Western Australia

Question 1

Year vineyards were 1st planted in Western Australia

Answer 1

1829

• Planted by Thomas Waters in Swan Valley

Question 2

Who planted Western Australia’s 1st vineyards?; where and when?

Answer 2

• Thomas Waters
• Swan Valley
• 1829

Question 3

Western Australia

Zones

Answer 3

• South West Australia
• Greater Perth

(CWA, WASEC, EP-I-NoWA)

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

Question 4

Greater Perth

Regions and Subregions

Answer 4

• Peel
• Perth Hills
• Swan District
  
  • Swan Valley (sub)

Question 5

South West Australia Zone

Regions

Answer 5

• Margaret River GI
• Geographe GI
• Blackwood Valley GI
• Manjimup GI
• Pemberton GI
• Great Southern GI

Question 6

Hottest GI in Australia

Answer 6

Swan Valley

• w/in Swan District of Greater Perth

Question 7

Western Australia

Main Region GI

Major styles of wine

Answer 7

Margaret River

• Red Bordeaux blends
• White Bordeaux blends and Chardonnay

Question 8

Swan District

Subregion

Answer 8

Swan Valley

Question 9

Western Australia

Two oldest wineries

Answer 9

• Houghton, 1836
• Sandalford, 1840

Question 10

Great Southern

5 Subregions

Answer 10

• Frankland River
• Mount Barker
• Porongurup
• Albany
• Denmark

Question 11

Margaret River

Climate

Answer 11

Maritime

• Compared to Bordeaux

Question 12

Gladstone line

• Longitude
• Natural Feature

Answer 12

• 115 18’E
• Whicher Range

Question 13

Year John Gladstones proposed subzones for Margaret River

Answer 13

1999

• Catalogued by drainage direction of various rivers and creeks, which corresponds to the direction of airflow
• Soils were not a consideraton

Question 14

Margaret River

Unofficial Subzones

Answer 14

N ot S

• Yallingup
• Carbunup
• Willyabrup
• Treeton
• Wallcliffe
• Karridale

Question 15

“First Five” producers and related Subzones

Answer 15

• Vasse Felix, Cullen, Moss Wood
  
  • Willyabrup
• Leeuwin Estate, Cape Mentelle
  
  • Wallcliffe

Question 16

Gingin clone

Answer 16

Gingin clone

• Chardonnay clone popular in Margaret River
• Known elsewhere as Mendoza
• Prone to millerendage

Question 17

Margaret River

1st Winery

Inaugural Vintage and Wine

Answer 17

Vasse Felix

• Founded by Dr. Tom Cullity
• 1971 Riesling
• 1st red was 1972 Cabernet Sauvignon-Malbec

Question 18

Margaret River

2 Capes

Answer 18

• Cape Naturaliste (N)
• Cape Leeuwin (S)

Question 19

Margaret River

Major Natural Features

Answer 19

• Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge
  
  • Rolling hills running N to S, from Cape Naturaliste to Augusta (Cape Leeuwin)
• Geographe Bay (N)
• Indian Ocean (W)
• Southern Ocean (S)

Question 20

Margaret River

Soils

Answer 20

Gravelly or gritty sandy loam, over granite and gness