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Australia and New Zealand

??”When did the first “settlers” arrive in Australia?”

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1788

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Australia and New Zealand

When was the commonwealth of Australia created?

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1901

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Australia and New Zealand

How much of Australia’s wine does South Australia produce?

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50%

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Australia and New Zealand

What are the two organizations overseeing Australian wine research?

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Australian Wine Research Institute

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization

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Australia and New Zealand

What are common viticulture/vinification techniques in Australia?

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No pruning (which limits vigor)

Mechanical harvesting

Night harvests

Irrigation

Blending

Cultured yeasts

Acdification

Micro-oxygenation

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What makes irrigation a challenge in Australia?

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High saline soils

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What is the ratio of big to small winemakers in Australia as of 2008?

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14 out of 2300 wineries produced 70% of Australian production

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Australia and New Zealand

Is Penfolds Grange a single vineyard wine?

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No. Often blended across several states

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What recent vintages in Australia have had drought issues?

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2003, 2006-2009

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Australia and New Zealand

What regulates the wine industry in Australia?

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The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation, established in 1981

In 2010 changed name to Wine Australia

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Australia and New Zealand

When was the Label Integrity Program introduced in Australia?

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1990

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Australia and New Zealand

According to the LIP what are the percentage requirements for grape, year and region?

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85%

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How did the LIP change in 2010?

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Prior to 2010 if a producer wanted to include grape, year or region it must list all grapes/years/regions, in descending order of importance

Now all vintages must be listed, but only those varieties composing the 85% of the wine need to be on the label, as long as the listed varietal is not less than an unlisted one

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Australia and New Zealand

How does Australia’s GI system break down into?

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Super Zone

State

Zone

Region

Subregion

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Australia and New Zealand

How does Wine Australia define regions and sub-regions?

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Single tracts of land with at least five independently owned vineyards with at least 5 hectares apice and a min 500 tons of wine grapes annually

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Australia and New Zealand

What makes up the South Eastern Australia Super Zone?

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Victoria

Tasmania

New South Wales

Portions of South Australia and Queensland

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Australia and New Zealand

When were the first vineyards planted in New South Wales?

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1788

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What are the Zones of New South Wales?

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Big Rivers

Central Ranges

Hunter Valley

Northern Rivers

Northern Slopes

South Coast

Southern New South Wales

Western Plains

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What are the regions in the Big Rivers Zone in NSW?

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Murray Darling

Perricoota

Riverina

Swan Hill

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What are the regions in the Central Ranges Zone in NSW?

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Cowra

Mudgee

Orange

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What are the regions in the Hunter Valley Zone in NSW?

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Hunter

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What are the regions in the Northern Rivers Zone in NSW?

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Hastings River

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What are the regions in the Northern Slopes Zone in NSW?

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New England Australia

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What are the regions in the South Coast Zone in NSW?

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Shoalhaven Coast

Southern Highlands

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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions in the Southern New South Wales Zone in NSW?
Canberra District Tumbarumba Hilltops Gundagai
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions in the Western Plains Zone in NSW?
None
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# Australia and New Zealand What is significant about Riverina Region in Australia?
Heavy irrigation area producing most of Australia's jug wine
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# Australia and New Zealand What is significant about Hunter Region in Australia?
One of Australia's most important GIs Viticulture dates back to 1830 When Napoleon III finished the 1885 Paris Exhibition closing ceremonies
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the terrior of Hunter Region in Australia?
Subtropical climate with high humidity, rain and wind
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the most planted varieties in Hunter Region?
Chardonnay Semillion Verdelho Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the climate and typical wine of Canberra District region in Australia?
Continental Shiraz
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the climate and typical wine of Tumburumba Region in Australia?
Alpine Sparkling wine from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the climate of Victoria State?
Maritime, with sea breezes from Antartica
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the zones of Victoria?
Central Victoria Gippsland North East Victoria North West Victoria Port Phillip Western Victoria
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the one region without a zone in Victoria?
Grampains
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Central Victoria Zone?
Bendingo Goulburn Valley Heathcote Strathbogie Ranges Upper Goulburn
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Gippsland Zone?
None
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of North East Victoria Zone?
Alpine Valleys Beechworth Glenrowan King Valley Rutherglen
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of North West Victoria Zone?
Murray Darling Swan Hill
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Port Phillip Zone?
Geelong Macedon Ranges Mornington Peninsula Sunbury Yarra Valley
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Western Victoria Zone?
Henty Pyrenees
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the typical grapes found in the more coastal areas of Victora State?
Pinot Noir
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the typical grapes found in Yarra Valley Region?
Pinot Noir Chardonnay Shiraz (cofermented with Viognier) Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the soil types of Yarra Valley Region?
Grey brown sandy clay Red volcanic soils
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the typical grapes of Mornington Penninsula Region?
Pinot Noir Pinot Gris Chardonnay
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# Australia and New Zealand What is significant about the Thabilk Winery? Where is it located?
Ungrafted Shiraz from the 1860s Oldest Marsanne vines in Australia Nagambie Lakes subregion of the Goulburn Valley Region
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# Australia and New Zealand What is significant about the Rutherglen and Glenrowan regions in the NE Victoria Zone?
Famous for sweet fortified wines
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the types of fortified wines from Rutherglen and Glenrowan
Tokay from Muscadelle (will be known as Topaque by 2020) Brown Muscat (Petit Grains Rouge) from Rutherglen (older ones have a rancio character)
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the classification system for the Muscat of Rutherglen Network?
Muscat (2-5 yrs, 180-240 g/l) Classic Muscat (5-10 yrs, 200-270 g/l) Grand Muscat (10-15 yrs, 270-400 g/l) Rare Muscat (20+ yrs, 270-400 g/l)
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the sub-zones of the Adelaide Superzone?
Barossa Fleurieu Mount Lofty Ranges
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Zones of South Australia?
Adelaide Superzone Barossa Far North Fleurieu Limestone Coast Lower Murray Mount Lofty Ranges The Peninsulas
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Barossa Zone?
Barossa Valley Eden Valley
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Far North Zone?
Southern Flinders Ranges
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Fleurieu Zone?
Currency Creek Kangaroo Island McLaren Vale Southern Fleurieu
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Limestone Coast Zone?
Coonawarra Mount Benson Padthaway Robe Wrattonbully Mount Gambier
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Lower Murray Zone?
Riverland
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of Mount Lofty Ranges Zone?
Adelaide Hills Adelaide Plains Claire Valley
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the regions of The Peninsulas Zone?
None
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the major grape of Coonawarra Region? What is its style?
Cabernet Sauvignon Elegant, soft tannins, red fruit, and eucalyptus
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the famous soil of Coonawarrra Region?
Terra rossa
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the climate of Fleurieu Zone?
Mediterranean, tempered by Southern Ocean currents and lake effect from Lake Alexandrina
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the most important region in Fleurieu Zone? What are its wines?
McLaren Vale Region Cab and Rhone varietals
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# Australia and New Zealand What region provides classic examples of Australian Riesling? What makes it appropriate for Riesling?
Clare Valley Region in Mount Lofty Ranges Zone High altitude, west facing slopes cooled by afternoon breezes and low night temps Limestone and slate soils
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the characteristics of Barossa Shiraz?
Some vines 150 years old Opaque, dense, heavily extracted, full of dark chocolate and fruit American oak hogsheads (300L)
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Zones of Western Australia State?
Central Western Australia Eastern Plains, Inland & North of Western Australian Greater Perth South West Australia Western Australian South East Coastal
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Regions of Central Western Australia Zone?
None
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Regions of Eastern Plains, Inland & North of Western Australia Zone?
None
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Regions of Greater Perth Zone?
Peel Perth Hills Swan District
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Regions of South West Australia Zone?
Blackwood Valley Geographe Great Southern Manjimup Margaret River Pemberton
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Regions of West Australia South East Coastal Zone?
None
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the most famous region in Western Australia State? What varietals does it produce?
Margaret River Chardonnay Semillion Sauvignon Blanc Cabernet Sauvignon
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Zones of Queensland State?
None, however it does have two regions - Granite Belt and South Burnett
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the Zones of Tasmania State?
None
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# Australia and New Zealand Who was James Busby?
British minister involved in early viticultural efforts in NSW and planted French and Spanish cuttings in Northland
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# Australia and New Zealand Who was Romeo Bragato?
An Austrian viticulturist from Victoria who identified many of New Zealand's modern wine regions and educated growers on resistant rootsock
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# Australia and New Zealand What was 6 o'clock swill?
Practice of closing pubs in Australia and New Zealand in WWI at 6 PM. Lasted until 1967 in NZ
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# Australia and New Zealand What was the effect of prohibition movements on NZ wine?
Planting low quality and hybrid grapes resistant to phylloxera, many of which could be used for table grapes
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# Australia and New Zealand What was the most planted grape in NZ in 1960?
Albany Surprise
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# Australia and New Zealand When did restaurants get the right to sell a glass of wine? Wineries? When did the last part of temperance get removed from NZ?
1960 1976 1990
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# Australia and New Zealand How much did NZ expand its wine industry from 1960 to 2008?
400 ha to 29,000 ha
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# Australia and New Zealand When was Marlborough's first vineyard established? It's first Sauvignon Blanc released?
1973 1979
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# Australia and New Zealand What was the iconic NZ SB that put it on the map?
Cloudy Bay, launched in 1985
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# Australia and New Zealand How much of NZ's vineyards are located in Marlborough? How much of NZ is devoted to SB?
In 2008, over 1/2 were in Marlborough and nearly 1/2 was devoted to SB
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the major varietals of New Zealand?
Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Gris Merlot Riesling Cabernet Sauvignon Gewurztraminer
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the major climatic influences on the South Island of New Zealand?
Farthest South winemaking region in the world. Divided by the Southern Alps which creates a rainshadow from the Tasman Sea Abundant sunshine hours
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the major climatic influences on the North Island of New Zealand?
Latitude comparable to Jerez, but climate often compared to Bordeaux
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# Australia and New Zealand What is New Zealand Winegrowers?
Organization formed in 2002 by the Grape Growers Council and the NZ Wine Institute Presents a unified face for NZ wine
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# Australia and New Zealand What was the first commercial NZ wine to be released under screwcap?
Kim Crawford
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the status of NZ wine law?
In progress. Only standards truly in place are in line with European standards calling for a minimum 85% of stated varietal and vintage
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the major wine regions of NZ North Island?
Northland Auckland Waikato/Bay of Plenty Gisborne Hawkes Bay Wellington (Wairarapa)
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# Australia and New Zealand Where is the North Island's production centered?
Gisborne Hawkes Bay Wairarapa
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the varietals of Hawkes Bay?
Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc Pinto Gris Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Pinot Noir Cabernet Franc
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# Australia and New Zealand What is Gimblett Gravels?
Area of deep shingle soils in Hawkes Bay Reputatin for good Syrah and Bordeaux-style blends
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# Australia and New Zealand What is another name for Gisborne?
Poverty Bay
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the grapes of Gisborne?
Chardonnay Gewurztraminer
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the grapes of Wellington?
Pinot Noir Sauvignon Blanc
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# Australia and New Zealand What is another name for Wellington?
Wairarapa
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the wine regions of New Zealand's South Island?
Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Central Otago
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the paradox of Nelson wine region?
South Island's sunniest wine-producing region, but also the rainiest
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the major varietals of Nelson?
Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc Riesling Pinot Noir
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# Australia and New Zealand How big is Marlborough?
10,000 ha of Sauvignon Blanc alone Produces over 1/2 the country's wine
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the varietals of Marlborough?
Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Gris Riesling
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the major subregions of Marlborough from N to S?
Wairau Valley Southern Valleys Awatere Valley
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the soil of Marlborough?
Sandy alluvial loam over gravel Some sites are more water-retentive and produce a more herbaceous character
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# Australia and New Zealand What is the fastest growing wine region in New Zealand?
Canterbury, just south of Marlborough Mainly due to the success of Waipara Valley in the north
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the major varietals of Canterbury?
Pinot Noir Riesling Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc
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# Australia and New Zealand What is unique about Central Otago?
World's most southern wine region Highest in altitude Only region in NZ with a continental climate
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# Australia and New Zealand What are the major varietals for Central Otago?
Pinot Noir

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