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Friday Quiz
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:48 am
by Quizmaster
Todays quiz:
Who, what, etc am I?
Initial clues....
I am the ‘first’. First what you ask? Well, that would be giving too much away. Suffice to say I was the first and the picture below has a direct correlation to me.
Not much to go on I know, more to follow.....
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:24 am
by Craig(NZ)
First great new zealand horse to have its heart stolen and displayed by an australian museum??
Phar Lap of course!!
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:41 am
by Quizmaster
Craig(NZ) wrote:First great new zealand horse to have its heart stolen and displayed by an australian museum??
Phar Lap of course!!
Whilst the resemblance may be there, no, that’s not Tommy Woodcock in the image
Keep up the good fight Craig
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:56 am
by Wycroft
Le Pin?
It would appear they're in a garage!
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:17 am
by Quizmaster
Wycroft wrote:Le Pin?
It would appear they're in a garage!
Not Le Pin. Not sure if that's a garage, suspect it's not.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:23 am
by Quizmaster
Two more clues, there are connections to:
i) phylloxera
ii) the 19th century
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:50 am
by Quizmaster
Another clue ......... the vines I originally planted no longer exist.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:10 am
by PaulV
has it to do with Victoria?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:34 am
by Barney
de Castella ?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:01 pm
by Quizmaster
PaulV wrote:has it to do with Victoria?
Yes
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:01 pm
by Quizmaster
Barney wrote:de Castella ?
No
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:15 pm
by Wycroft
Taminick Cellars?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:26 pm
by Quizmaster
Wycroft wrote:Taminick Cellars?
Nope
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:27 pm
by Quizmaster
Barney wrote:de Castella ?
However, and this is another clue, there is a Paul de Castella connection, albeit somewhat removed.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:39 pm
by PaulV
Yeringburg
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:50 pm
by chrisf
Yering Station
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:55 pm
by chrisf
St Huberts, where phylloxera reared it head again last year?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:58 pm
by Quizmaster
PaulV wrote:Yeringburg
No
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:59 pm
by Quizmaster
chrisf wrote:Yering Station
No
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:59 pm
by Quizmaster
chrisf wrote:St Huberts, where phylloxera reared it head again last year?
No
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:01 pm
by Quizmaster
There are some punts very close to the mark here, however, you're all forgetting the initial clue the picture has a direct correlation to me.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:23 pm
by griff
Dardel
cheers
Carl
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:41 pm
by Quizmaster
griff wrote:Dardel
cheers
Carl
Correct Carl
James Dardel made the first wine in the Yarra Valley in 1845 at Yering Station, Victoria’s first vineyard, planted in 1838 by the Ryrie Brothers (The Ryrie Brothers sold Yering Station to Paul de Castella in 1850 who also established St. Huberts Vineyard in1863).
Dardel established Paradise Vineyard, in Geelongs Moorabool Valley, in 1848, followed by more vineyards he called Paradise II, III and IV. Phylloxera devastated the region in the 1880s.
The original site was replanted a little over 20 years ago and the picture above is of winemakers Doug Neal (left) and Graham Bonney co-owners of Paradise IV (Photo: Eddie Jim). Paradise IV’s flagship Shiraz is called ‘Dardel’ (The 2007 Dardel is a cracker btw).