Wine Quiz 3

These are three distincy sub-regions within Rioja in Northern Spain.

Phylloxera is the name of a vine eating insect that devastated vineyards across the world in the 19th century and is still a problem today.

Vouvray comes from the central part of the Loire Valley and is made from the Chenin Blanc grape.

Sanlucar is home to Manzanilla Sherry, said to get its salty tang from its proximity to the sea.

Retsina is flavoured with a small amount of pine resin.

Port tongs were traditional heated to red hot in a fire and used to cleanly snap the neck of the bottle.

As well as Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier a number of other grapes are permitted in Champagne, but not Gros Manseng.

Avelsbach is the village, Hammerstein the vineyard, from which this wine comes.

Honeysuckle is the Aboriginal translation of Coonawarra, one of Australia’s most famous red wine regions.

These are forests in central France where some of the highest quality oak trees are grown for the production of wine barrels.

The Methuen treaty is important in the history of Port, as it strengthened trade between Portugal and England.

These are sweet French wines, made with gentle fortification, examples include Muscat de Beaumes de Venise.

Mendoza is by far the biggest wine region in Argentina, a high desert near the Andes.

This is the literal translation of the Dolcetto grape whose home is in Piedmont, Italy.

The others have all been produced and released, but the winemaker’s name is a clue as to why Roman.E.Conti does not exist!

These are three of the 10 ‘Cru’ villages, producers of the best Beaujolais wines.

Wormwood was once used to produce Vermouth, but is no longer permitted.

The South African Cape’s ‘Cap Classique’ wines are traditional method sparkling wines of generally high quality.

Usually shortened on the label to ‘DOCG’ the top tier of Italian wine is Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita

These are Kings featured in the bible, and are used for different sizes of wine bottle.