Asia

Question 1

What is the most planted Vitis Vinifera in China?

Answer 1

• Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 2

Which wine region is impacted by the Helan Mountain?

Answer 2

Ningxia

Question 3

In China, Which region is renowned for icewine? Where is it located?

Answer 3

• Dongbei, northern China

Question 4

Where is located the project of Château Lafite?

Answer 4

• Shandong, in the subregion of Penglai

Question 5

Where is located the project of Mihalis Boutari?

Answer 5

• Gansu, in the subregion of Tianshui

Question 6

Where is located the project of Lenz Moser?

Answer 6

• Ningxia, Château Changyu Moser XV

Question 7

Which region is the closest from Beijing?

Answer 7

• Hebei

Question 8

What’s the Changyu project in Hebei?

Answer 8

• Changyu AFIP Global

Question 9

What’s the name of Lafite project?

Answer 9

• Long Dai

Question 10

Who is Zhang Bishi ?

Answer 10

• Introduced 124 vinifera varieties from Europe in the 1890s.

Question 11

What is considered the most important vinifera varietal of China ?

Answer 11

• Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 12

How are winters in wine-growing regions of China ?

Answer 12

• Extremely dry, cold, and sometimes windy winters.
• Winter vine burial is a common practice in provinces such as Ningxia, Hebei, Xinjiang, and Shanxi
• In some areas, vine burial costs can be up to 30% of the overall viticultural costs for the year, and the risks of vine death from harsh winters or damage during the burying and unburying operations are significant.

Question 13

Name a region of China that has a milder winter, compared to other wine region.

Answer 13

• Shandong
• But the semitropical monsoon climate results in high disease pressure and large vintage variation.

Question 14

In which chinese region can we find Mount Helan ?

Answer 14

• Ningxia

Question 15

What is the chinese wine cuvée that won the Red Bordeaux Varietal Over £10 International Trophy in the 2011 Decanter World Wine Awards ?

Answer 15

• Jia Bei Lan 2009
• From He Lan Qing Xue winery

Question 16

Who is behind the luxury Ao Yun project in Yunnan Province ?

Answer 16

• LVMH

Question 17

True or False ? China is now in the top 5 most important producer of wine with some 560,000 ha (1,384,000 acres) under vine.

Answer 17

• False
• It ranks in the 6th position

Question 18

What is the name of the important wine growing region south of Beijing ?

Answer 18

• Shandong Peninsula

Question 19

What does ‘Putaojiu’ means ?

Answer 19

• Grape Wine

Question 20

Why marketing is so important on the China wine market ?

Answer 20

• Because in China there is a ‘gift’ culture
• Apparatus of wine bottles, boxes, and label are important because they give those as gift
• Consequence is that producers put more effort in packaging than liquid

Question 21

What grape varietal, a modern cross between Cabernet and Grenache, gains in popularity ?

Answer 21

• Marselan

Question 22

Château Changyu Moser XV is a joint venture with which famous european winemaker ?

Answer 22

• Lenz Moser of Austria

Question 23

Name as much wine growing regions of China as you can.

Answer 23

• Shandong
• Hebei
• Dongbei
• Shanxi
• Shaanxi
• Gansu
• Ningxia
• Xinjiang
• Yunnan

Question 24

What is the local vine family of China ?

Answer 24

• Vitis Amurensis

Question 25

Name the important river of Ningxia wine region.

Answer 25

• Yellow River

Question 26

In which Chinese wine region can we find : Silver Heights – Kanaan – Helan Qingxue ?

Answer 26

• Ningxia
• They make some of China’s best red bordeaux blends

Question 27

In China, where do we find the Tien Shan (Heaven Mountain) range ?

Answer 27

• Xinjiang

Question 28

What is the highest elevation wine region of China ?

Answer 28

• Yunnan
• Almost 9800 ft / 3000 m.

Question 29

What region does the Chinese growth classification cover?

Answer 29

• Ningxia