Asia

Question 1

Approximate number of acres of vineyard in China

Answer 1

2 million acres

Question 2

First winery in China, name, year, and province

Answer 2

Changyu Pioneer Wine Company, 1892, Shandong

Question 3

Founder of Changyu winery

Answer 3

Zhang Bishi, diplomat

Question 4

Largest winery in China

Answer 4

China Great Wall Wine Company, Hebei

Question 5

Which two wine companies produce more than 50% of Chinese wine

Answer 5

Changyu Pioneer Wine Co and China Great Wall Wine Co

Question 6

Where is oldest evidence of fermented grape drink found and how old

Answer 6

Jiahu in central China, South of Yellow River, 7000-6000 BCE (Neolithic)

Question 7

What was this Neolithic ‘grog’ found in Jianhu made off?

Answer 7

Fermented rice, honey, hawthorn, and grape

Question 8

During communist era of China (starting 1949) it became common practice to blend grape with….

Answer 8

Other fruits and grains

Question 9

When did the new mandate that wine is strictly made from grapes start

Answer 9

2004

Question 10

Which desert takes up much of North China

Answer 10

Gobi

Question 11

Which desert is in the NorthWest

Answer 11

Takla Makan

Question 12

What mountain range is in the west

Answer 12

Kunlun Shan Mountain Range

Question 13

Mountain range in SouthWest

Answer 13

Himalayas

Question 14

Overall climate of China

Answer 14

Continental Monsoon, but varies widely

Question 15

top three varieties planted in China

Answer 15

Kyoho, Thompson seedless, Muscat

Question 16

Native Vitis of China

Answer 16

Vitis armata, Vitis sinocinerea, Vitis amurensis

Question 17

When were first Vitis vinifera brought to China

Answer 17

1892

Question 18

Name a cross developed in the 1950s breeding program

Answer 18

Yan 73. Muscat Hamburg X Alicante Bouschet —strengthen color of red wine

Question 19

Name a hybrid developed during 1950s breeding program

Answer 19

Gongniang 1. Muscat Hamburg / Vitis amurensis hybrid — cold resistant

Question 20

Most planted wine grape in China

Answer 20

Cabernet Sauvignon, 50%

Question 21

Other name for Cabernet Gernischt

Answer 21

Carmenere

Question 22

Other name for Longyan

Answer 22

Dragon Eyes

Question 23

Describe Longyan

Answer 23

Been around for a couple of hundred years. Not sure were from. Gewurztraminer like

Question 24

Which bureau set the standard for ‘estate’ wine in Shandong

Answer 24

Shandong Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision (SBQTS)

Question 25

Which administration set geographical indications / appellations

Answer 25

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ)

Question 26

First appellation in China and when

Answer 26

Eastern Foot of Helen Mountain (Ningxia) 2012

Question 27

Second appellation of China and when

Answer 27

Heshuo/Hoxud (Xinjiang) 2015

Question 28

Pending GI of China (the 3rd)

Answer 28

Turban (Xinjiang)

Question 29

Region name requires __% from that region

Answer 29

75%

Question 30

Name the 6 main wine regions of China

Answer 30

Hebei, Ningxia, Shandong, Shangxi, Xinjiang, Yunnan

Question 31

Meaning of Hebei

Answer 31

North of River

Question 32

Climate of Hebei

Answer 32

Warm monsoon summers (hot humid wet), cold dry winters

Question 33

Where are most vines grown in Hebei

Answer 33

Northern section, high altitude where it is cooler and drier (requires irrigation, vines to be buried in winter)

Question 34

Which famous winery is in Hebei

Answer 34

China Great Wall Wine Company

Question 35

What famous structure is in Hebei

Answer 35

Great Wall

Question 36

Name of joint venture in 1990s between French and Chinese government for wine growing

Answer 36

Domaine Franco Chinois

Question 37

Type of soil in Ningxia

Answer 37

Loess

Question 38

Climate of Ningxia

Answer 38

Continental. Hot summer, very cold winter (vines must be buried), irrigation

Question 39

Name of first appelation in Ningxia

Answer 39

Eastern Foot of Hulan Mountain, one of china’s most promising vineyard areas

Question 40

Province of Chinas most prosperous wineries

Answer 40

Shandong

Question 41

Climate of Shandong

Answer 41

Hot and humid and wet summers, milder winters than north

Question 42

First modern Chinese winery and where

Answer 42

Changyu Pioneer Wine Company, Shandong

Question 43

Home province of Grace Vineyards

Answer 43

Shanxi

Question 44

Shanxi climate

Answer 44

Continental, buried vines in winter, summers are dry, but inconsistent rains

Question 45

China’s most renowned winery for quality and reputation

Answer 45

Grace Vineyards, 1997, in Shanxi

Question 46

Largest region in China

Answer 46

Xinjiang

Question 47

GI in Xinjiang

Answer 47

Heshuo/Hoxud

Question 48

How is vine growth moderated in Yunnan

Answer 48

High altitude (5000+feet)

Question 49

Who brought vines to Yunnan

Answer 49

French missionaries

Question 50

French variety that grows in Yunnan but is extinct in France

Answer 50

Rose Honey

Question 51

Two distinctive hybrids in Yunnan

Answer 51

Crystal and French Wild

Question 52

Largest winery / producer in Yunnan

Answer 52

Yunnan Red Wine Company

Question 53

Describe the Shangri La Winery Company

Answer 53

In NW Yunnan, along slopes of Mekong River , some at 8200ft, some of highest in the world

Question 54

Main grape variety in Japan

Answer 54

Koshu

Question 55

Acreage in Japan dedicated to wine grapes

Answer 55

5000 acres (very small)

Question 56

When did wine production start in Japan

Answer 56

718CE, by Buddhist monk, Gyoki, after having vision of Buddha holding grapes , at Daizenji Temple , Yamanashi, 65mi west of Tokyo

Question 57

First European wine in Japan?

Answer 57

As gifts from Portuguese missionaries in 16th Century

Question 58

What happened in the 17th and 18th centuries

Answer 58

Isolationism, no foreign import

Question 59

What is chintasu

Answer 59

Chinta - Portuguese for Tinta, red Su - Japanese for liquor

Question 60

Meiji restoration in 1870s restored viticulture. T/F

Answer 60

True

Question 61

Firs modern Japanese wine when and were

Answer 61

Kofu, Yamanashi prefecture, 1874

Question 62

Main island for wine production

Answer 62

Honshu

Question 63

3 main regions in Honshu

Answer 63

Nagano, Yamagata, Yamanashi

Question 64

Two other significant wine regions outside of Honshu

Answer 64

Hokkaido and Miyazaki (Kyushu)

Question 65

What are tanazukuri

Answer 65

Overhead trellises or pergolas used to train vines to cool them down in Kyushu

Question 66

Describe Muscat Bailey A

Answer 66

Red hybrid, created by Zenbei Kawakami in 1927, Bailey / Muscat Hamburg . Blended to make sturdy reds or to make sweet wine

Question 67

What is Delaware

Answer 67

A European / American Hybrid

Question 68

What is Yamasachi

Answer 68

A Japanese hybrid

Question 69

What is Koshu

Answer 69

Main Japanese grape. Though to be indigenous but now found to be 90% Vitis vinifera descendent and hybrid . Pink skinned, like gewurtztraminer

Question 70

Varietal label and region label in Japan must be __%

Answer 70

85%

Question 71

Name the first 5 GI in Japan

Answer 71

1. Yamanashi (2015), 2. Hokkaido (2018), 3. Nagano, 4. Yamagata, 5. Osaka. (2021)

Question 72

What Japan GI is know for Delaware

Answer 72

Osaka