Port Phillip

Question 1

This GI is coolest of Victoria state and Port Phillip Zone

Answer 1

Mornington Peninsula (Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay)

Question 2

Two main soil types of Yarra Valley GI

(Port Phillip zone)

Answer 2

Grey brown sandy loam/red basalt

Question 3

Port Philip Zone in Victoria surrounds this city and has this climate

Answer 3

Melbourne
maritime

Question 4

where is Yarra Valley (State, zone)

Answer 4

Victoria (State)
Port Philip (zone)

Question 5

name of bay bordering Mornington Peninsula and Geelong (Victoria)

Answer 5

Port Phillip Bay

Question 6

gIs of port Philip

Answer 6

Geelong GI
Macedon Ranges GI
Mornington Peninsula GI
Sunbury GI
Yarra Valley GI

Question 7

Where did Phylloxera first hit? in Australia

Answer 7

Geelong, Victoria

1877

Question 8

How is Geelong different climate wise than Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula? (Port Phillip Zone)

Answer 8

Warmer

Question 9

Which is cooler, Yarra Valley or Mornington Peninsula?

Answer 9

Mornington Peninsula

sliver of land to the south of Melbourne that encloses the Port Phillip Bay, is an even cooler, windier region and one of Australia’s most profoundly maritime climates. Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay thrive; much of the GI is too cool for late-ripening grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon.

Question 10

Strait to the south of Mornington Peninsula

Answer 10

Bass Strait

Question 11

Towns of Yarra Valley

Answer 11

Healesville

Lilydale

Mount Evelyn

Coldstream

Question 12

Who founded “Yering” in Yarra Valley

Answer 12

Ryrie Bros 1838
leased 43,000 acres for grazing

Question 13

Grapes cultivated in Yering by the Ryrie Borthers

Answer 13

Black Cluster of Hamburg
Sweetwater

Question 14

Birth of Victorian Viticulture was here

Answer 14

Yering Station East of Melbourne

Question 15

Who is Hubert de Castella?

Answer 15

Purchased a section of Yering to found St. Huberts in 1862.
Wrote “John Bull’s Vineyard” in 1886, extoling Victorian Wine Industry

Question 16

When did Phylloxera hit Yarra Valley

Answer 16

2006

Question 17

What is “Black Saturday” in Victoria

Answer 17

Feb 7 2009
Violent Firestorms
173 deaths
Australia’s worst Natural disaster to date
5% of Yarras vines destroyed

Question 18

First modern winery established in Yarra Valley

Answer 18

Wantirna Estate
1963

Question 19

In the 1960s, these regions reemerged in Victoria, and these new regions emerged

Answer 19

Macedon Ranges
Sunbury
Bendigo
Beechworth
Heathcote

New Regions: King Valley and Strathbogie Ranges

Question 20

Cool Coastal GIs of Victoria

Answer 20

Port Phillip Zone (Yarra Valley GI)
Henty GI

Question 21

According to James Halliday, what is the “Dress circle of Melbourne?”

Answer 21

Port Phillip Zone
Surrounds the capital city and encircles the Port Phillip Bay (the shallow, collapsed delta of the Yarra River)

Question 22

What is “The Rip” of Port Phillip Zone?

Answer 22

A small channel about 2 miles wide connecting the Port Phillip Bay with the Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean
Cooled by “southwesterlies” chilling winds from the polar latitudes

Question 23

Climate of Port Phillip Zone

Answer 23

Meditteranean

Though All five of the regions zones are classified as region I or II in Winkler’s Scale

Question 24

What feature keeps Macedon Ranges GI (Port Phillip Zone) cool

Answer 24

Elevation

Question 25

Winemaker for Oakridge in Yarra Valley

Answer 25

David Bicknell

Question 26

Major Producers of Yarra Valley established in 1970s

Answer 26

Yarra Yering Mount Mary Chateau Yarrinya (De Bortoli owned '87)

Question 27

These two Yarra Valley wineries were original sectors of the original Yering Station property

Answer 27

Yeringberg St. Hubert's Back on line by 1975

Question 28

James Halliday founded this winery in the mid 1980s in Yarra Valley

Answer 28

Coldstream Hills

Question 29

Most planted grapes of Yarra Valley

Answer 29

Pinot Noir Followed by Chardonnay (75% of Yarra's acreage)

Question 30

Yarra Valley Pinot tends to be this compared with Otago

Answer 30

Lighter and Leaner

Question 31

Two sectors of Yarra Valley GI

Answer 31

Warmer "Lower Yarra Valley" in North Cooler "Upper Yarra Valley" in South

Question 32

Soiltype of Lower Yarra Valley

Answer 32

Ancient Sandy Loam

Question 33

Soiltype of Upper Yarra Valley

Answer 33

Younger red basalt

Question 34

Clones of Pinot Noir commonly planted in Yarra Valley

Answer 34

667 777 MV6 (a "mother vine" selection Busby brought into country 1831 from Clos Vougeot)

Question 35

This GI divides the Port Phillip Bay from the Bass Strait

Answer 35

Mornington Peninsula

Question 36

Two main regions of Mornington Peninsula GI

Answer 36

**Red Hill **("up the hill" ,near peninsula's Western tip, cooler climate) "Down the hill" Northeastern area near Moorooduc (southern Suburb of Melbourne)

Question 37

Main Grape of Mornington Peninsula GI

Answer 37

Pinot Noir (85% of grape acreage)

Question 38

in this year, Geelong GI was declared "phylloxera free"

Answer 38

2012

Question 39

Leading producers of Geelong GI

Answer 39

By Farr Bannockburn

Question 40

Driest and warmest GI in the Port Phillip Zone

Answer 40

Geelong

Question 41

Three unofficial subregions of Geelong

Answer 41

Surf Coast/Otways the Bellarine Moorabool Valley

Question 42

These two GI regions of Port Phillip Zone extend Northward from Melbourne

Answer 42

Sunbury Macedon Ranges (400-600m elevation, highest in Port Phillip Zone)

Question 43

Coolest region on the Australian Mainland

Answer 43

Macedon Ranges GI (Port Phillip Zone)

Question 44

Most recognizeable producer of Macedon Ranges GI

Answer 44

Bindi Wine Growers (sparkling and still wines)