Mount Lofty Ranges

Question 1

main soil types of Clare Valley

Answer 1

Slate (Polish hill)
and terrarossa over limestone

Question 2

Clare Valley is a part of what zone in South Australia

Answer 2

Mount lofty Ranges

Question 3

who makes Gaia from Clare Valley what is it

Answer 3

Grosset
Bordeaux Blend

Question 4

Clare Valley Producers
(Mount Lofty Ranges Zone)
South Australia

Answer 4

Sevenhill
Grosset
Kilkanoon
Wendouree
Jim Barry
Pikes
Claymore
Petaluma

Question 5

Vineyards of Clare Valley

Answer 5

Grosset Watervale
Grosset Gaia
Florita (Jim Barry)
Hanlin Hill (Petaluma)
Polish Hill (Grosset)
Peglidis Vineyard

Question 6

CSIRO and Australian Wine Research Institute located here

Answer 6

Adelaide

Question 7

gIs of mount lofty ranges

Answer 7

Clare Valley GI
Adelaide Hills GI
Adelaide Plains GI

Question 8

Who makes “The Merle”

Clare Valley GI
Mount Lofty Ranges Zone

Answer 8

Pikes (riesling)

Question 9

What does CSIRO stand for? What other institutions are in Adelaide?

Answer 9

Commonwealth scientific and industrial research organization

University of Adelaide
Australian Wine Research Institute

Question 10

sub regions of Adelaide hills G.I.

Answer 10

Lenswood G.I.
Picadilly Valley G.I

Question 11

unofficial subregions of Clare Valley (5)

Answer 11

Watervale
polish hill
auburn
Sevenhill (Grosset)
Clare

Question 12

Who developed the counterintuitive technique of minimal (zero) pruning, which actually restricts vigor (Australia)

Answer 12

CSIRO

Question 13

southernmost region in Mount Lofty Ranges

Answer 13

Adelaide Hills GI

Question 14

Is Clare Valley warmer than Adelaide Hills?

Answer 14

Yes!

continental climate and preponderance of red grapes in the vineyard, the GI offers Australia’s most classic and ageworthy interpretation of Riesling.

Higher-altitude, west-facing slopes often produce the better wines, cooled by afternoon breezes and low nighttime temperatures

Question 15

Most planted and northernmost region in Mount Lofty Ranges

Answer 15

Clare Valley GI

5000ha

Question 16

Clare valley is a series of ridges that run this direction

Answer 16

North/South

Question 17

Most vineyards in Clare Valley are located between these two towns

Answer 17

Auburn and Clare

Question 18

When was Hope Farm established in Clare Valley by English settlers

Answer 18

1840

Question 19

First cellar of Clare Valley

Answer 19

Sevenhill, built by Jesuits as sacramental wine

1851

Question 20

What year was A.P Birks Wendouree established in Clare Valley?

Answer 20

1892 (red wines)

Question 21

When was Jim Barry established in Clare Valley

Answer 21

1959

Question 22

When did Grosset begin production in Clare Valley

Answer 22

1981

Question 23

When was Kilkanoon established in Clare Valley

Answer 23

1997

Question 24

Clare Valley, 75mi North of Adelaide, is cooled by this

Answer 24

Elevation

400-600 meters
Diurnal Variaton

Question 25

Winemaker for Petaluma

Answer 25

Brian Crosser

Question 26

Viticultural hazards of Clare Valley

Answer 26

Spring Frosts especially in cooler Eastern and Southern areas of Polish Hill, Watervale and Auburn

Question 27

Most planted variety in Clare Valley

Answer 27

Shiraz

Question 28

Most famous Shiraz bottling of Clare Valley

Answer 28

Jim Barry "Armagh"

Question 29

This Clare Valley Producer blends Cabernet with Malbec

Answer 29

Wendouree Cabernet-Malbec bottlings

Question 30

Best examples of Clare Valley riesling from these subregions

Answer 30

Watervale and Polish Hill

Question 31

Soil of Polish Hill

Answer 31

Blue Devonian Slate like Mosel

Question 32

Adelaide Hills GI is nestled in these mountains

Answer 32

South Mount Lofty Ranges

Question 33

How high is Mount Lofty in Adelaide Hills

Answer 33

727m above sea level Also one of South Australia's wettest points

Question 34

Adelaide Hills GI is between these two GIs

Answer 34

Barossa and McLaren Vale

Question 35

This % of Adelaide plantings are white grapes

Answer 35

70%

Question 36

What central subregion of Adelaide hills is home to Its first modern vineyard planted by Petaluma in 1976

Answer 36

Picadilly Valley GI

Question 37

Most planted variety of Adelaide Hills GI

Answer 37

Sauvignon Blanc More planted in Lenswood GI subregion

Question 38

Producers of Adelaide Hills GI

Answer 38

Shaw+Smith The Lane Golding Bird in Hand BK Wines

Question 39

Coolest and rainiest region within the Adelaide Super Zone

Answer 39

Adelaide Hills GI

Question 40

Warmest GI within the Adelaide Super Zone

Answer 40

Adelaide Plains GI

Question 41

Estates of Adelaide Plains

Answer 41

Magill Estate (where Max Schubert first experimented with Grange)

Question 42

What is the "spiritual home of Grange"

Answer 42

Magill Estate in Adelaide Plains GI