Wine Quiz 15

Though there are barrels made from chestnut and acacia for example, oak is far and away the most common wood employed.

Grappa is traditionally made from these leftovers, unlike Brandy that is distilled from wine.

Setubal is a peninsula just below Lisbon.

Pronounced Chak-oh-lee, this is a wine from the cool northwest coast of Spain.

Hawkes Bay on the North Island is renowned for excellent Syrah, Central Otago on the South Island for Pinot Noir.

Thermenregion is in Austria, just south of Vienna.

The Marquis of Pombal established state control over the Port wine trade, in turn demarcating the Douro vineyards.

This is Lazio, sandwiched between Tuscany to the north and Campania to the south.

In this Trebbiano is mostly associated with Abruzzo, though it is a very common grape variety – also known as Ugni Blanc.

This is a less well-known region in the east of the Loire Valley.

Both were winemakers for the famous Cloudy Bay.

The Finger Lakes are in upstate New York, not too far from the Canadian border.

Montagny is not a Grand Cru of Burgundy.

Originally produced in Australia, these are surplus wines from good wineries, sold cheaply in unlabelled bottles.

This traditional instrument is the ‘Tastevin’ with facets meant to reflect the light in gloomy wine cellars.

Geographe and Manjimup are regions of Western Australia, not too far from the city of Perth.

Yes, ‘Dry’ is actually sweeter than ‘Brut’ which has an upper limit of 12g/l

A battle fought on the property in the 15th century is said to give this estate its name.

Regnie is in Beaujolais, the others are in the Rhone valley.

Diacetyl has a pronounced buttery quality.