Wine Quiz 3 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. Alta, Alavesa and Baja make up which larger wine region?Chianti Ribera del Duero Sonoma RiojaThe Maipo Valley 2. What is Phylloxera?The Noble Rot A fungal vine disease A substance used to clarify wine Another name for mildew An insect that eats vine roots 3. The wine Vouvray comes from which region?The Loire Valley The Rhone Valley Entre-Deux-MersJurancon Minervois 4. Sanlucar is important in making which specific wine?Manzanilla Sherry Vintage Port PX Sherry Chateau YquemAmontillado Sherry 5. What gives the Greek wine Retsina its distinctive flavour?Cypress Cedar Hickory Pine Laburnum 6. Why might a Port lover employ Port Tongs?Picking sediment out of the glass Snapping the neck of an old bottle Passing the Port at a formal dinner To avoid altering the temperature of the Port by handling itTo sweeten a bad Port by adding sugar cubes 7. Which of these grapes cannot be used to make Champagne?Chardonnay Petit Meslier Pinot Noir Gros Manseng Pinot Meunier 8. Which village does this wine come from? Hammerstein AusleseErzeuger AvelsbachPradikat 9. What is the Aboriginal meaning of ‘Coonawarra’?Meeting of two rivers Red earthHoneysuckle Valley Valley 10. Nevers, Tronçais and Alliers are the source of which important winemaking product?Oak for barrels Yeast for fermentation Egg whites for fining Grape concentrateCork 11. The Methuen treaty is important in the history of which wine?Vermouth Champagne Blush Zinfandel Malaga Port 12. What kind of wine is a Vin Doux Naturel?Organic wine Wine made from indigenous grapes Sweet fortified wine Soft wines like Beaujolais Nouveau Botrytised wines 13. Where is the wine region of Mendoza?Spain California Chile California Argentina 14. Which grape variety takes its name from the fog that often shrouds its vineyards?Nebbiolo Petit Manseng Dolcetto Corvina Primitivo 15. Which of these is not a real wine?Opitz One - made by Willie Opitz Starboard - a Port style wine made by Andrew Quady Nine Popes - a Chateauneuf style wine made by Charles Melton Roman.E.Conti - a Burgundy style wine made by Nat VoncamanOld Telegram - a Rhone style wine made by Randall Grahm 16. Where do these wine come from: Fleurie, Chiroubles?Alsace Stellenbosch Beaujolais SonomaProvence 17. From which ingredient did Vermouth derive its name?Vermentino Verdigris Wormwood VermicelliWort-root 18. Which country produces sparkling wines labelled Cap Classique?Austria Chile Portugal South Africa New Zealand 19. What Italian Denominazione is missing in this diagram? Denominazione di Superiore Vino Denominazione Garantita di Vino Ripasso Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita Denominazione Garantita di Vino Superiore Denominazione di Origine Controllata Grandini 20. The large Champagne bottle sizes Nebuchadnezar, Methuselah and Jeroboam are named after what?The first names of the 3 Muskateers The ancient rulers of France Legendary civilisations Biblical Kings Creatures from mythology Loading...
