Wine Quiz 13 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. Martinborough is a wine region in which country?AustraliaUSANew ZealandSouth AfricaEngland 2. What is the French term for the technique used to make rosé Champagne, by mixing red and white wines?RemuageAssemblageMoitié et MoitiéMélangeRoseate 3. The Columbia Valley wine region is where?ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaOntarioWashington StateIdaho 4. 'Vin Santo' wine could be described as what?a sweet, fortified winea gently sparkling Italian winea wine made from dried grapesa wine made from Botrytised grapessacramental wine 5. In which of these are you likely to drink a wine made from the Maratheftiko variety?BulgariaCyprusAlbaniaCorsicaMoldova 6. 'Bull's Blood' wine comes from where?PortugalMexicoHungaryRomaniaArgentina 7. Sometimes used to clarify wine, isinglass is made from what?cow hornsthe swim-bladders of fishsheep's intenstineschicken droppingsbull's blood 8. What Californian American Viticultural Area (AVA) is missing from this label? Arroyo GrandeSanta Cruz MountainsLivermore ValleyPaso RoblesSonoma Mountain 9. Bobal is a common wine grape in which country?PortugalBrazilBulgariaSpainCanada 10. Drag these Italian regions to arrange them in order from the top, as they run north to south: Veneto Abruzzo Calabria Umbria Basilicata 11. What is a common reason for placing nets over vines as fruit ripens?to keep the foliage tidyto stop birds eating the berriesto catch fruit that fall off the bunchto wrap the vines against cold windsto encourage insects to live amongst the vines 12. One of Puglia's most common grapes is:SangioveseNebbioloDolcettoCorvinaNegroamaro 13. Drag these barrels into the correct order of size, from smallest at the top down to largest at the bottom: Hogshead Port Pipe Barrique Puncheon 14. Who or what is ' Dr L' in the wine world?A wind that blows through South African vineyardsPatrick Lesalle, inventor of the pneumatic wine pressDr Ernie Loosen, German wine producer'Ligonite', a mineral used to give Chablis its characteristic biteGiovanni Lambrusco, inventor of the wine of the same name 15. Which wine region is this? ChampagneAlsaceChablisBordeauxBeaujolais 16. Which country's wine industry was largely unaffected by the Phylloxera louse?HungaryAustraliaChileUSAGermany 17. Kimmeridgian soils are synonymous with which wine region?PortChablisVinho VerdeRed BurgundySherry 18. Which level of classified growth (Cru Classé) is Chateau Gruaud-Larose in Bordeaux?1st Growth2nd Growth3rd Growth4th Growth5th Growth 19. Which is the odd one out?RasteauVinsobresValreasMorgonCairanne 20. One of these is very much the odd one out. Which one?BaroloBanyulsMarsalaPortMalaga Loading...
