Wine Quiz 19

‘Orange wine’ normally refers to the hazy, deep yellow/orange colour of white natural wines with long skin contact.

Valdobbiadene is one of the main towns of the Prosecco wine producing region in Treviso, northern Italy

Busby is largely responsible for the development of the Australian wine industry, having traveled to Europe and returned to plant vineyards in the early 19th century.

Whilst several European regions claim the highest vineyards, Tenerife appears to be the conclusive winner as other contenders including Italy, Cyprus and Switzerland only reach 1400m at most. Argentina has vineyards at over 3,000 metres.

The rapper Jay Z has owned the brand and its iconic ‘Ace of Spades’ Champagne outright since 2014.

These appellations span over 200km north to south.

Napoleon is said to have shipped 297 gallons of Constantia to his home in wooden barrels

Chester Osborne is one of the most colourful characters on the winemaking scene, along with his dad d’Arry Osborne they run the d’Arenberg estate in Australia.

In 2015 Prosecco sold 37.3m bottles in the UK, as opposed to 9.8m bottles of Champagne.

Pink table wine carrying the IGP or PDO classification can be made by blending red and white wines together, contrary to a common belief that only Champagne is allowed to do this. In practice, there are extremely few rosés made this way.

Zibibbo is indeed the same grape as Muscat of Alexandria.

The Dundee Hills is home to some top Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Oregon

English doctor Christopher Merret preceded Dom Perignon by a number of years, in documenting the method for producing Champagne and similar sparkling wines.

Puncheon, Hogshead and Demi-Muid are all types of barrel

This is the label of the famous sweet wine Chateau d’Yquem from Sauternes in France

Though Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier are by far the most important varieties in Champagne, these very minor grapes are grown and may be used in the blend too.

Fermentation produces roughly equal parts alcohol and carbon dioxide

Colares, close to Lisbon, has soils of almost pure sand in which the Phylloxera louse cannot survive.

Port will typically have around 20% alcohol by volume while Moscato d’Asti will have 6% alcohol by volume.

The famous Ürziger Würzgarten vineyard is in the Mosel Valley, Germany