New South Wales

Question 1

What is the name of De Bortoli’s botrytised Semillon dessert wine?

Answer 1

Noble One

Question 2

What mountain range runs along the north-south axis of eastern Australia, separates the wetter coastal areas from the more arid interior?

Answer 2

Great Dividing Range

Question 3

What mountain range borders the Hunter Valley GI?

Answer 3

Brokenback Mountains

Question 4

What is the climate of the Hunter Valley GI?

Answer 4

Subtropical

Question 5

Who is the producer of Vat 1 Semillon?

Answer 5

Tyrrell’s

Question 6

What are the subregions of Hunter Valley?

Answer 6

Broke Fordwich

Pokolbin

Upper Hunter Valley

Question 7

What 2 regions straddle both NSW and Victoria?

Answer 7

Murray Darling and Swan Hill

Question 8

What is a major natural feature of Tumbarumba and what style of wine do they produce the most of?

Answer 8

Snowy Mountains

Sparkling

Question 9

What is Hunter Valley’s most important red grapes?

Answer 9

Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz

Question 10

When did George Wyndham establish Wyndham Estate and when did he plant the first commerical Shiraz vineyard?

Answer 10

1828

1830

Located in Hunter Valley, NSW

Australia’s now-oldest continuously operating winery

Question 11

Who is considered the father of the Australian wine industry?

Answer 11

James Busby

Question 12

Who planted the first vineyards in Riverina?

Answer 12

McWilliams

Question 13

Where is De Bortoli winery located?

Answer 13

Riverina

Question 14

Why is the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area important?

Answer 14

It was a massive project delivering water from the Murrumbidgee to the otherwise dry and drought-prone farmlands in the Riverina region west of the Great Dividing Range, provided a seemingly limitless new frontier for food and wine grape production

Question 15

What style of wine helped Riverina thrive through the first half of the 20th century?

Answer 15

Fortified

Question 16

Who is Maurice Oshea?

Answer 16

He has seen as one of the first greats in Australian winemaking. Located in Hunter Valley he made Shiraz for McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant and labeled it Hunter Burgundy

Question 17

What is the climate of Hunter Valley and where does it land on the winkler scale?

Answer 17

Sub Tropical

Region IV

Question 18

What is the most planted grape in Hunter Valley?

Answer 18

Semillon

Question 19

What is Brokenwood’s top bottling of Semillon?

Answer 19

ILR Reserve

Ian Leslie Riggs - winemaker

Question 20

What was Australia’s first varietal bottling of Chardonnay?

Answer 20

Tyrell’s Vat 47 Pinot Chardonnay 1971

Question 21

What are the 3 regions of the Central Ranges?

Answer 21

Cowra, Mudgee, Orange

Question 22

What white grape is Mudgee known for?

Answer 22

Chardonnay

Question 23

What was the first winery established in Mudgee?

Answer 23

Craigmoor

Question 24

What region is the highest in elevation in Australia?

Answer 24

Orange

Question 25

What is the highest point in Orange?

Answer 25

Mount Canobolas

Question 26

What is the largest family owned wine company in Australia?

Answer 26

Casella (Yellowtail) located in Riverina; founded in 1969

Question 27

Who is responsible for producing the first commercial vintage in Canberra?

Answer 27

Clonakilla- 1976 Known for their Shiraz Viognier likened to Cote Rotie and made since 1992

Question 28

What river flows through the Gundagai GI?

Answer 28

Murrumbidgee- tributary of the Murray

Question 29

Tumbarumba GI lies in the foothills of which mountains?

Answer 29

Snowy Mountains

Question 30

What is the capital of New South Wales?

Answer 30

Sydney