Wine Quiz 25 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. Where is the Jura wine region?Northern ItalyThe Outer HebridesSouthern GermanyThe Island of SicilyEastern France 2. Grenache is often blended with which grape?MourvedreFernao PiresPinot NoirSauvignon BlancNebbiolo 3. Place the wine in the region it comes fromBarbaresco PiedmontUnselectJerezUnselectTuscanyUnselectDouroUnselectBurgundyUnselectSantenay PiedmontUnselectJerezUnselectTuscanyUnselectDouroUnselectBurgundyUnselectAmontillado PiedmontUnselectJerezUnselectTuscanyUnselectDouroUnselectBurgundyUnselectBrunello PiedmontUnselectJerezUnselectTuscanyUnselectDouroUnselectBurgundyUnselectPort PiedmontUnselectJerezUnselectTuscanyUnselectDouroUnselectBurgundyUnselect 4. What is happening in this vineyard? Killing pests during an aphid attackWarding off frost during a cold snapBurning away mildewConditioning the soilCreating toasty aromas in the wine 5. Corsica is Italy's second-largest wine producing island. True or False?TrueFalse 6. The Bekaa Valley is the most important wine region in which country?IsraelChileLebanonArgentinaTurkey 7. Which New Zealand wine region is highlighted? MarlboroughMartinboroughCentral OtagoHawke's BayGisborne 8. These five Châteaux were each given a different ranking in the famous 1855 Classification of the Médoc. Drag them into order, from 1st Growth at the top, down to 5th Growth at the bottom. Château Talbot Château Palmer Château Léoville-Poyferré, Château Margaux Château Lynch-Bages 9. Merwah and Obaideh are white wine grapes, indigenous to which country?LebanonAlgeriaDenmarkIsraelArmenia 10. One of the parents of Chardonnay is Pinot NoirTrueFalse 11. Approximately how many different wine grape varieties are in commercial production?801401,40014,000140,000 12. The Minoan civilisation made wine on this island around 3,000 BC. Can you name it? CyprusCephaloniaPantelleriaSkyeCrete 13. Which wine comes from white soil composed of chalk and marine fossils, known as 'albariza'?ChablisChampagneSherryBeaujolaisPouilly-Fumé 14. Name these wine regions, then rearrange them so their initial letters spell a popular grape variety. German region of steep slopes, slate soils, and Riesling Longest French river, growing Chenin and Sauvignon Blanc Australian region for Cabernet grown in terra rossa soils Nebbiolo is the grape in Piedmont's most famous wine region Sicily's volcanic hot spot for premium wines France's Germanic region - also famous for Riesling The grape variety is 15. This Bordeaux 'classed growth' Château features a Ferret Rampant on its label. Which one is it? Château FerrièreChâteau BeletteChâteau PédesclauxChâteau BelgraveChâteau Putois 16. Some wine regions have a distinctive bottle shape. Match the region to the bottle.Jura, France UnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectRheingau, Germany UnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectBordeaux, France UnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectBurgundy, France UnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectFranken, Germany UnselectUnselectUnselectUnselectUnselect 17. Dornfelder, Portugieser and Trollinger are three red wine grape varieties grown in a country normally associated with white wine. Which country?GermanyAustriaHungarySwitzerlandSlovenia 18. Edelzwicker is a type of wine from Alsace. From what grape variety is it made?RieslingAuxerroisPinot NoirGewurztraminerIt is a blend of varieties 19. This tree is intrinsic to the production of which wine? MadeiraRetsinaAmaroneTokajiBeaujolais Nouveau 20. We've taken a five year average, 2017-2021, of the annual wine production of five countries. Rank them from top (biggest volume) to bottom (lowest volume): Italy Spain France Germany Australia Loading...
