Wine Quiz 5 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. Swartland is a region in which wine producing country?New Zealand BelgiumCanadaSouth AfricaSwitzerland 2. The famous white wine of Sancerre is made from which grape?Chardonnay Chenin Blanc Sancerre BlancSauvignon Blanc Colombard 3. Valleys running from the Andes to the Pacific influence which country’s winemaking?Argentina BrazilBoliviaUruguayChile 4. Which of these grapes has a distinctive pink coloured skin?Gewurztraminer Pinot Rose Cinsault Oiel de Perdrix Copertino 5. What is ‘Cava’?The French term for a wine cellar The grape used for Spanish sparkling wine A word meaning a blend of different grapes Sparkling wines made in SpainThe cellar-master of Burgundy domaine 6. Geyserville is in which wine producing area?South Africa California New ZealandIceland French Guiana 7. Traditionally what wine is mixed with cassis to make a Kir?Muscadet Colombard AligotéPinot Blanc Vermentino 8. What region of origin has been removed from this german label? Mosel - Saar - Ruwer PfalzRheinhessenRheingau Baden 9. What classifies an AC Bordeaux Superieur as superior?It is aged for an extra year in oak barrels It comes from the best vineyard slopes It does not contain Malbec It is made from vines more than 8 years oldIt has half a degree more alcohol 10. By law, what percentage of a bottled labelled as Alsace Riesling must be Riesling?90 percent 75 percent100 percent 51 percent 85 percent 11. Drag these Champagne styles into the correct order, driest at top to sweetest at bottom: Doux Brut Nature Brut Extra Dry Demi-Sec 12. Pouilly-Fuissé is an appellation in which French wine region?The Upper Loire The Maconnais The Rhone The Cote Chalonnaise Minervois 13. Gobelet and Guyot are what?Giant sized Champagne bottles Roman drinking vesselsMethods of training vines Writers of the best known French wine guide Swiss grape varieties 14. Legally, grapes for ‘English wine’ must come from where?England or Wales Anywhere in the British Isles England or Scotland or Wales England only Anywhere in the World 15. Which wine is named after its Danish maker, Peter Sisseck?Chateau Petrus from BordeauxDominio de Pingus from Spain Sisseccia from Italy Peterluma from Australia Chateau Sisseck from Bordeaux 16. Why does a winemaker ‘Cold Stabilise’ his or her white wines?To stop fermentation To neutralise acidity To encourage malolactic fermentationTo help remove tartratesTo make an Icewine 17. What is 'Bordeaux Mixture'?The Clay and gravel soil typical of the Bordeaux region Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet FrancA treatment used against vine disease Workers from around the world employed at harvest time A mix of oak essence and blackcurrant extract 18. Albariza soil is important for growing vines for which wine?Champagne Sherry Red Burgundy Chateauneuf-du-PapeRioja 19. This is a snippet of which famous wine producer’s label? Pesquera Le Piat d'Or Penfolds PetrusPahlmeyer 20. Sweet Hungarian Tokaji is measured in puttonyos. What is puttonyos?A single bunch of botrytis affected grapes A wooden basket with a capacity of 25 Kg An old Hungarian weight - roughly equal to 1 Kg A Hungarian word for 'the elixer of the angels' A mythical spirit of the vineyard Loading...
