New Zealand General

Question 1

Climate of NZ’s North Island

Answer 1

• Comparable to Bordeaux: maritime

Question 2

Climate of the northern regions of NZ’s North Island

(Northland, Aukland, Waikato/Bay of Plenty)

Answer 2

• moderate, rainy, maritime
• frost and rot are prevalant

Question 3

Min % of region, varietal, and vintage listed on the label

Answer 3

• Regions are not legally defined
• Varietal & Vintage - 85%

Question 4

2nd and 3rd most planted grapes in New Zealand

Answer 4

• Pinot Noir
• Chardonnay

Question 5

NZ’s smallest area of production

Answer 5

Northland

Question 6

Coolest region on the North Island of NZ

Answer 6

Gisborne

Question 7

1st region to see sunlight each day

Answer 7

Gisborne

Question 8

NZ region also known as Poverty Bay

Answer 8

Gisborne = Poverty Bay

Question 9

NZ’s driest region

Answer 9

Hawkes Bay

- driest

Question 10

NZ region that produces the most amount of red wine

Answer 10

Hawkes Bay

• Largest NZ producer of red wine
• Chardonnay most planted

Question 11

Most planted red grape in Hawkes Bay

Answer 11

Merlot

Question 12

1st varietal wine released in NZ

Answer 12

• Montana’s Gisborne Chardonnay
• 1973

Question 13

Cloudy Bay Inaugural Vintage

Answer 13

1985

Question 14

1st winery in NZ to commercially release a wine under screwcap

Answer 14

Kim Crawford; 2001

Question 15

1st winery to release Marlborough, NZ Sauvignon Blanc

Answer 15

• Montana
• 1979

Question 16

Only region in NZ to experience a continental climate

Answer 16

Central Otago

Question 17

Region with New Zealand’s highest altitude vineyards

Answer 17

Central Otago

Question 18

Company that controls 2/3 of Marlborough’s vineyards

Answer 18

Montana

Question 19

Gimblett Gravels

Answer 19

• Located in Hawkes Bay
• 800 ha of deep shingle soils
• Ideal for high-quality Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 20

Romeo Bragato

Answer 20

• Austrian viticulturist from Victoria
• End of the 19th cent charged w/ task of studying NZ’s vineyards and combating phylloxera
• Educated growers on merits of grafting vines onto disease-resistant American rootstock
• Identified many NZ’s modern wine regions (w/ exception of Marlborough)

Question 21

Year wine shops were allowed to sell single bottles of wine

Answer 21

1955

Question 22

“Six o’clock swill”, an early closing hour for pubs instituted in both Australia and New Zealand during World War I, lasted until what year in New Zealand?

Answer 22

1967

Question 23

New Zealand’s most planted varietal in 1960

Answer 23

“Albany Surprise”

Question 24

Year restaurants first gained the right to sell wine

Answer 24

1960

Question 25

Year wineries were permitted to sell a glass of wine

Answer 25

**1976**

Question 26

Hectares planted in New Zealand, in 1960

Answer 26

**appx 400 ha** ## Footnote (vs 29,000 ha - today)

Question 27

In 2008, appx how many ha of vineyards were planted in New Zealand?

Answer 27

**29,000 ha** ## Footnote (vs 400 ha - 1960)

Question 28

A total of appx 100 wineries in the mid-1980s ballooned to over how many wineries in the country today?

Answer 28

**600 wineries**

Question 29

New Zealand's largest winemaking company

Answer 29

**Montana**

Question 30

Company that established Marlborough's 1st commercial vineyard in 1973

Answer 30

**Montana**

Question 31

Year Montana produced one of Marlborough's 1st Sauvignon Blancs

Answer 31

**1979**

Question 32

Year Cloudy Bay Vineyards was established

Answer 32

**1985** * Put Marlborough region on the map

Question 33

Number of miles of ocean that separate Tasmania and the North Island of NewZealand

Answer 33

**1200 miles**

Question 34

Which is larger, the South Island or the North Island?

Answer 34

**South Island**

Question 35

South Island mountain range

Answer 35

**Southern Alps** * **Results in a rain shadow effect for the winemaking regions along the north-south axis on the eastern coastline** * **Runs like a spine down the southern island dividing it in half**

Question 36

T/F: The Northern Island is cooler.

Answer 36

**False**

Question 37

T/F: The Northern Island is more mountainous.

Answer 37

**False**

Question 38

T/F: The Northern Island is rainier.

Answer 38

**True**

Question 39

What is the southernmost wine region in the world?

Answer 39

**Central Otago**

Question 40

T/F: New Zealand wine on average commands a higher price per bottle than any other country in the world.

Answer 40

**True** ## Footnote New Zealand has little land to spare; thus, modern bulk wine production is not economically feasible

Question 41

Central Otago lies on what parallel?

Answer 41

**45th**

Question 42

New Zealand's vineyards are typically planted within how many miles of the eastern coastline?

Answer 42

**25 miles**

Question 43

All New Zealand producers and growers belong to New Zealand Winegrowers, an organization formed in what year?

Answer 43

**2002**

Question 44

A group of New Zealand producers pioneered the Screwcap Initiative in what year?

Answer 44

**2001** ## Footnote - although both Swiss and Australian wineries were using the closure prior to its widespread adoption in New Zealand

Question 45

Who was the first to commercially release a New Zealand wine under screwcap?

Answer 45

**Kim Crawford**

Question 46

% of New Zealand's wines with screwcap closure

Answer 46

**99%** by 2013 * 2001: Screwcap Initiative; Kim Crawford was the 1st

Question 47

6 major wine regions on the North Island

Answer 47

* **Northland** * **Aukland** * **Waikato/Bay of Plenty** * **Gisborne** * **Hawkes Bay** * **Wairarapa**

Question 48

4 major wine regions on the South Island

Answer 48

* **Nelson** * **Marlborough** * **Canterbury** * **Central Otago**

Question 49

In line with European standards, New Zealand wines must contain a minimum of what percentage of the stated varietal or vintage?

Answer 49

**85%**

Question 50

Year New Zealand's 1st wines were planted in Northland

Answer 50

**1819**

Question 51

New Zealand's northernmost and smallest area of production

Answer 51

**Northland** * contributes less than 1% of the country's total production

Question 52

Number of wineries in Northland

Answer 52

**14 wineries** ## Footnote **2008**

Question 53

Montana and Villa Maria are both located in what region?

Answer 53

**Aukland** ## Footnote - the traditional center of the wine business in New Zealand