Wine Quiz 1 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. What country in this list has a valid claim as the birthplace of wine?Romania France Mexico GeorgiaEngland 2. Rioja is a wine from Spain, but what is Rioja?a grape variety a regiona brand name a Spanish word meaning 'King of wines'The name of the producer 3. The famous French wine Chablis is made from which grape variety?Sauvignon blanc Chenin Blanc Pinot Blanc Chardonnay Viognier 4. What is vin-de-presse?Juice released from fermented grapes by pressingJuice released from fermented grapes without pressing Wine flavoured with lemonWine made for long ageing The lowest official category of French wine 5. Approximately how old are the trees used for the best French barrels?25 years old 150 years old 300 years old 500 years old 1000 years old 6. ‘Malolactic fermentation’ refers to which process?creating Champagne in individual bottles leaving grapes on the vine until they shrivelthe creation of "fino" sherryclearing wine of all solid matter prior to bottling the conversion of harsh acid into softer acid 7. Which glass is the ideal shape for wine tasting? glass Aglass Bglass Cglass Dglass E 8. Barbaresco wines come from which region of Italy?Lombardy Puglia Le Marche Tuscany Piedmont 9. What wine-making action is referred to as ‘Pumping over’, or 'Remontage'?pumping wine across oak chips to add flavourpumping wine from bottom to top of the fermentation tank Pumping sparkling wine under pressure pumping wine over gas burners to pasteurize it removing the oxygen from just-bottled wines with a vacuum pump 10. The Bordeaux name for a traditional oak barrel is:Berrenque Ballique Petanque Barrique Bourgeuil 11. What does 'LBV' stand for on a bottle of Port?Low bottle volume Light Botrytis vintage Late budding vines Limited bottle vintageLate bottled vintage 12. White wines can be made from:any colour of grapes green grapes onlygreen or red grapes - but not black black grapes only white skinned grapes only 13. In Burgundy, which is the highest ranking classification?Grand Cru Premier Cru Cru Exceptionnel Cru Royale Cru Grand Bourgeois 14. In which larger wine region are Pauillac, St-Estephe and St-Julien?Graves St-Emilion Entre-Deux-Mers MédocPomerol 15. What is this man doing? Adding "flor" to fino sherry Preparing Champagne for disgorgement Encouraging tannins to form in Claret Inspecting bottles for cracks Emptying faulty bottles of tawny Port 16. ‘Cooking’ it at high heat is a step in the production of which wine?Amontillado sherryMadeira Crusted portBlossom HillVermouth 17. Match these wine valleys to their countries:Okanagen GermanyUnselectCanadaUnselectUSAUnselectChileUnselectAustraliaUnselectMaipo GermanyUnselectCanadaUnselectUSAUnselectChileUnselectAustraliaUnselectYarra GermanyUnselectCanadaUnselectUSAUnselectChileUnselectAustraliaUnselectNapa GermanyUnselectCanadaUnselectUSAUnselectChileUnselectAustraliaUnselectAhr GermanyUnselectCanadaUnselectUSAUnselectChileUnselectAustraliaUnselect 18. The Côte de Nuits is famous mostly for its:Dry white wines Sparkling wines Sweet white winesBeaujolais wines Red wines 19. Which of these wines is the odd one out?MontrachetMeursault Pouilly-FuisséPommardSt-Véran 20. Where are the Temecula and Paso Robles wine regions?Argentina Mexico California Spain Texas Loading...
