Miscellaneous Questions

Question 1

What are the 6 Regional IGP’s of France and what areas do they cover?

Answer 1

Pays d’Oc IGP, Languedoc-Roussillon

Val de Loire IGP, Loire

Comtés Rhodaniens IGP, Northern Rhône Valley, Jura and Savoie

Méditerranée IGP, Southeast France

Atlantique IGP, Bordeaux and Charente

Comté Tolosan IGP, Sud-Ouest

Question 2

What are the top ten selling brands in the world in 2016?

Answer 2

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/07/top-10-wine-brands-2016/11/

10. Beringer (owned by Treasury Wine estates)
    Products: Classics Collection, Stone Cellars, Founders’ Estate, Knights Valley, Napa Valley, Private Reserve, Quantum, Luminous
11. Great Wall (owned by China Foods Limited)
    Products: Varietal range, Château Sungod, Terroir Wine, Star Grade-also owns Château de Viaud in Lalande-de-Pomerol, which it bought in February 2011 for €10m, and Chile’s Bisquertt Vineyard, which it acquired at the end of 2010 for US$18m. Expertise from wine consultant, Michel Rolland.
12. Hardy’s
    (owned by Accolade Wines)
    Products: Voyage, Chronicles, VR, Stamp, Crest, Nottage Hill, William Hardy, Oomoo, Sir James Sparkling, Tintara, Eileen Hardy and Thomas Hardy
13. Sutter Home
    (owned by Trinchero Family Estates)
    Products: Varietal collection, Red Blend, Sweet Red, Sweet White, Bubbly range, Sangria
14. Yellow Tail
    (owned by Casella Wines)
    Products: Varietal collection, Reserve range, Big Bold Red, Sweet White Roo, Sweet Red Roo, Bubbles range, Sangria, Bondi RD. Also purchaed Australian wine brand Peter Lehmann in 2014.
15. Robert Mondavi
    Owned by: Constellation Brands
    Products: Robert Mondavi Private Selection, Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley Wines, Reserve Wines, District Wines, Spotlight Wines, Woodbridge
16. Changyu
    Owned by Changyu Pioneer Wine Co.
    Products: Château Changyu Moser, Château Changyu AFIP Global, Baron Balboa, Golden Icewine Valley, Château Changyu-Castel Co Ltd Yantai, Château Changyu Rena
17. Gallo
    Owned by E&J Gallo
    Products: Gallo Family Vineyards, Gallo Family Vineyards Spritz, Gallo Family Vineyards Summer/Autumn, Turning Leaf, Coastal Vineyards, Signature Series, Dark Horse range, Apothic Red
18. Concha y Toro

Products: Flagship brand Caillero del Diablo Cono Sur, Palo Alto, Viña Maipo, Maycas del Limarí, Trivento, Fetzer, Bonterra, Almaviva

1. Barefoot
   Owned by E&J Gallo Winery

Products: Barefoot Bubbly, Barefoot, Refresh, Impression, DOC Prosecco

Question 3

Wine Faults
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http://wine.appstate.edu/sites/wine.appstate.edu/files/Chart%20Aromas%20FH_1.pdf

Answer 3

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