Wine Quiz 17 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. Rueda wines come from which country?RomaniaChileSpainPortugalItaly 2. I’m a blend of Graciano, Mazuelo and Tempranillo. What am I?BaroloRiojaSherrySalice Salentino Priorat 3. In France, ‘Appellation Controllee’ has officially become what? DOG (Designation d'Origine Geographique) IGP (Indication Geographique) APE (Appellation Protegee Exclusif) AOP (Appellation d'Origine Protegee) RAT (Ratification d'Appellation Total) 4. How much residual sugar is in a Champagne labelled as ‘Extra Dry’?less than 5g/l 6 - 11g/l 12 - 17g/l 18 - 32g/l more than 32g/l 5. What is ‘Coulure’?A wine region in the Roussillon A grand Cru of Alsace A rosé made by blending red and white wine A cocktail of Cremant d'Alsace and cassis A problem where grapes fail to develop 6. Fermenting in small oak barrels is very common for which variety?ChardonnayCabernet Sauvignon Riesling Merlot Sauvignon Blanc 7. In which country is the wine region of Carnuntum?Austria HungarySwitzerland Germany Croatia 8. Which Australian Wine Region is this? AdelaideGreat Southern Gippsland Margaret River Frankland River 9. Which red wine had to be made with a proportion of white wine grapes until the 1990s?Cote-Rotie Chianti ClassicoChinonChiroubles Cheverney 10. What is a ‘Gyropallette’ used for?Robotically testing wine for flavour compounds Aerating a wine through a vortex before drinking Preparing sparkling wines for disgorgement Replicating the effect of swirling a wine inside the mouth Limbering up before foot-treading grapes 11. The sparkling wine Franciacorta can be made from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and…Pinot Meunier Macabeo Arbane Pinot Blanc Garganega 12. Biodynamic winemaking aims to completely ban the use of what?Cultured yeasts Sulphur New oak barrels Mechanical harvestingMetal fence posts 13. Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc are the genetic ‘parents’ of which variety?Pinot Gris CarmenereRuby Cabernet Sauvignon Gris Cabernet Sauvignon 14. Type the missing word in this factual statement: The six grapes of red Bordeaux wines are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and 15. Why is this tank of wine so icy cold? It contains icewineThe wine is being stabilisedThe wine is being made kosherIt's an experiment to preserve wine for 1000 yearsThe wine is in the tropics 16. I’m drinking Nerello Mascalese. Where is it most likely to have come from?Piedmont Lombardy Sicily Le MarcheLazio 17. match these appellations to the appropriate grape varieties:Madiran NegretteUnselectMansoisUnselectGros MansengUnselectMalbecUnselectTannatUnselectFronton NegretteUnselectMansoisUnselectGros MansengUnselectMalbecUnselectTannatUnselectCahors NegretteUnselectMansoisUnselectGros MansengUnselectMalbecUnselectTannatUnselectMarcillac NegretteUnselectMansoisUnselectGros MansengUnselectMalbecUnselectTannatUnselectJurancon NegretteUnselectMansoisUnselectGros MansengUnselectMalbecUnselectTannatUnselect 18. For which wine is the formation of ‘Voile’ essential?Champagne Communion WineMadeiraVin Jaune Kosher wine 19. What wine is in this bottle? Chateau Petrus Chateau La Croix Chateau Les Clefs Chateauneuf-du-PapeChateau Beychevelle 20. Which of these New Zealand regions is best known for Bordeaux style wines?Marlborough Waiheke IslandCentral OtagoNelson Martinborough Loading...
