Wine Quiz 4

This is one of the three main Champagne growing areas, though there are numerous other smaller areas.

Residual Sugar is the amount of sugar left behind after fermentation. In sweet wines this is high, but the perception of sweetness is also affected by the amount of acidity to balance.

Hawkes Bay is a wine region on New Zealand’s north Island.

Trichloranisole – or ‘2,4,6-Trichloroanisole’ to be precise – is more commonly known as cork taint. It makes a wine smell off and musty.

Give yourself half a point if you said Gods of wine, as Bacchus was the Roman God of wine, but in fact Bacchus and Huxelrebe are German grape varieties.

Some young and tannic red wines can benefit from decanting to get some air into them, but the only time it is always advisable is if the wine has a lot of sediment, and you are best to carefully pour it off the sediment into a decanter or jug before serving.

Steen is the traditional name given to the grape Chenin Blanc in South Africa – their most widely planted variety.

Sancerre is marked ‘D’ – just across the river at ‘E’ is Pouilly-Fume.

Though a white wine grape, a little Viognier is often added to Cote-Rotie, a red wine made from Syrah. Some winemakers around the world do the same with their Syrah/Shiraz wines.

These traditional vessels sailed on the River Douro to take Port wines from the vineyards to the city of Oporto.

The wineries are owned (or were owned) by celebrities: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, Francis Ford Coppola and Gerard Depardieu.

Sweet wines can be described on the label as Moelleux in France.

Aubert de Villaine is the co-owner and public face of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti in Burgundy.

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

Christian Moueix of Petrus owns Dominus and a whole bunch of other top estates.

Assmannshausen is known for its Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir) vineyards and making red wines.

Max Schubert was Penfolds winemaker who made the first Grange in the 1950s, following travels through Europe.

Brett is a rogue spoilage yeast, that can infect wineries and lead to wines with a smell described as ‘horsey’ and off flavours.

These are the classic galets or ‘pudding stones’ of the Chateauneuf-du-Pape vineyards in France.

The Spanish variety Airen is still believed to be the world’s most planted white wine grape. Cabernet Sauvignon is the mose widely planted red wine grape.