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What is the Hospice de Beaune?

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The Hospice de Beaune is an annual wine auction held on the third Sunday of November. Its proceeds benefit the sick

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What provided the foundation of Burgundy’s current division of holdings?

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The Napoleonic Code (1804)

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What is the Napoleonic Code?

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Set of laws that required inheritances to be split equally among heirs (greatly fractured vineyard ownership in Burgundy)

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What are the five main regions of Burgundy from North to South?

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Chablis, Côte d’Or, Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais, and Beaujolais

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What is the capital of Burgundy?

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Dijon

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Chablis is part of what French departement?

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Yonne

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What is the capital of Yonne?

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Auxerre

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What is the hierarchy of the Burgundy AOP system?

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Regional, village, premier cru, grand cru

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Grand cru wines represent between 1% - 2% of total Burgundy’s wine production.
True or False

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True

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What percentage of total Burgundy’s wine production does regional level represent?

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50%

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In which major regions in Burgundy can grand cru designations be found?

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Chablis and Côte d’Or

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Premier Cru is a separate AOP designation in Burgundy’s AOP system.
True or False

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False.

Premier Cru designations are geographic delimitations for village AOP wines

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What styles of wine can be produced under Bourgogne AOP?

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Red, white and rosé

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What classic cocktail is made with Aligoté?

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Kir (a classic Kir is made with Aligoté and crème de cassis)

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In what Burgundy AOP can red and rosé wines be made by blending Pinot Noir and Gamay?

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Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP

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What is the assemblage for Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP?

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Min. 30% Pinot Noir and min. 15% Gamay

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What are the two Burgundy’s sparkling wines AOPs?

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Crémant de Bourgogne AOP and Bourgogne Mousseux AOP

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What style of wine is made under Bourgogne Mousseux AOP?

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Sparkling red wines produced by traditional method

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In what year was Crémant de Bourgogne AOP created?

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1975

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What style of wine is made under Crémant de Bourgogne AOP?

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Hand-harvested white and rosé sparkling wines made by traditional method

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Most of the crémant production in Burgundy is located in and around which commune?

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Rully (Côte Chalonnaise)

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How many grand cru vineyards are there in the Côte d’Or?

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32

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What is the smallest grand cru in Burgundy?

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La Romanée AOP at 0.85 hectares (also the smallest AOP in France)

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What is the largest grand cru in Burgundy?

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Corton AOP at 160 hectares

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Burgundy grand cru wine must be made out of a single and stated vineyard True or False
True
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Which is the largest grand cru in the Côte de Nuits?
Clos de Vougeot AOP at 50.6 hectares
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Chablis is closer to the Aube than to the Côte d'Or. True or False
True
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What is the most important river in Chablis?
Serein River
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What is the climate in Chablis?
Cool continental climate
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What are the three Chablis AOPs?
Petit Chablis AOP, Chablis AOP and Grand Cru Chablis AOP
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What is the kind of soil in all of the premier cru and grand cru vineyards in Chablis?
Kimmeridgian marl (mixture of limestone, clay and oyster fossils)
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What is the soil like in Petit Chablis AOP?
Portlandian limestone
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Which is Burgundy's largest white winegrowing region?
Chablis
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What way do the grand cru vineyards in Chablis face?
South-west
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Name the seven grand cru climats of Chablis
Les Clos, Vaudésir, Valmur, Preuses, Blanchot, Bougros, and Grenouilles
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What is the only Sauvignon Blanc AOP in Burgundy?
Saint-Bris (Yonne department)
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What is the soil like in the Côte d’Or?
Jurassic limestone and clay
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The Côte d’Or is located to the west of which river?
The Saône River
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What are "combes" in Burgundy?
Dry valleys carved in the Côte d’Or hills
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Côte de Beaune reds are generally lighter than Côte de Nuits reds True or False
True
41
Between Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, which region tends to show more new oak?
Côte de Nuits
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What are the main village AOPs of the Côte de Nuits? (North to South)
Marsannay, Fixin, Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-George
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How many grand cru vineyards are there in the Côte de Nuits?
24
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What is the only grand cru AOP in the Côte de Nuits that produces both red and white wine?
Musigny
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Which is the largest village appellation in the Côte d'Or?
Gevrey-Chambertin
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What village holds the largest amount of grand cru vineyards in the Côte d'Or?
Gevrey-Chambertin with nine grand cru vineyards
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What is one notable overperformer premier cru vineyard in Gevrey-Chambertin?
Clos Saint-Jacques
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What are the wines from Gevrey-Chambertin characterized by?
Structure, deep concentration, weight, blacker fruit
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Name three highly acclaimed Domaines based in Gevrey-Chambertin
Armand Rousseau, Claude Dugat, and Jean-Marie Fourrie
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What are the wines of Chambolle-Musigny characterized by?
Elegance, delicate character yet with great intensity
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What are the two grand crus of Chambolle-Musigny?
Musigny and part of Bonnes Mares
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Name one exceptional premier cru of Chambolle-Musigny
Les Amoureuses
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What village is considered a meeting point between the different styles from Gevrey and Chambolle?
Morey-Saint-Denis
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What are the four grand crus located in Morey-Saint-Denis?
Clos de Tart (monopole), Clos de Lambrays, Clos de la Roche, and Clos St-Denis (plus a little portion of Bonnes Mares)
55
How many grand crus are there in Vosne-Romanée?
Six
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What are the three monopole grand crus of Vosne-Romanée?
La Tâche, Romanée-Conti (both owned by the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti) and La Grande Rue (owned by Domaine François Lamarche)
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How many grand crus are there in Nuits-Saint-Georges?
None
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Which was the last vineyard in Burgundy that was promoted to grand cru?
La Grand-Rue in Vosne-Romanée (1992)
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What is the only grand cru AOP in the Côte de Beaune that allows both red and white wine production?
Corton (even though produces mostly red)
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What are the three communes that hold a piece of Corton grand cru?
Aloxe-Corton, Ladoix-Serrigny, and Pernand-Vergelesses
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What village AOPs in the Côte de Beaune allow only red wine?
Pommard and Volnay
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What are the differences between Pommard and Volnay wine styles?
Pommard tends to be bigger, well-structured and more tannic while Volnay is softer, rounder and more fragrant
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Where are the most full-bodied reds of the Côte de Beaune found?
Corton and Pommard
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What village produces the most amount of white wine in the Côte d’Or?
Meursault
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What is a classic expression of Meursault like?
Rich, nutty and buttery with soft acidity
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Between Volnay, Pommard and Meursault, how many grand crus are there?
None
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Which is the Côte d’Or village with the most premier crus?
Chassagne-Montrachet (55 1er crus)
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Name the main villages of the Côte de Beaune (North to South)
Aloxe-Corton, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Santenay
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Which village AOP in the Côte de Nuits allows rouge, blanc and rosé production?
Marsannay
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Which village AOPs in the Côte de Nuits allow red wine production only?
Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny and Vosne-Romanée
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Which village AOPs in the Côte de Nuits allow both white and red production?
Fixin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Vougeot and Nuits-Saint-Georges
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Bonnes Mares grand cru is divided between which two village AOPs?
Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis
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What AOP is in between Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet and allows red wine only?
Blagny AOP
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What village can label its white wines as either Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet depending of the location of the vineyard?
Blagny
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When did the Côte Chalonnaise become a geographic designation of Bourgogne AOP?
1990
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Rouge, blanc and rosé styles are allowed in the Bourgogne-Côte Chalonnaise AOP. True or False
True
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What are the five village AOPs of the Côte Chalonnaise? (North to South)
Bouzeron, Rully, Mercurey, Givry, Montagny
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Which village AOPs of the Côte Chalonnaise allow white wine only?
Bouzeron and Montagny
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In the Côte Chalonnaise, which villages produce more Pinot Noir than Chardonnay?
Givry and Mercurey
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Which village of the Côte Chalonnaise produces around two thirds of the total region's production?
Mercurey
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Mâcon AOP is an appellation available for producers throughout the whole Mâconnais region. True or False
True
82
Mâcon AOP allows rouge, blanc and rosé styles. True or False
True
83
Which Mâconnais village AOP allows red wine production?
None
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Which are the two most important villages of the Mâconnais?
Pouilly-Fuissé and Saint-Véran
85
Name the 10 crus of Beaujolais
St-Amour, Juliénas, Moulin-a-Vent, Chénas, Fleurie, Chiroubles, Morgon, Régnié, Brouilly, and Côte de Brouilly
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The northern region of Beaujolais tends to produce higher quality wine than the southern region. True or False
True
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What is the soil type in the Northern Beaujolais?
Granite
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Top recent Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune vintages
2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015

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