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1
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What are the 3 AOPs of Champagne

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Champagne
Coteaux Champenois
Rose de Riceys

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2
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Minimum ageing from date of Tirage for

  • NV
  • Vintage
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NV - 15 months

Vintage - 36 months

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3
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Maximum press yield for Champagne

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102 litres from 160kg of grapes, or 2550 litres from 4000kg of grapes

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4
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Allowable varieties for Champagne AOP

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Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Pinot Meunier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
Arbane
Petit Meslier
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5
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Grand Cru villages of Montagne de Reims

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Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont-sur-Vesle
Verzenay
Mailly Champagne
Verzy*
Louvois
Ambonnay
Bouzy
*Added after 1985
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Grand Cru villages of Valle de la Marne

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Ay

Tours-sur-Marne (red grapes 100%, white grapes 90%)

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Grand Cru villages of Cote des Blancs

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Chouilly (white grapes 100%, red grapes 90%)*
Oiry*
Cramant
Avize
Oger*
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger*
*Added after 1985
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8
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What are the different sweetness styles for Champagne and dosages?

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Brut Nature - 0-3g/l (may not contain any added dosage)
Extra Brut - 0-6g/l
Brut - 0-12g/l
Extra Dry - 12-17g/l
Sec - 17-32g/l
Demi-Sec - 32-50g/l
Doux - 50+g/l
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9
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What are the different Champagne bottle sizes?

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Quarter bottle - 187ml
Half bottle - 375ml
Bottle - 750ml
Magnum - 1.5l (2 bottles)
Jeroboam - 3l (4 bottles)
Methuselah - 6l (8 bottles)
Salmanazar - 9l (12 bottles)
Balthazar - 12l (16 bottles)
Nebuchadnezzar - 15l (20 bottles)
Solomon - 18l (24 bottles)
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10
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Which Champagne bottle size was discontinued and when?

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Rehoboam - 4.5l (6 bottles), 1989

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What is the style & encepagement of Rose des Ricey AOP?

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Rose (tranquille)

100% Pinot Noir

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12
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What are the vinification requirements of Rose des Riceys AOP?

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Grapes are vinified whole bunches (semi-carbonic maceration)

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13
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Style & encepagement for Coteaux Champenois AOP?

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Style
- Blanc
- Rose
- Rouge
Encepagement
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Noir
- Pinot Meunier
- Arbane
- Petit Meslier
- Pinot Blanc
- Pinot Gris
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14
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What are the 7 types of Champagne producers?

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NM - Negociant Manipulant
RM - Recoltant Manipulant
CM - Cooperative Manipulant
RC - Recoltant Cooperateur
SR - Societe de Recoltants
ND - Negociant Distributeur
MA - Maque d'Acheur
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15
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5 authorized Champagne districts

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Montagne de Reims
Valle de la Marne
Cotes des Blancs
Cote de Sezanne
Cote des Bars (the Aube)
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16
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4 permitted pruning methods in Champagne

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Cordon de Royat
Chablis
Valle de la Marne (Pinot Meunier only)
Guyot (single & double)

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17
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What is vin de cuvee?

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First 2,050l pressed

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What is vin de taille?

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Second part of pressing, 500l between 2,050-2,550l

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19
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What is rebeche?

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Third extraction, 1-10% of total by law. Used for distillate

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20
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What is debourbage?

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Pressed juice allowed to settle

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21
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What are Bourbes?

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Remaining solids after debourbage

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22
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What are vin clairs?

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High acid base wines

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23
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What is liqueur de tirage?

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Addition of sugar and yeast to begin secondary fermentation

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24
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What is remuage?

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The riddling process

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25
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What is a bidule?

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A plastic cap that collects sediment during remuage

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26
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Agrapart

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Venus - Avise

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27
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Billecart Salmon

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Clos-St-Hilaire - Mareuil-sur-Ay

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28
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Cattier

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Clos du Moulin - Ludes

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29
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Chartogne-Taillet

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Les Barres - Meffy

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30
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Claude Cazals

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Clos Cazals - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

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31
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Drappier

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Grand Sendree - Urville (the Aube)

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32
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Duval Leroy

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Clos des Bouveries - Vertus

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33
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Egly Ouriet

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Les Crayeres - Ambonnay

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34
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Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Jacquesson

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Dizy Corne Bautray - Dizy
Ay Vauzelle Terme - Ay
Dizy Terres Rouge Rose - Dizy
Avize Champ Cain - Avise

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35
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Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Krug

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Clos du Mesnil - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Clos d’Ambonnay - Ambonnay

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36
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Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Larmandier-Bernier

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Vieille Vigne de Cramant - Cramant

Terre de Vertus - Vertus

37
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Jean Milan

A

Terres de Noel - Oger

38
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Pierre Peters

A

Cuvee Speciale les Chetillons - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

39
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Philipponnat

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Clos des Goisses - Mareuil-sur-Ay

40
Q

Name the single vineyard Champagne of Taittinger

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Les Folies de la Maquetterie - Pierry

41
Q

Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Tarlant

A

La Vigne d’Or - Oeuilly
La Vigne d’Antan - Oeuilly
Cuvee Louis - Oeuilly

42
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Veuve Fourny

A

Clos Faubourg Notre Dame

43
Q

What is the iconic soil of Champagne?

A

Belemnite chalk

44
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Ayala?

A

Cuvee Perle d’Ayala - Ay

45
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What is the is prestige cuvees of Billecart-Salmon?

A

Grande Cuvee - Mareuil-sur-Ay
Elisabeth Salmon Rose - Mareuil-sur-Ay
Cuvee Nicolas Francois - Mareuil-sur-Ay

46
Q

What is the is prestige cuvees of Bollinger?

A

La Grande Annee - Ay
RD - Ay
Vieilles Vignes Francaises - Ay

47
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Boizel?

A

Joyau de France

48
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Canard Duchene?

A

Charles VII

49
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Presitge?

A

Comte Audoin de Dampierre

50
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cuvee Commodre?

A

De Castellane

51
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee -Catherine de Medicis ?

A

De Meric

52
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvees - Grand Vin des Princes & Louis XV?

A

De Venoge

53
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvees - Cuvee William Deutz & Amour de Deutz?

A

Deutz

54
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Fleur de Passion?

A

Diebolt-Vallois

55
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Drappier?

A

Charles de Gaulle

56
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Duval Leroy?

A

Femme de Champagne

57
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Gosset?

A

Celebris

58
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Alfred Gratien?

A

Cuvee Paradis

59
Q

What are the is prestige cuvees of Charles Heidsieck?

A

Champagne Charlie - last vinage 1985

Blanc des Millenaires - first vintage 1983

60
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Henriot?

A

Cuvee des Enchanteleurs

61
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Jacquesson?

A

Grand Vin Signature

62
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Lanson?

A

Noble Cuvee

63
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Grande Siecle?

A

Laurent-Perrier

64
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvees - Cuvee Les Aventures & Cuvee Gentilhomme?

A

AR Lenoble

65
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Dom Perignon ?

A

Moet et Chandon

66
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cuvee R. Lalou?

A

G.H.Mumm

67
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Nec-Plus-Ultra?

A

Bruno Paillard

68
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cuvee Josephine?

A

Joseph Perrier

69
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Belle Epoque?

A

Perrier-Jouet

70
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Piper-Heidieck?

A

Rare

71
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Ployez-Jacquemart?

A

Liesse d’Harbonville

72
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Pol Roger?

A

Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill (first vintage 1975)

73
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Pommery?

A

Cuvee Louise

74
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Louis Roederer?

A

Cristal (first commercial release 1945)

75
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Ruinart?

A

Dom Ruinart

76
Q

What are the is prestige cuvees of Taittinger?

A

Comtes de Champagne

Taittinger Collection

77
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin?

A

La Grande Dame

78
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvees - Cuvee Laetitia & Cuvee Julie?

A

Henri Billiot

79
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cuvee Prestige?

A

Bonnaire

80
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Fiarce?

A

Chartogne-Taillet

81
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Fine Fleur de Bouzy?

A

Hubert Dauvergne

82
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Brut Prestige?

A

Paul Dethune

83
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige?

A

Guy Larmandier

84
Q

Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Substance?

A

Jacques Selosse

85
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Vilmart & Cie?

A

Coeur de Cuvee

86
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Nicolas Feuillatte?

A

Palmes d’Or

87
Q

What is the is prestige cuvee of Jaquart?

A

Brut de Nominee

88
Q

What are the is prestige cuvees of Mailly Grand Cru?

A

Les Echansons
L’Intemporelle
Exception Blanche

89
Q

How many bottles on a gyropalette?

A

504

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