Wine Quiz 14

Jumilla is a region in southeastern Spain.

These sweet and usually sparkling Italian wines typically have 5% to 6% alcohol only.

Most traditional European regions are closely associated with particular grape varieties.

Sekt is the popular sparkling wine of Germany, often the best are made from the Riesling grape.

Many fine wines have a little VA, or volatile acidity, but in excess it can smell of nail polish remover.

The name of this region near Lisbon was changed to Lisboa.

One of Australia’s most expensive wines, Hill of Grace is made from Shiraz.

It’s the ‘R’ of Krug, a leading Champagne house.

Troops of hungry baboons laid waste to many rows of vines in the Cape. They are a perennial site in and around the vineyards.

These are some of the top wine villages in the Rhone Valley.

Elqui is high in the Atacama desert, Bio Bio is one of the newsest and most southerly regions.

Xarel.lo often catches out editors and writers.

Not far from Jerez, the home of Sherry, Montilla-Moriles makes deliciously similar wines.

The slightly unkind name is for a junior winery worker, often a student or intern learning their trade.

This is the Geneva Double Curtain.

Awatere is one of the main valleys of Marlborough.

On a clear day the dome of St Peter’s glistens in the sunlight when viewed from Frascati.

Commonly referred to as ‘dosage’ this is the mix of sugar and wine, placed into Champagne bottles after the secondary fermentation to balance the acidity.

Margaret River is a two hour drive from Perth. Perth is over 2,100 kilometres away from nearest city of 1 million population.

Part of a small class of grapes called ‘Tienturier’, or tinted grapes, these are unlike most black or red grapes that have green flesh and clear juice.