Global Wine Industry & Wine Laws

Question 1

What percentage of the global vineyard is located in Europe?

Answer 1

57%

Question 2

The first alcoholic beverage that incorporated fermented grapes dates to

Answer 2

7000 BCE

Question 3

What year was the Judgement of Paris competition?

Answer 3

1976

Question 4

What is the global volume of wine produced annually?

Answer 4

260 million hectolitres or 3 billion cases

Question 5

Europe produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?

Answer 5

66.5%

Question 6

South American produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?

Answer 6

11%

Question 7

North America produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?

Answer 7

7%

Question 8

What country has the most vineyard acreage?

Answer 8

Spain

Question 9

What country produces the most wine?

Answer 9

France

Question 10

What country consumes the most wine?

Answer 10

France

Question 11

What country exports (by value) the most wine?

Answer 11

France

Question 12

What country imports to most wine?

Answer 12

USA

Question 13

What countries are the global heavyweights of the wine community?

Answer 13

France, Spain & Italy

Question 14

What two New World countries produce more than they consume and thus export their excess?

Answer 14

Australia & Chile

Question 15

Officially sanctioned wine regions are known generically as

Answer 15

appellations or geographic indications (GIs)

Question 16

EU member countries produce what percentage of the world’s wine?

Answer 16

60%

Question 17

What is the EU’s three tiered structure of wine categories of quality?

Answer 17

PDO, PGI and Wine

Question 18

What does PDO stand for?

Answer 18

Protected Designation of Origin

Question 19

What does PGI stand for?

Answer 19

Protected Geographic Indication

Question 20

When did the EU regulations take effect?

Answer 20

2009

Question 21

What is the highest level of the EU wine categories?

Answer 21

Protected Designation of Origin

Question 22

What is the second tier of the EU wine categories?

Answer 22

Protected Geographic Indication

Question 23

What is the lowest tier of the the EU wine categories?

Answer 23

Wine

Question 24

Quality Wine Produced in a Specialized Region is the old term now known as

Answer 24

PDO, Protected Designation of Origin

Question 25

Grapes grown within a clearly defined area and produced in that area fall under what level of EU wine catagories?

Answer 25

PDO

Question 26

To qualify as a PGI at least _____ % of the grapes must come from the defined geographical area.

Answer 26

85%

Question 27

To qualify as a PGI wine the wine must be produced in the defined geographical area. T or F

Answer 27

True

Question 28

PGI wines can name vintage on the label if ____% of the grapes came from that vintage.

Answer 28

85%

Question 29

The lowest level of EU catagories can list variety and/or vintage on the label as long as a minimum of _____% is the named variety or vintage.

Answer 29

85%

Question 30

If 2 or 3 varieties are listed on the label ____% of the grapes must be from those 2 or 3 grapes.

Answer 30

100%

Question 31

Sparkling wines whose CO2 is derived from a secondary fermentation, disgorgement, and with a minimum of 9 months aging in the lees can be termed

Answer 31

Quality Sparkling Wine

Question 32

Sparkling wines whose sparkle is derived from the addition of CO2 are termed

Answer 32

Aerated Sparkling Wine