Wine Quiz 13

Martinborough is a wine region on New Zealand’s north Island and home of some of the best Pinot Noir wines.

Champagne and other sparkling European wines may do this – still wines cannot.

Columbia Valley is in Washington State on the northwest coast of the USA.

Vin Santo is a sweet wine made in Italy and some other countries, from grapes that have been dried. It is not fortified.

Martheftiko makes some very good wines in Cyprus.

This is ‘Egri Bikavér’, a powerful red wine from Hungary, its name being taken from legend for its strength-giving powers.

Sounds horrible, but it is made from the swim bladders of fish, and of course is completely removed from the wine before bottling.

This is a famous and expensive wine from the Santa Cruz Mountains in California.

Though tending to make inexpensive wine, there’s a lot of Bobal in Spain.

The Veneto is in the far northeast (surrounding the city of Venice), Basilicata is in the far south, not too far from Naples.

The main reason is to stop birds eating the fruit.

Negroamaro is a common and high quality grape in the southern Italian region of Puglia.

The barrique holds 225 litres, the Port pipe over 500 litres.

‘Dr L’ is a popular brand of German producer Dr Ernie Loosen.

This is Beaujolais, lying just south of the main Burgundy vineyards.

Chile, where the sandy soils and remoteness are said to have protected the vineyards.

The fossil-rich Kimmeridgian soils are said to give Chablis wines their particular character.

Gruaud-Larose is a 2nd Growth chateau in St Julien.

Morgon is a Beaujolais-Village, all the rest are Cotes-du-Rhone-Villages

All the rest are fortified wines, made with the addition of brandy, while Barolo is a red wine from the north of Italy.