New South Wales

Question 1

Where were the first vineyards planted in 1788?

Answer 1

New South Wales

Question 2

What is Australia’s most populous state?

Answer 2

New South Wales

Question 3

What complex of mountain ranges runs N to S, separating wetter coastal areas from arid interior of Eastern Australia?

Answer 3

Great Dividing Range

Question 4

How much of AUS wine production does New South Wales account for?

Answer 4

~one quarter

Over half of this West of Great Dividing Range in irrigated Riverina

Question 5

What is the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area?

Answer 5

Heavily irrigated area West of Great Diving Range where majority of viticulture in NSW occurs

Question 6

Who makes [yellow tail] and where is most fruit sourced?

Answer 6

Casella

-most fruit sourced from Riverina

Question 7

Who makes the wine “Noble One”

Answer 7

De Bortoli - botrytised Semillon dessert wine

Question 8

Two important producers in Riverina

Answer 8

Casella - yellow tail

Be Bortoli - Noble One dessert wine

Question 9

Where is Hunter region?

Answer 9

• Lower half of Hunter Valley zone

- flat river valley running east from Brokenback Mountains to the coast - New South Wales

Question 10

Climate of Hunter region?

Answer 10

subtropical - one of warmest/wettest in Australia

-humid, lots of rain and wind

Question 11

What is Hunter Riesling?

Answer 11

Semillon

Question 12

What color wine is Hunter known for?

Answer 12

white wine - 60% of output

Question 13

Top producer and botting of Hunter Valley Semillon?

Answer 13

Tyrrell - Vat 1

Question 14

Which subregion of Hunter is known for Verdelho?

Answer 14

Broke Fordwich

Question 15

Top two red and white grapes of Hunter region

Answer 15

White

• Semillon
• Verdelho

Red
-Shiraz
Cab Sauv

Question 16

What region in Southern New South Wales is split btwn NSW and AUS Capital Territory?

Answer 16

Canberra District region

Question 17

What grape does well in Canberra District region? Producer?

Answer 17

Shiraz - elegant, milder continental climate
Clonakilla - Canberra District Shiraz (cofermented with viognier)
Tim Kirk winemaker

Question 18

What style of wine is made in Tumbarumba GI? From what grapes?

Answer 18

Sparkling wines and still Pinor Noir and Chardonnay

Question 19

What mountains define Tumbarumba GI?

Answer 19

Snowy mountains

• sun-drenched, basalt slopes
• highest mountains in AUS

Question 20

Zones of New South Wales (8)

Answer 20

• Northern Slopes
• Northern Rivers
• Hunter Valley
• Central Ranges
• South Coast
• Southern New South Wales
• Big Rivers
• Western Plains

Question 21

GIs of Northern Slopes (1)

Answer 21

New England Australia GI

Question 22

GIs of Northern Rivers (1)

Answer 22

Hastings River GI

Question 23

GIs of Hunter Valley (1 + 3 subregions)

Answer 23

Hunter GI

subregions:
- Broke Fordwich GI
- Pokolbin GI
- Upper Hunter Valley GI

Question 24

GIs of Central Ranges (3)

Answer 24

Cowra GI
Mudgee GI
Orange GI

Question 25

GIs of South Coast (2)

Answer 25

Shoalhaven Coast GI | Southern Highlands GI

Question 26

GIs of Southern New South Wales (4)

Answer 26

Canberra District GI Tumbarumba GI Hilltops GI Gundagai GI

Question 27

GIs of Big Rivers (4)

Answer 27

Perricoota GI Riverina GI Murray Darling GI* Swan Hill GI* *Shared with Victoria

Question 28

What two GIs are shared between North West Victoria Zone in Victoria and Big Rivers Zone in New South Wales?

Answer 28

Murray Darling GI | Swan Hill GI

Question 29

What is the capital of New South Wales?

Answer 29

Sydney!

Question 30

What is Australia's oldest continuously operating winery? Where is it?

Answer 30

Wyndham Estate - Founded by George Wyndham in Hunter Valley (New South Wales) in 1828 - planted first commercial shiraz in AUS in 1830

Question 31

Who is the "father" of the Australian Wine Industry? Why?

Answer 31

James Busby - Scottish born botanist, moved to NSW in 1820s, then back to Europe and returned to AUS with vine cuttings from Spain and France - Kirkton estate in Hunter Valley

Question 32

Where might you find tempranillo in New South Wales?

Answer 32

Southern Highlands GI in the South Coast Zone

Question 33

What are the two rivers of the "Big Rivers" Zone in NSW?

Answer 33

Murray River | Murrumbidgee River

Question 34

What is the top producing zone in the country of AUS?

Answer 34

Big Rivers