Loire Valley and Alsace

Question 1

Pays Nantais

2 appellations, 4 soils, 1 grape

Answer 1

Muscadet AOP
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP

Gravel
Granite
Schist
Sand

Melon de Bourgogne

Question 2

Anjou-Saumur
5 AOP

Seven 
Quarts of
Beer
Shall
Assuage

Answer 2

Sauvenniéres - dry chenin Blanc

Quarts de Chaume - late harvest and botrytis chenin

Bonnezeaux - late harvest and botrytis chenin

Saumur- dry cab Franc, chenin, and sparkling chenin

Anjou - dry cab Franc

Question 3

Touraine

1 special soil

3 appellations

Very
Big
Cat

Answer 3

Vouvray - chenin all styles

Bourgeil - dry cab Franc

Chinon - dry cab

Soil - Tuffeau

Question 4

Central Vineyards

3 soils SLk

2 AOP’s

Answer 4

Sancerre - PN and Sauv Blanc

Pouilly-Fumè - Sauv Blanc

Silex, Limestone, kimmeridgian Clay

Question 5

Alsace Grand Crus Varietals
(noble grapes)
Get
Real,
Mary
Poppins!

Answer 5

Riesling
Gewurtztraminer
Muscat
Pinot Gris

Question 6

Alsace

Mountains, River, and two departments

Answer 6

Vosges mountains

Rhine River

Bas-Rhin

Haut-Rhin - best vineyards, more protection from Vosges

Question 7

Coteaux de Layon

AOP, grape, wine style

Answer 7

of the Anjou AOP, sweet white w/ Chenin

Question 8

Alsace Producers

Answer 8

Zind-Humbrecht
Lucien Albrecht
Muré
Domaine Weinbach
Domaine Marcel Deiss
Trimbach

Question 9

Alsace Terms

Edelzwicker
gentil
Vendanges Tardives
Sélection de Grains Nobles

Answer 9

Edelzwicker: blend
gentil: blend
Vendanges Tardives: late harvest
Sélection de Grains Nobles: dessert wines

Question 10

Cremate d’Alsace Varietals

6 grapes

Answer 10

Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Auuxerois (blanc de blancs), Riesling.