Wine Quiz 9

Amarone is a special wine, made with partially dried grapes, from the north east of Italy.

Wachau is one of Austria’s most important regions, especially for Riesling and Gruner Veltliner.

This is the wine brand of pop singer Cliff Richard, from the south of Portugal in the Algarve region.

These tartaric crystals are tasteless and harmless, and very occasionally can be found in white wines.

Oenology – sometimes spelled Enology – is the science of winemaking.

The Art series is one of the labels of Leeuwin estate in Margaret River, Western Australia.

This is the famous ‘moulin’ or windmill in Moulin-a-Vent, Beaujolais.

This very expensive wine is made in the South of France by Clos des Fees.

Spanna is one of several synonyms for the Nebbiolo grape of Piemonte in northwest Italy.

Though some vineyards in Chile and Argentina are not too far off, Central Otago lies at 45 degrees south.

The light, sweet, frothy wines of Moscato d’Asti are extremely low in alcohol – but delicious.

Champagne is one of the world’s most northerly wine regions. Roussillon runs all the way to the Spanish border.

This is the Mosel Valley in Germany, not far from Frankfurt.

A hectare is roughly 2.5 acres.

Vosne-Romanee is a relatively lowly village appellation, though the village area does contain many Grand Cru vineyards.

Canteiro is a traditional method of ageing Madeira wines in the hot lofts of wineries.

Kim Crawford winery produced wines from the Boyszone vineyard – not to be confused by the Irish boy band, Boyzone.

The Beringer winery makes this claim, having begun making wine in 1884.

Thomas Jefferson grew grapes to make wine in the grounds of his Virginia home, Monticello.

Henry of Pelham is a winery in Canada’s Ontario Province.