England

Question 1

What/where are the North Downs?

Answer 1

a chain of chalk hills that run from the iconic White Cliffs of Dover on the channel coast, through Kent and central Surrey and on into Hampshire to the west

Question 2

What is Bacchus a crossing of? What’s it like?

Answer 2

A Riesling-Sylvaner cross x Muller-Thurgau
Reminiscent of Sauvignon Blanc

Question 3

England’s major wine growing areas lie between what parallels?

Answer 3

50ºN to 52ºN

Question 4

What/where was England’s first commercial winery?

Answer 4

Hambledon, est. 1951 in Hampshire

Question 5

What is Ortega a crossing of?

Answer 5

Siegerrebe x Muller-Thurgau

Question 6

Pommery has joined a partnership with what English winery?

Answer 6

Hattingley Valley

Question 7

What was the first English wine released by a Champagne House?

Answer 7

Louis Pommery England, a partnership between Vranken-Pommery Monopole and Hattingley Valley.
Initially sourced from growers in Essex, Sussex and Kent.
They planted their Pinglestone Vineyard in Hampshire with 1st harvest in 2021 and first bottles expected in 2024.

Question 8

What PDO’s are EU-recognized for English wine?

Answer 8

England Wine PDO
Welsh Wine PDO

Question 9

What was England’s 1 post-Brexit PDO?

Answer 9

Sussex PDO - as of yet, not recognized by the EU

Question 10

Sussex PDO’s climate?

Answer 10

Maritime: cool with “high” sunshine as far as the Brits are concerned… 1750 sunshine hours

Question 11

Sussex PDO leading producers

Answer 11

Nyetimber, Rathfinney Estate, Bolney Wine Estate, Artelium

Question 12

What county hosts the largest concentration of plantings in England?

Answer 12

Sussex with about 700ha

Question 13

What is the Weald?

Answer 13

ENGLAND
* Sussex, S. Kent - diamond shaped area between North & South Downs
* flat area; eroded chalk topsoil to expose layers of greensand and/or clay

Possible PDO, in consideration

Question 14

What is the name of Taittinger’s English project? Where is it?

Answer 14

Domaine Evremond
Located in Kent

Question 15

Greensand

Answer 15

Calcareous chalk and marine sediment; surfaces where chalk has eroded.. is the next layer down
* key soil type in Sussex

Question 16

Sussex PDO sparkling grapes

Answer 16

Principal: Chard, PN, PM
Also: Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Arbanne, Petit Meslier, Pinot Noir Precoce

Question 17

Min atm for Sussex PDO sparkling?

Answer 17

3.5 bars

Question 18

Aging for Sussex PDO sparkling

Answer 18

15 months total, 12m on lees

Question 19

Variety/vintage rules for Sussex PDO sparkling

Answer 19

• 85% from stated vintage
• min. 90% mentioned varieties
• min. 90% Chard for BdB, PM/PN for BdN

Question 20

Sussex PDO climate

Answer 20

Maritime
* 25 to 33in rain/yr
* ~1750 sunshine hours/yr

Question 21

“British Wine” meaning

Answer 21

Wine made from juice or concentrate from elsewhere in the world - pressed in Britain. Cannot be used to describe wine from freshly pressed grapes, in the legal sense

Question 22

Phylloxera in England

Answer 22

1863

Question 23

Darnibole PDO

Answer 23

Cornwall
100% Bacchus
Camel Valley Winery - monopole PDO

Question 24

Max elevation for Welsh Wine PDO

Answer 24

220M

Question 25

Kent soils

Answer 25

Chalk (North Downs) Greensand - Marine sediment/clay

Question 26

Kent leading wineries

Answer 26

Chapel Down Biddenden Gusbourne Estate Hush Heath Estate (Balfour Winery)

Question 27

Hampshire soils

Answer 27

South Downs chalk, Greensand + Clay

Question 28

Hampshire leading wineries

Answer 28

Hattingly Valley Hambledon Vineyard