Hungary

Question 1

What is a gonc?

Answer 1

A Hungarian barrel roughly 136L used for Tokaji production

Question 2

Tokaji Esszencia must contain how much r/s?

Answer 2

450 g/L

Question 3

Tokaj lies on what two river?

Answer 3

Tisza and Bodrog Rivers

Question 4

What does Azsú indicate in Tokaj?

Answer 4

Grapes with high levels of sugar affected by botrytis

Question 5

What foreign winery owns Oremus?

Answer 5

Vega Sicilia

A tokaji project in Hungary

Question 6

What is the name of the mountain range that surrounds Tokaj?

Answer 6

Caparthian Mountains

Question 7

What are the key grapes of Tokaji?

Answer 7

Furmint and Hárslevelű

Question 8

What is Esszencia made from?

Answer 8

The free run juice of Azsú berries

Question 9

Aszú wines must be aged for how long?

Answer 9

18 months in oak

3 years total

Question 10

Azsú wines must have how much R/S?

Answer 10

120 g/L min

Question 11

What does Szamorodni “száraz” indicate?

Answer 11

A dry style of Tokaji,

max 9 g/L r/s

Question 12

what does Szamorodni “édes” indicate?

Answer 12

Sweet style of Tokaji

Min 45 g/L r/s

Question 13

What are the three broad growing regions of Hungary?

Answer 13

Northern Massif, Transdanubia(west)

southern Great Plain

Question 14

What is Kékfrankos?

Answer 14

Blaufrankisch

Question 15

PepsiCo influenced wine economy in what country?

Answer 15

Bulgaria: Wanting to reach the communist countries in the 1970’s, PepsiCo exported cola syrup to Bulgaria. Due to the low currency value of Bulgarian currency, they paid in Bulgarian wine. The wine lacked quality so PepsiCo invested in quality viticulture

Question 16

What does “barik” indicate?

Answer 16

wines that have been fermented in oak 500L or less in size in Bulgaria