Wine Quiz 16

Albariño is a grape at home in northwest Spain and Portugal (where it is known as Alvarhino) and making white wines.

This is the main wine growing region of Lebanon, a high altitude plain between coastal and interior mountains.

In Cote-Rotie in the Rhone Valley a little white Viognier is often added to red Syrah, and Syrah winemakers around the world sometimes do the same.

This is a cross-bred grape that ripens well in cool climates, and quite popular for English still wines.

This is the far north of Portugal, where Vinho Verde is produced.

This is the logo of the Torres family, based in Catalunya in Spain but with interests across the country and beyond.

Lodi is a central valley in California, just east of San Francisco.

Gavi wines, from the northwest of Italy, are crisp whites made from the Cortese grape.

Both are from Swartland, Columella made by Eben Sadie, and Secateurs by Adi Badenhorst.

Burying a cow’s horn filled with manure in the vineyard is just one small aspect of biodynamic methodology.

Zalto is a brand name of some very expensive and beautiful wine glasses (stemware) with a distinctive shape.

Pouilly-Fume is in the Loire, but the similarly named Pouily-Fuisse is in Burgundy.

Mount Barker is a relatively cool region in Western Australia.

This glass is used in tasting rooms in the Cahors region of Southwest France.

Tartaric acid is abundant in ripe grapes. Sometimes winemakers do need to add more acid for balance.

2011 is regarded as one of the finest Port vintages of recent decades.

The slate soils of the Douro Valley and of the Mosel Valley are both regarded as vital to wine quality.

Yes, Barbaresco has around one third of the production of Barolo normally.

The Vinolock is an excellent closure and guaranteed taint-free, but quite expensive for a winemaker to use.

French spelling has no accents on the word. The version with an umlaut (two dots) above the letter ‘u’ is the German spelling.