Wine Quiz 12 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. Okanagan is a region in which wine country?CaliforniaArgentinaEnglandNew ZealandCanada 2. What is Vitis labrusca?Roman God of wineThe end of harvest celebration danceThe ancient Greek wine routeone of the family of grape vinesItalian wine, red and often lightly sparkling 3. What is 'umami'?a wine from Sicilyanother name for the Mourvedre grapethe fifth taste along with sweet, sour, salty and bitterAn African tribe thought to have first invented winethe process of drying grapes on mats 4. The well known wine brand Casillero del Diablo means what?the devil's cellarthe devil's castlethe devil's drinkthe devil's workthe devil's caravan 5. The grape 'Tinta de Toro' is also known as what?TannatTempranilloTouriga NacionalTrebbianoTraminer 6. Which of these is a real wine brand?Napolean BeaunapartBarolo LaughsLife is a CabernetQue Syrah SyrahMarilyn Merlot 7. When a winemaker talks of 'must weight' what does he or she mean?the volume of juice produced from a tonne of grapesthe sugar concentration in the juicethe weight of the solids left after fermentation (skins, etc)the weight of the floating cap on the fermenting juiceA sign to tell vineyard workers to delay picking 8. which country's wines bear this stamp of approval? USAItalySwitzerlandCanadaGeorgia 9. Which is the odd one out? CigalesAlicanteBairradaCalatayudNavarra 10. What does 'Cosecha' mean on a Spanish wine label?single vineyardestate bottledcertifiedyear of vintageaged in oak 11. Where is the wine region of Paarl?USAChileSouth AfricaBrazilAustria 12. Which is NOT a renowned Riesling growing area?Hunter ValleyClare ValleyMosel ValleyEden ValleyAlsace 13. What is the purpose of this device in a vineyard? scaring birdsreducing frost riskwatering vinescooling vineyard workers 14. A winemaker could use a 'spinning cone' to do what?amuse himself during quiet periodslower the alcohol in a wineremove excess water content from grapespredict when it will rainseparate wine from skins and pips 15. Where is the Waiheke Island wine region?New ZealandHawaiiCaliforniaThailandAustralia 16. Drag these Italian regions into the right order from the top, so they run North to South: Tuscany Trentino Lombardy Lazio Puglia 17. The blend is Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel.lo. What's the wine? MadeiraSherryCavaPortTokaji 18. If you drink 8 large (250ml) glasses of wine at 14% ABV per week, how many standard UK units of alcohol have you consumed?1014202836 19. Drag these Bordeaux into ranking order, according to the 1855 classification: Lascombes Lafite Lynch-Bages Lafon-Rochet Lagrange 20. What is the world's most southerly commercial vineyard region?Bio Bio, ChileWalker Bay, South AfricaTasmania, AustraliaCentral Otago, New ZealandNeuquen, Argentina Loading...
