Hunter Valley likes this soil type

Answer 36

White alluvial sands

Question 37

This man was producing Shiraz and Shiraz-Pinot Blends long before "Grange" at Mount Pleasant Polkobin Hunter GI

Answer 37

Maurice OShea