Australia

Question 1

Where is wine produced in Australia?

Answer 1

• Southern 10% of the country
• more temperate regions
• Below the 30th parallel of latitude

Question 2

What is the top white grape of Australia?

Answer 2

Chardonnay

Question 3

What is the top red grape of Australia?

Answer 3

• Shiraz
• Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 4

What are the top regions of Australia?

Answer 4

• Western Australia
  
  • Margaret River
• South Australia
  
  • Barossa Valley
  • Eden Valley
  • Clare Valley
  • McLaren Vale
  • Coonawarra
• Victoria
• New South Wales
  
  • Hunter Valley

Question 5

Where does Australia rank in terms of world wine production?

Answer 5

6th

Question 6

What are the major historic events in Australia leading up to wine production?

Answer 6

• 1788 - Wine planted in Sydney from S. Africa
• Late 1800s - Phylloxera in Victoria/New S. Wales
• 1900 - Sweet fortified wines
• 1960s - Followed world in dry varietal wines. Birth of Shiraz
• 1980s - Penfold’s Grange Shiraz

Question 7

Why has Australian wine had such success in the US?

Answer 7

• Inexpensive wines (international currency exchange)
• Easy to understand
• Made specifically for Americans

Question 8

What percentage of grape varietal listed on a label must be in a wine?

Recognized wine region?

Answer 8

• 85%
• 85%

Question 9

What is the Australian wine classification system?

Answer 9

Geographic Indications (GI) - similar to AVA

Question 10

What is significant about Chardonnay produced in Australia?

Answer 10

• Can range widely in style and quality
• Cooler climate = reserved and acidity

Question 11

What is significant abouit Shiraz produced in Australia?

Answer 11

• Heat loving grape
• Ripe and cooked berry fruit
• Rich body
• High alcohol

Question 12

What is significant about Cabernet Sauvignon produced in Australia?

Answer 12

• Powerful
• Rich
• Dark fruit
• Noticeably soft tannin structure

Question 13

What is the soil like in Australia?

Answer 13

• Acidic
• High in salinity
• Because = erosion
• Result: limits yields = higher quality wine

Question 14

What are the top wine producing regions and wine styles in W. Australia?

Answer 14

• Margaret River
  
  • Maritime influence (Indian Ocean/S. Ocean)
  • Dry red wines (Shiraz/Cab Sauv)
  • Complex Chardonnay
• Swan River Valley GI
  
  • Hot/lack of rainfall
  • Fortified wines/jug wines

Question 15

What are the top producing wine regions in South Australia?

Answer 15

• Barossa Valley
• Eden Valley
• McLaren Vale
• Clare Valley
• Coonawarra

Question 16

What is the primary grape varietal in Barossa Valley?

Grape(s)

Climate

Subregion

Answer 16

• Shiraz, Grenache, Cab Sauv
• Warm, dry climate
• Subregional GI Eden Valley
  
  • Cooler climats/high elevation
  • high-quality, dry Riesling
  • legendary Shiraz

Question 17

What is significant about Clare Valley?

Climate

Grape

Answer 17

• Temperate to cool climate
• Long, sunny days
• Dry Rieslings
• Full-bodied complex Cab Sauv and Shiraz

Question 18

What is significant of McLaren Vale?

Climate

Grape(s)

Answer 18

• Coastal region = warm climate
• Wide Range: Shiraz, Cabernet, light white, dessert

Question 19

What is significant of Coonawarra GI?

Location

Soil

Grape

Answer 19

• Southernmost winemaking zone of S. Australia
• Terra rossa soil (red clay and sand)
• Cabernet Sauv.

Question 20

Stickies

Answer 20

• Before 1960s
  
  • Sweet, fortified wines
  • Muscat
  • Tokay (Muscadelle)
• Victoria still produces Stickies

Question 21

What are some notable GIs in Victoria?

Answer 21

• Yarra Valley (Pinot Noir)
• Rutherglen: (Stickies)

Question 22

What is significant of the Victoria Zone?

• Climate
• Wine Style
• GIs

Answer 22

• Cool Maritime (coastal)
• Hot Mediterranean (inland)
• Fortified Wines
• Yarra Valley: Pinot Noir, Chard, Cab Sauv
• Rutherglen (stickies)

Question 23

What is significant of New South Wales?

• Main City
• Climate
• GIs / Grape Varietals

Answer 23

• Sydney
• Warm and muggy
• GIs:
  
  • Hunter Valley
    
    • Upper Hunter Valley - Chardonnay
    • Lower Hunter Valley - Shiraz/Semillon
  • Riverina - bulk wines + fortified wines

Question 24

Tasmania

• Climate
• Grapes

Answer 24

• Small amount of wine production
• Cool climate
• High quality
• Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sparkling

Question 25

Western Australia * GI * Grapes * Terroir

Answer 25

* Margaret River * White: Chard, Ries * Red: Cab Sauv * Marine Influenced