Wine Quiz 20 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. ‘Vin Gris’ is what colour?GreyRedOrangePinkTawny 2. Where in Italy is Friuli wine region?North-east Italy Southern Italy North-west Italy Central Italy On Sardinia 3. Spain’s sparkling wine CAVA can only be produced in Penedes, just west of Barcelona.TrueFalse 4. What is or are ‘Qvevri’?The most important wine grape in Cyprus In Egyptian times, the world's first winemakers Clay pots used for making wine The stakes used to support young vines Terraces cut into the hillsides for Tenerife's vineyards 5. Mousseux and Blanquette wines are….SweetFortifiedSparklingOff-dryNon-alcoholic 6. Drag these wine regions in the correct order, north to south: Emilia Romagna Alto Adige Campania Tuscany Calabria 7. Portugal’s Aragonez is a synonym for which great grape of Rioja?GarnachaTempranilloCencibelMazueloMataro 8. This ingenious device is commonly known by what name? Waiter's FriendFootman's FeetParlour-Maid's PincersCook's ClampButler's Thief 9. Which wine region suffered extensive wildfire damage in autumn 2017?Napa CaliforniaBurgundy, FranceMendoza, ArgentinaColchagua, ChileStellenbosch, South Africa 10. What is the name of the winery owned by former US President, Donald J Trump?Chateau Toupée Agent Orange Wines Rocketman Wines Bewildering Wines Trump Winery 11. To be ‘Grand Cru’ a Champagne vineyard has to be in a village rated as how many points out of 100?Over 90Over 98Over 85100Over 95 12. What is ‘Coravin’?The Committee de Organisation Raisonnée à Vin, supporting sustainable vineyard practices The basket traditionally used by grape pickers A device for preserving wineThe Control Office for Ratification of Viticulture In CanadaThe long tube used to draw-off wine from a barrel 13. The Rutherglen region of Australia is most famous for what style of wine?Sweet fortified winesChardonnay winesTonic winesSparkling winesIcewines 14. Type the missing word in this factual statement: 'Chaptalisation' refers to the practice of adding to enrich and boost eventual alcohol in a wine. 15. What – if anything – is wrong with this bottle? Musigny is a red wine Musigny is not a Premier Cru Musigny was not made in 1990 Musigny does not come from BurgundyThere's nothing wrong here 16. What’s the odd one out, geographically?MadiranJurançon BandolCahorsFronton 17. Match these countries to the correct wine region: Hungary KakhetiUnselectEmpordaUnselectSerra GaúchaUnselectTras-os-MontesUnselectEgerUnselectPortugal KakhetiUnselectEmpordaUnselectSerra GaúchaUnselectTras-os-MontesUnselectEgerUnselectGeorgia KakhetiUnselectEmpordaUnselectSerra GaúchaUnselectTras-os-MontesUnselectEgerUnselectBrazil KakhetiUnselectEmpordaUnselectSerra GaúchaUnselectTras-os-MontesUnselectEgerUnselectSpain KakhetiUnselectEmpordaUnselectSerra GaúchaUnselectTras-os-MontesUnselectEgerUnselect 18. Which of these vine training systems does not support the vine on wires?Gobelet Scott-Henry Lyre Geneva Double Curtain Single Guyot 19. Traditionally, which would be the perfect vessel to enjoy a glass of Petite Champagne? ABCDE 20. How does the Ancestral Method of making sparkling wine differ from the Champagne, or Traditional Method?The base wine must be made in amphorae Carbon dioxide is injected into individual bottles with a syringe Liqueur de tirage is not added, and the wine is not disgorged It must be made from pre-Phylloxera grapes The base wine is fermented in chestnut wood barrels Loading...
