Wine Quiz 6

A French term for sparkling wines. Examples include Cremant de Bourgogne, Cremant do Loire, Cremant d’Alsace.

Bairrada in Portugal is most famed for the Baga grape variety.

Sangiovese is the main grape of Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino, both in Tuscany, Italy.

A tonnelier is a barrel-maker, or cooper, and it is a French term. You can watch a short film on WinepagesTV:
“How a Barrel is Made”

A magnum is 150cls, equivalent to two bottles.

This is a northerly region in Bulgaria – and this was a tough question!

Eltville is in Germany, in the Rheingau wine region.

This is a classic shot of the Douro River and Valley in Portugal, with its terraced vineyards.

Russian River is a renowned area in Sonoma, California, particularly for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

Red Sancerre (and indeed Rose Sancerre) is made from the Pinot Noir grape.

The lagar is the traditional, low stone trough where grapes are foot trodden in the Douro, Portugal

All of Champagne Krug’s base wines are fermented and spend around three months in barrel before their second fermentation in bottle.

This is English wine writer Jancis Robinson MW.

This is the famous Mavrodaphne of Patras, a sweet wine.

Carmenere was something of a ‘forgotten’ grape until scientists re-discovered it growing in Chile, where it had been mis-identified as Merlot.

This is a famous vineyard near Santa Barbara, which excels in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Malolactic Fermentation converts Malic to Lactic acid. Winemakers can encourage or block this, depending on the style of wine they wish to make.

This popular and inexpensive sweet wine is made from Orange Muscat and a variety called Flora, that’s a cross between Semillon and Gewurztraminer.

This is taken in a Sherry bodega, the tool being a traditional method of drawing wine from the cask.

These are terraces in the hillside, a modern version not retained by a stone wall as in traditional terraces.