MA MS Questions 2nd Feb 2024

Question 1

Question

Answer 1

Answer

Question 2

Sommos, Obergo, Blecua and Vinas del Vero, are all producers located in which region?

Answer 2

Somontano, Spain.

Question 3

Where would you find the below producers:
Bodegas Altanza
Bodega Protos
Barbadillo
Astobiza

Answer 3

Rioja
Ribera del Duero
Andalucia/Sherry
Basque Country/Txakoli de Alava

Question 4

Where would you find Roebuck Estate and The Grange producers?

Answer 4

Roebuck Estate - West Sussex
The Grange - Hampshire

Question 5

Where would you find Chateau La Pointe?

Answer 5

Pomerol

Question 6

With which Champagne houses would you associate the names:
Julie Cavil
Severine Frerson
Alice Tetienne

Answer 6

Krug, Chef de Cave
Perrier-Jouet, Chef de Cave
Henriot, Chef de Cave

Question 7

Who owns?
Quinta da Roeda
Quinta do Bomfim
Quinta da Gricha

Answer 7

Croft
Dow’s
Churchill’s

Question 8

Where would you find the producer called Rutini?

Answer 8

Mendoza, Argentina

Question 9

In which regions would you find the following distilleries?
Kilkerran
Glenmorangie
Alisa Bay
Kilchoman

Answer 9

Campbeltown
Highlands
Lowlands
Islay

Question 10

Kannan Valley Winery, Jade Winery, Silver Heights Winery and Nine Peaks Winery are all located in which country?

Answer 10

China, Helan Mountain

Question 11

What are the zones of Valle de Curico?

Answer 11

Valle del Lontue
Valle del Teno

Question 12

Name from North to South the IG Provinces of Cuyo.

Answer 12

La Rioja
San Juan
San Luis
Mendoza

Question 13

Where would find the districts La Consulta, Paraje Altamira and El Cepillo?

Answer 13

San Carlos department of Uco Valley, Mendoza.

Question 14

What is the multi-department IG of San Juan?

Answer 14

Valle de Tulum

Question 15

What variety was Cabernet Franc crossed with to create Carmenere?

Answer 15

Gros Cabernet

Question 16

How is the pergola system called in Argentina?

Answer 16

Parral

Question 17

Which wines came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Berlin Tasting ?

Answer 17

1st - Viñedo Chadwick 2000
2nd - Seña 2001
3rd - Château Lafite 2000

Question 18

Where would you find Bodega Garzón ?

Answer 18

Uruguay.

Question 19

What is the name of the region in Brazil’s tropical North?

Answer 19

São Francisco Valley

Question 20

Which country has some of the world’s highest vineyards at Potosi and Tarija?

Answer 20

Bolivia

Question 21

Which region and grape variety would you associate with Penfolds Bin 620. What were the only two vintages released of this wine?

Answer 21

Coonawarra, Cabernet Sauvignon. 1966, 2008.

Question 22

In which GI would you find Word of Mouth and Borrodell on the Mount wineries?

Answer 22

Orange

Question 23

Which GI would you find further North than Brisbane?

Answer 23

South Burnett

Question 24

In which country would you find the producer Kayra?

Answer 24

Turkey

Question 25

In which GI is the Scarce Earth project located and what is it?

Answer 25

McLaren Vale. Scarce Earth (originally known as ‘Rare Earth’) is a project that aims to highlight the impact of site on the flavor of McLaren Vale wines. It utilizes a resource known as the McLaren Vale Geology Map, which divides the region up into 19 ‘districts’, to help ascertain whether similar geologies can indeed make for similar (or perhaps very different) wines.

Namely, the wine must be produced from a single, 10 year old plus McLaren vineyard; it must be produced in a fruit driven, expressive style (so excessively oaky wines were out) and there must be at least 225 litres of the wine produced.

Question 26

What are the Greek generic terms used for white and red grapes respectively?

Answer 26

Asproudi for white grapes (aspro means white)

Mavroudi (mavro means black)

Question 27

To which wines would the term Grand Cru refer to in Greece?

Answer 27

Sweet wines, made via the vin doux naturel process, that are sourced from select vineyards of a given region, typically from higher elevation sites.

Question 28

Who is producing the wine called ‘Le Pied de Samson’? From which grape?

Answer 28

Domaine Georges Vernay, Viognier. Vin de Pays des Collines Rhodaniennes.

Question 29

What is the main grape for Clairette de Die Methode Dioise Ancestrale and minimum residual sugar in g/l?

Answer 29

min 75% Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains

min 35g/l

Question 30

Who is producing La Plume du Peintre? Where?

Answer 30

Domaine de la Mordorée, CDP produced in outstanding vintages only.

Question 31

Who is producing the wine called La Pialade? In which region?

Answer 31

Chateau Rayas, Rhone Valley, CDR Rouge.