Western Australia

Question 1

Blackwood Valley GI

Answer 1

Western Australia

South West Australia Zone

Question 2

Geographe GI

Answer 2

Western Australia

South West Australia Zone

Question 3

Great Southern GI

Answer 3

Western Australia

South West Australia Zone

Subregions: Albany, Denmark, Frankland River, Mount Barker, Porongurup

Question 4

List the GI’s that lie in-between Margaret River GI and Great Southern GI and which is the most important?

Answer 4

Geograph GI (most important)

Blackwood Valley GI

Manjimup GI

Pemberton GI

Question 5

List the three bodies of water that affect Margaret River GI?

Answer 5

Geographe Bay

Southern Ocean

Indian Ocean

Question 6

Manjimup GI

Answer 6

Western Australia

South West Australia Zone

Question 7

Margaret River GI

Answer 7

Western Australia

South West Australia Zone

Question 8

Name three zones in Western Australia that do not contain any GI’s?

Answer 8

• Central Western
• Eastern Plains, Inland & North of Western Australia
• West Australia South East Coast

Question 9

Of the five official subregions of Great Southern GI, which two lies on the coast?

Answer 9

Denmark & Albany

Question 10

Peel GI

Answer 10

Western Australia

Greater Perth Zone

Question 11

Pemberton GI

Answer 11

Western Australia

South West Australia Zone

Question 12

Perth Hills GI

Answer 12

Wester Australia

Greater Perth Zone

Question 13

Swan District GI

Answer 13

Western Australia

Greater Perth Zone

Question 14

What are the subregions of Great Southern GI?

Answer 14

Denmark GI

Albany GI

Porongurup GI

Frankland River GI

Mount Barker GI

Question 15

What are the two zones in Western Australia that contain GI’s?

Answer 15

Greater Perth Zone

South West Australia Zone

Question 16

What is the capital of Western Australia?

Answer 16

Perth

Question 17

What is the Dijon Clone known as in Margaret River GI?

Answer 17

Bernard Clone

Question 18

What is the “Gladstones Line”?

Answer 18

The line of Longitude 115˙ 18’E - that established Margaret River’s eastern border.

Question 19

What is the “Golden Triangle”?

Answer 19

Located within Wallcliffe (unofficial subregion of Margaret River GI) a term coined by James Halliday, it comprises Leeuwin Estate, Cape Mantelle & Voyager Estate - has been home to the top Australian Chardonnay for two decades.

Question 20

What is the most important ‘unofficial’ subregion of Margaret River GI?

Answer 20

Wilyabrup

Question 21

What is the most popular Chardonnay clone planted in Margaret River GI?

Answer 21

Gingin Clone (known as Mendoza elsewhere)

Question 22

What is the most western GI in Western Australia?

Answer 22

Margaret River GI

Question 23

What is the subregion of Swan District GI?

Answer 23

Swan Valley

Question 24

What is Wallcliffe?

Answer 24

An unofficial sub zone of Margaret River GI

Question 25

What is Wilyabrup?

Answer 25

An unofficial sub zone of Margaret River GI.

Question 26

What region is John Gladstones most associated with?

Answer 26

Margaret River GI

Question 27

What is the most eastern GI in Western Australia?

Answer 27

Great Southern GI

Question 28

What zone contains the vast majority of Western Australia’s vines?

Answer 28

South West Australian Zone. (the lion’s share being decided amongst Margaret River GI & Great Southern GI)

Question 29

Which GI in Western Australia is geographically a peninsula?

Answer 29

Margaret River GI

Question 30

What are the Langton’s Exceptional wines in Margaret River GI?

Answer 30

Cullen - ‘Diana Madeline’ Cabenret/Merlot (2005)

Leeuwin Estate - ‘Art Series’ Chardonnay (2000)

Moss Wood - Cabernet Sauvignon (2000)

Question 31

Between 2015-2020, which was the wettest vintage in Western Australia?

Answer 31

2017

Question 32

The Gladstone’s Line follows what mountain range?

Answer 32

Whicher Range (Whicher Scarp)