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What white grape is grown only in Bordeaux and the southwest, primarily for sweet whites?

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Semillion and Suav Blanc

3rd minor is Muscadelle which add floral

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How many acres does merlot cover in Bordeaux?

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250,000

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AOC stands for

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Appellation d’Origine Controlle

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What red variety is associated with the Northern Rhone Valley?

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Syrah

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What red variety is a blending grape in the south of France?

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Cinsault

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What is a leading white grape in Bordeaux and eastern Loire?

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Sauvignon Blanc

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Appellation means

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Place-name

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What are the 2 red grapes of Champagne?

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Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier

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IGP is also Vin de Pay. T or F

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True

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What white grape is planted mostly in the south of France and mainly used for vin doux natural?

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Muscat

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As long as all grapes come from France, entry level vin de table wines can be labeled

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Vin de France

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What area of France has the longest history of viticulture?

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South of France

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What religious orders were based in Burgundy?

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Benedictine & Cistercian monks

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Small quantities of Gamay can be found in what cool climate region in France?

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Loire Valley

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South of France fortified wines are called

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Vin doux Natural

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16
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What is the most widely planted white grape in France?

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Ugni Blanc

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17
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What does IGP stand for?

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Indication de Geographique Protegee

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18
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In what century did Bordeaux come under the British crown & why?

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Henry II married Eleanor of Aquitaine in 12th century

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What is the most planted red grape variety in France?

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Merlot

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20
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How many zone vin de pays/IGP’s are there in France?

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75

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21
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How many AOC’s are there in France?

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more than 300

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What white grape is only grown in the western Loire Valley?

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Melon de Bourgogne

small planting found in Beaujolais and elsewhere

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23
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What European country served as the model for the EU’s wine system?

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France

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The Champagne region was well known in the 1600’s not for sparkling wines but for

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still Pinot Noir wines

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What tier of wine categories account for more than 1/3 of all French wine?
IGP or vin de pays
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More than 1/2 of France's Cabernet Sauvignon is grown in
Bordeaux
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Who brought the first grapes to France?
Greeks & Romans
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In what regions will you find Chardonnay?
Burgundy, Champagne & Languedoc-Roussillon
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What are the 5 most important rivers in France?
Dordogne, Garonne, Loire, Rhone, Rhine
30
AOC's produce just under _____ of all French wine.
half
31
What region has a maritime climate and produce ____ of French vineyard land?
Bordeaux produces 1/3 of vineyard land.
32
Early 20th century France, as a country, a national system for legally protecting and restricting the use of place names for wine regions know as?
Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualtie INAO
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What white grape is used primarily for making brandy and cognac?
Ugni Blanc
34
What are the major topographical features in France?
West: Atlantic East: mountains Germany, Switzerland, Italy South: Med, Pyrenees between Spain Within: Massif Central, southern Alps & rivers
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When did the Roman empire collapse?
5th century France began to develop a nation associated with Christian Monasteries
36
What mountain range protects Alsace?
Vosges
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What grape is the main red variety in Alsace and east Loire?
Pinot Noir
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What is prominently grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence?
red wine with a significant portion produced as rose
39
The home of French nobility in the Middle Ages was where?
Loire Valley
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What red grape is a primary ingredient in most Southern Rhone blends?
Grenache
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How many departmental vin de pays/IGP's are there in France?
75
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What white grape is grown primarily in Anjou-Saumur and Touraine?
Chenin Blanc produced in wide range of styles -dry, sweet, sparkling.
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What red ward climate grape is grown only in the south of France and Corsica.
Carignan
44
What region regularly uses varietal labeling on it's top tier wines?
Alsace
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What is the organization that legally protects the use of place names for wine regions in France?
Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualite
46
How many regional vin de pays/IGP's are there in France?
7
47
Trebbiano is also known as _____ in France.
Ugni Blanc
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What are the three levels of Vin de Pays or IGP wines?
Regional, departmental and zone
49
Monasteries acquired holdings in which two regions?
Burgundy & Champagne
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What is the primary red grape of the Loire Valley?
Cabernet Franc
51
When did the deliberate introduction of bubbles into the winemaking process start in Champagne?
End of the 17th century
52
The British ownership of Aquitaine ended due to warfare in
14th & 15th centuries
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What regions have a Mediterranean climate and produce ____ of French vineyard land?
Languedoc-Rousellon, Provence, Rhone, Corsica produce half of vineyard land
54
Ugni Blanc covers more than _____ acres in France.
200,000
55
Pays d'Oc is a regional IGP which covers
the western part of the French Mediterranean coast.
56
France overall - 5th century Roman Empire did ?
Collapsed France developed into a nations Wine became associated iwth Christian monasteries
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France overall - Monks experimented what century?
5th century scientific approach to growing & winemaking varietals of grapes and vineyard configurations - matching grape to site improvements to wine making on a large scale
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France overall - spritz deliberately introduction cam when?
17th century
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France overall - bottle shape found in Alsace?
Flute d' Alsace
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France overall - as of December 2019 there are how many Vin de pays?
75

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