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Tasmania and Queensland Flashcards

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Queensland

Official and Unofficial Gi’s

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(clockwise from 1:00)

  • South Burnett GI - est 2000
  • Sunshine Coast & Hinterlands
  • Brisbane & Scenic Rim
  • Gold Coast & Hinterlands
  • Granite Belt GI - est 2002
  • Darling Downs
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Granite Belt

Climate and Natural Features

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Climate:

  • Subtropical, but very high altitude (700 M+)
  • Fraught with spring frosts and rain at harvest

Natural Features:

  • Great Dividing Range
  • Granite Belt (200 year old granitic intrusion, running down into New England Australia, sometimes called the New England Tableland)
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South Burnett

Climate and Natural Features

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Climate:

  • Subtropical and continental, with more growing season rainfall than any other continental climate in the country

Natural Features:

  • Burnett River (N)
  • Blackbutt, Brisbane, and Coast Ranges (E)
  • Great Dividing Range (S)
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What is Australia’s coolest growing region?

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Tasmania

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What is Tasmania’s most notable product?

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traditional method sparkling wine

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Northern Tasmania Unofficial Subzones

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(W to E)

  • North West Coast
  • Tamar Valley
    • generally achieves ripeness earlier, making it more suitable for late ripening varieties
  • Pipers River
    • within Tamar, better for earliy ripening varieties
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Where is Jansz?; who founded it?; who owns it now?

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  • Jansz is in Pipers River (N Tasmania)
  • Founded as a collaboration between Heemskerk (Tassie) and Louis Roederer
  • Now owned by Hill-Smith Family Vineyards (Yalumba)
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Southern Tasmania Unofficial Subzones

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(W to E)

  • Huon Valley
  • Derwent Valley
  • Coal River / Richmond (longer sunlight hours, can ripen later maturing varieties)
  • East Coast
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9
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What major European wine regions can Tasmania be compared to?

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Champagne and Rheingau

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Queensland: 2 Regions

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Granite Belt (1965)
South Burnett (1993)

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This unofficial region of Queensland is posed to the be third GI:

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Darling Downs
- south of South Burnett GI

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12
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Does Queensland have any zones?

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No

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13
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Producers of the Granite Belt GI:

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Robert Channon
Boireann
Ballandean Estate

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Grapes of the Granite Belt GI?

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(63%) Shiraz, CS, Merlot
(37%) Chardonnay

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Soil of South Burnett GI?

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Basalt and Granite

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Grapes of South Burnett GI?

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(68%) Shiraz, Merlot
(32%) Verdelho, Semillon, Chardonnay

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16
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Geographical Features of South Burnett GI:

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Blackbult, Brisbane, Coast Ranges
Great Dividing Range
Brunett River

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17
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Tasmania’s Sole Appellation:

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Tasmania GI

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18
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What separates Tasmania from mainland?

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Bass Strait

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19
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Where is Piper’s River GI located?

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Northern Tasmania

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20
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Most important region of Southern Tasmania?

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Coal River

21
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Most-planted red variety of Tasmania?

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Pinot Noir
42%

22
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Most-important sparkling producer?

A

Jansz
- originally a project between Louis Roederer and Heemsherk Wines
* oldest commercial producer of sparkling

23
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Unofficial sub-regions of Northern Tasmania?

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Piper’s River
Tamar Valley
North West Coast

24
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Unofficial sub-regions of Southern Tasmania?

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Derwent Valley
Huon Valley
Coal River/Richmond
East Coast (Cranbrook/Bicheo)

25
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Producers of Tasmania (northern):

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Piper’s Brook Vineyard
Tamar Ridge
Jansz
Bay of Fires

26
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Producers of Tasmania (southern):

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Domaine A
Elsewhere Vineyard
Stefano Lubiana

27
Q

GI established in ______

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1994

28
Q

% of sparkling wine production?

A

44%

29
Q

Tasmania: white grapes

A

Chardonnay - 53%
SB
Pinot Gris
Riesling

30
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Where is the Tamar Valley located?

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Northern Tasmania

31
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When was the first commercial vineyard planted in Tasmania?

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1823

32
Q

Jansz Bottlings:

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Late Disgorges Vintage Cuvee 2014
Premium Cuvee
Vintage Cuvee 2018
Special Edition Premium ROse NV
Vintage Rose

33
Q

How old would you expect the average wine in a Grand Rutherglen Topaque to be?

A

11-20 years

34
Q

What will likely be the third GI for Queensland should it achieve approval?

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Darling Downs

35
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Why are some areas of southern Tasmania, such as Coal Creek, better able to more fully ripen grapes than regions in the north?

A

A much higher amount of sunlight hours

36
Q

Do any Queensland wines fall on the Langton’s Classification 8th Edition? No
How about Tasmania? Yes
If so can you name any of these?

A

Tasmania has 4: Arras E.J. Carr Late Disgorged, Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon, Tolpuddle Chardonnay, and Tolpuddle Pinot Noir

37
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Two GI regions of Queensland

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Granite Belt

South Burnett

38
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Year that these two GI regions were established

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2000

39
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Yea yea, Janz. Name 3 other traditional method sparkling producers of Tasmania.

A

Apogee, Piper’s River, Deluxe Vintage Brut = 45 months on lees

Bay of Fires, Piper’s River, Tasmanian Cuvee Brut

House of Arras, “EJ Carr” Late Disgorged = 14 years on lees @$100-200 AUD retail

40
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First Modern vineyard operation in continuous production? When/what/where?

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Jean Francois and Cecile Miguet planted La Provence in Piper’s River in 1956, now operating under the name of Providence Vineyards.

41
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North or South Tasmania?

A

Northwest - N

Derwent River Valley - S

Tamar Valley - N

D’Entrecasteaux Channel - S

Huon Valley - S

Piper’s River - N

Coal River Valley - S

42
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Which River flows through Hobart city?

A

The Derwent

43
Q

What is the capital city of Tasmania?

A

Hobart

44
Q

Match the notable producer with their home region of Tasmania:

Northwest
Tamar Valley
Pipers River
East Coast
Coal River Valley
Derwent Valley
D’Entrecasteaux Channel
Huon Valley

A

Darlington: D. East Coast

Moorilla: F. Derwent Valley - 1958 second oldest modern producer/vineyard

Two Tonne Tasmania: B. Tamar Valley

Sinapius: C. Pipers River, Pipers Brook Vineyard

Tolpuddle: E. Coal River Valley, Tolpuddle Pinot Noir 8th. Ed. Langston’s Classified

Mewstone: G. D’Entrecasteaux Channel top producer

Chatto: H. Huon Valley, Jim Chatto coming from success in Hunter Valley, NSW est 2012

45
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Tasmania’s 2000 ha. of land under vine is roughly equivalent to which vanguard wine region?

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Napa Valley @1700 ha

Haut Medoc @4200 ha

Côte de Nuits @3200 ha

Barolo $$$ 2000 ha

46
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T/F Huon Valley is considerably colder and wetter than Derwent and Coal River Valleys.

A

True

47
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T/F Tasmania’s North Coast region benefits from a rainshadow effect, moving west to east rainfall drastically disappears dropping from 2400mm in areas close by winegrowing areas to 440 mm in the most prized locations in any of the three regions.

A

True

48
Q

Where do we find the “Strange Bird Wine Guide”?

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Granite Belt, Queensland

Strange Birds is what we call our many alternative (or emerging) wine varieties. These exciting wines are lesser known and rarer to find in Australia. As a rule, we only call it a Strange Bird if the grapes are grown on the Granite Belt and represent less than 1% of Australia’s vines.

49
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What Best Western wine received Langston’s 1st Classfied?

A

Best’s Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz

50
Q

What Tasmanian wine is on Langston’s?

A

Tolpuddle Vineyard Chard and Pinot Noir

51
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Tasmania’s wind?

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The Roaring Forties are extremely powerful westerly winds that blow in the Southern Hemisphere between latitudes 40° and 50°.

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