Mainly Fortified wines - ST Questions 30.05.20

Question 1

Who grants the Beneficio authorisation for Port grape growers and what are the total number of points available?

Answer 1

Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (IVDP), 2,361

Question 2

What is the range of points in the Beneficio for a ‘B’ Grade vineyard?

Answer 2

1001-1200

Question 3

What are maximum yields for red and white Alsace Grand Cru

Answer 3

40hl/ha red, 50hl/ha white

Question 4

What is the better known synonym in the Douro for each of the following Port grapes?
Bical Tinto 
Aragonez 
Trincadeira 
Trousseau 
Sercial 
Godello

Answer 4

Bical Tinto – Touriga Nacional
Aragonez – Tinta Roriz
Trincadeira – Tinta Amarela
Trousseau – Bastardo
Sercial – Esgana Cao
Godello – Gouveio

Question 5

What are the four styles of white Port?

Answer 5

Branco Leve e Seco, Branco Meio Seco, Doce, Lagrima

Question 6

Who makes the following Single Quintas?
Quinta do Foz 
Quinta dos Canais 
Quinta do Panascal 
Quinta Sao Luiz 
Quinta do Silval

Answer 6

Quinta do Foz – Calem
Quinta dos Canais – Cockburn’s
Quinta do Panascal – Fonseca
Quinta Sao Luiz – Kopke
Quinta do Silval – Quinta do Noval

Question 7

What, to the nearest litre, is the size of a Pipe used for shipping?

Answer 7

534 Litres

Question 8

What term is used for LBV Ports to indicate an additional minimum three years of bottle aging?

Answer 8

Envelhicido em garrafa

Question 9

Which four Port vintages were generally declared in the 1990s?

Answer 9

1991, 1992, 1994, 1997

Question 10

Which 2 years combine to make the most recent ‘split’ vintage for Symingtons?

Answer 10

2016, 2017

Question 11

What are the three types of companies involved in the Madeira wine trade?

Answer 11

Production Companies, Shipping Companies and Partidistas

Question 12

What is the largest production company in Madeira?

Answer 12

Vinhos Justino Henriques

Question 13

What are terraces known as in Madeira?

Answer 13

Poios

Question 14

Apart from Madeira itself, on which other island can Madeira be produced?

Answer 14

Porto Santo

Question 15

What is the minimum amount of time that a Madeira must spend in the estufa?

Answer 15

3 months

Question 16

What is estagio?

Answer 16

The period of rest between estufa and cask maturation (minimum 90 days)

Question 17

What is the minimum cask aging period for the Canteiro method?

Answer 17

2 years

Question 18

What is the minimum and maximum aging period for a Madeira labelled ‘Extra Reserve’?

Answer 18

15-20 years

Question 19

What is Pedra molle in reference to Madeira?

Answer 19

It’s a type of Volcanic soil

Question 20

What is a Levada?

Answer 20

It is an irrigation canal in Madeira

Question 21

What are the maximum residual sugar levels for the following Sherry styles?
Vino Genoroso Amontillado 
Vino Generoso de Licor Dry 
Vino Generoso de Licor Medium 
Vino Generoso de Licor Cream

Answer 21

Vino Genoroso Amontillado – 5 g/l (like all Vino Generoso)
Vino Generoso de Licor Dry – 45 g/l
Vino Generoso de Licor Medium – 115 g/l
Vino Generoso de Licor Cream – 140 g/l

Question 22

What are the three styles of Manzanilla Vino Generoso?

Answer 22

Fina, Pasada, Olorosa

Question 23

What is the common and traditional vine training method in Jerez?

Answer 23

Vara y Pulgar

Question 24

What are maximum yields in the sub-region of Jerez Superior?

Answer 24

80 hl/ha (100 hl/ha elsewhere in Jerez)

Question 25

What is the minimum aging period in Solera for Sherry?

Answer 25

2 years

Question 26

A fermentation tank classified as Gordura will become which style of Sherry and what shape will be drawn on the tank to designate it?

Answer 26

Oloroso, a circle

Question 27

A vino de color reduced to one third of its original volume is called ________?

Answer 27

Sancocho

Question 28

In which village would you find the Pago of Balbaina?

Answer 28

El Puerto de Santa Maria

Question 29

Name 6 Sherry villages.

Answer 29

Any 6 of Jerez de la Frontera, Chiclana de la Frontera, Chipiona, Sanlucar de Barrameda, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Puerto Real, Rota, Trebujena, Lebrija

Question 30

Who makes Tio Diego Amontillado ?

Answer 30

Valdespino

Question 31

What is the minimum aging in wood for a Viejo Condado de Huelva?

Answer 31

3 years

Question 32

What are the two different types of Moscatel permitted in Malaga?

Answer 32

Alejandria and Grano Menudo

Question 33

What are the minimum aging requirements for a Marsala Superiore?

Answer 33

2 years in oak or cherry wood

Question 34

What do the letters SOM stand for in a Marsala Superiore SOM?

Answer 34

Superior Old Marsala

Question 35

Rubino Marsala is produced from which grapes?

Answer 35

Perricone, Calabrese and Nerello Mascalese

Question 36

What are the 4 PDOs of Macedonia?

Answer 36

Amynteo, Naoussa, Slopes of Meliton, Goumenissa

Question 37

What is the main grape and permitted styles in Mantinia PDO?

Answer 37

Moschofilero, Dry Still wines or Sparkling Dry or sweet

Question 38

In which Gemeinde would you find Schloss Johannisberg?

Answer 38

Geisenheim

Question 39

What are the three crus that make up the Maximin Grunhaus estate?

Answer 39

Bruderberg, Abtsberg, Herrenberg

Question 40

List the bereiche of Mittelrhein.

Answer 40

Lorelay, Siebengebirge