Wine Quiz 4 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. Montagne de Reims produces grapes for which wine?Vintage Port Champagne Chateau d'Yquem Chateau LatourEiswein 2. A wine taster might say a wine has “RS”. What does RS stand for?Rain Saturation - grapes were diluted by rain at harvest Rapid Spoilage - wine has gone "off" after bottling Residual Sugar - wine has sweetness due to sugar remaining Real Structure - wine with great balance Remuage Sportif - over-manipulated wine (French term) 3. Hawke's Bay is a wine region in which country?New Zealand South Africa Canada Australia Chile 4. 2,4,6-trichloroanisole is more commonly known as what?The noble rot Cork taint Powdery Mildew Fruit acid Residual sugar 5. What or who are Huxelrebe and Bacchus?Wine regions in Austria Gods of wine Grape varieties The inventors of the pneumatic pressSwiss wine producers 6. When is decanting a red wine always advisable?If it is a young wine If it is a wine that has thrown a sediment If you want to make it look impressive To reduce the risk of attack by bottle weevil If you want the wine to heat-up more quickly 7. What is ‘Steen’?A Loire wine A soil rich in volcanic ash An alternative name for Chenin Blanc A traditional German wine gobletThe name for a quarter bottle 8. On this map, where is the Sancerre region? Position APosition BPosition CPosition DPosition E 9. The Viognier grape is sometimes blended into what famous red wine?Hermitage Rioja Cote-RotieChateauneuf-du-Pape Chianti 10. What is or are ‘Barcos’?Traditional craft that carried Port down the Douro Barrel makers in France A sweet fortified wine from Tenerife The 225 litre oak casks of Bordeaux A numbering system for vineyard management 11. What do Chateau Miravel, Rubicon Estate and Chateau de Tigne have in common?Each grows only Italian varietals Each follows the biodynamic philosophyEach grows only pre-phylloxera vines Each has been owned by a celebrity from the movie industry Each has a winery in the shape of a pyramid 12. A French wine described as ‘Moelleux’ is what?Sparkling Fortified Slightly sparkling Sweet Oxidised 13. With which famous wine producer do we associate Aubert de VillaineLa Rioja Alta Chateau d'YquemScreaming Eagle Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Chateau Latour 14. The name of which grape translates to ‘Little sweet one’?Nebbiolo Petit Manseng Dolcetto Corvina Primitivo 15. The owner of Chateau Petrus also established which top Californian winery?Opus One Dominus Insignia Tignanello Monte Bello 16. Assmannshausen in Germany is associated with what style of wine?Dry red wines Eiswein Dry white wines Sparkling winesSchnapps 17. Who made the first vintages of the legendary Penfolds Grange?Brian Croser Max Hastings Alice SpringsLen Evans Max Schubert 18. What is Brettanomyces, often shortened to ‘Brett’?A weevil which attacks cork A rogue yeast that causes off-flavours A compound used to filter wines A bacteria which infects corks The unwanted version of Botrytis the 'Noble rot' 19. This soil full of rounded stones is typical of which region? Champagne The Cote de Nuits The Barossa Valley Chateauneuf-du-Pape Muscadet 20. What distinction is held by the white wine grape variety Airén?It is the only white grape to make a red wineIt was the original grape from which all other descendAn Airén vine in Armenia is the oldest in the worldIt is the only specific grape variety mentioned in the bibleIt is one of the world's most planted grape varieties Loading...
