Tasmania Flashcards
What is Australia’s coolest wine producing state?
Tasmania
What is Australia’s southern most wine producing state?
Tasmania
What is the capital of Tasmania?
Hobart
What is the first commercial producer of Sparkling Wine in Tasmania?
Jansz - a property now owned by Yalumba. It started out as a joint venture between Louis Roederer and Heemskerk Wines.
What is the most planted varietal on the island of Tasmania?
Pinot Noir
What is the only GI in the state of Tasmania?
Tasmania GI
What style of wine are you most likely to see out of Tasmania?
Traditional Methode sparkling wine from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
Where would you find the Coal River area?
Southern Tasmania
Where would you find the Tamar Valley region?
Northern Tasmania where 1/3 of the states vines are planted.
Tolpuddle is made by what producer in what GI?
Shaw+Smith, Tasmania GI
Where are the following producers from and what style of wine are they known for: Jansz, Stefano Lubiano & House of Arras?
Tasmania
Sparkling Wine
What is the prevailing wind in Tasmania?
“Roaring 40’s”
Westerly wind, as most vineyards are sheltered in the east by the Central Mountains.
Which Tasmanian subregion is generally too warm to produce sparkling wines?
Tamar Valley
In 1986, Louis Roderer partneres with Heemskerk to found what Tasmanian sparkling porducer?
Jansz
