Alsace/ Jura/Switzerland

Question 1

Grand Crus that premit blending

Answer 1

Altenberg de Bergheim
Kaeperkopf

Question 2

Which of the noble grapes is best suited for granite and schist soil

Answer 2

Riesling

like low PH soils

Question 3

What is Chasselas know as in Alsace

Answer 3

Gutedel

Question 4

What is Pinot or Klevner mean on a bottle

Answer 4

White wine, blend of all pinot grapes

Question 5

What is the name of an Alsace bottle

Answer 5

flute d’alsace or vin du Rhin

Question 6

Main soil type in Alsace

Answer 6

Gres de Vosges (pink sandstone)

Also granite, limestone, schist, clay, gravel

Question 7

3 Subzones for Pinot Noir

Answer 7

Ottrott, Rodern, Saint Hippolyte

Question 8

Two subzones for Sylvaner

Answer 8

Bilenschwiller
Cotes de Barr

Question 9

Val Saint Gregoire subzone is for these varieties

Answer 9

Auxerrois
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris

Question 10

Min potential alcohol for VT

Answer 10

16%

Question 11

When was the Grand Cru created

Answer 11

1975
Expanded in 1983

Question 12

Sylvaner can be bottled as varietal wine in this Grand Cru

Answer 12

Zotzenberg

Question 13

The year Alsace GC was separated into 51 AOPs

Answer 13

2011

Question 14

What is Edelzwicker

Answer 14

blend of grapes

Question 15

What is Gentil

Answer 15

50% noble varieties

Question 16

What was the first Alsace Grand Cru

Answer 16

Schlossberg, 1975

Question 17

Smallest Grand Cru vineyard in Alsace

Answer 17

Kanzlerberg

3ha

Question 18

Largest Grand Cru in Alsace

Answer 18

Schlossberg

80ha

Question 19

51st grand cru of alsace

Answer 19

kaefferkopf

Question 20

What are the noble varieties

Answer 20

Riesling
Gewerst
Pinot Gris
Muscat

Question 21

What is the soil like in Jura

Answer 21

jurarssic limestone and marl

Question 22

Three AOPs in Jura

Answer 22

Arbois
L’Etoile
Chateau Chalon

Question 23

What color wine is made in L’Etoile

Answer 23

white wine only

Question 24

What does Chateu Chalon specialize in?

Answer 24

Vine Jaune (tellow wine)

Question 25

What is Vin Jaune?

Answer 25

Made from Savagnin/Traminer Oxidized for decades Voile (yeast) forms

Question 26

What bottle style is Chateau Chalon bottled in

Answer 26

Clavelin bottle

Question 27

What is Vin de Paille

Answer 27

ripe, non botryrtisized wines left to dry for 6 weeks after harvest

Question 28

What is Ouillage in relation to Vin Jaune

Answer 28

headspace between wine and the top of the container holding wine developing the flor

Question 29

Min ABV for Vin de Paille wines

Answer 29

14%

Question 30

What is Macvin du Jura

Answer 30

A fragrant and characterful mixture of grape juice/grape spirit drunk as an apertif

Question 31

High quality Pinot Noir comes from this region in Jura

Answer 31

Arlay | Cotes du Jura

Question 33

What are synonyms for Traminer

Answer 33

Savagnin Nature (Jura specific)

Question 34

Soil type of Juras Vin Jaune

Answer 34

Blue & Gray Marl

Question 35

How much time does Macvin du Jura spend in oak

Answer 35

10 months

Question 36

What are the big grapes in Switzerland

Answer 36

Chasseloas Muller Thurgau Chardonnay Sylvaner

Question 37

What is Sylvaner known. as in Switzerland

Answer 37

Johannisberg

Question 38

What are the most important Catons of Switzerland

Answer 38

Valais Vaud

Question 39

What is the largest in production size of the Cantons

Answer 39

Valais

Question 40

What is the warm drying wind in Valais

Answer 40

Foehn

Question 41

What river influences Valais

Answer 41

Rhone

Question 42

What is the local name for Chasselas in Valais

Answer 42

Fendant

Question 43

What Canton borders Jura?

Answer 43

Vaud

Question 44

What is the local name for Chasselas in Vaud

Answer 44

Dorin

Question 45

What are the grand crus of Vaud

Answer 45

Dezaley Calamin