New Zealand Grapes

Question 1

What is New Zealand’s most widely planted white grape variety?

Answer 1

Sauvignon Blanc

Question 2

What is New Zealand’s most widely planted red grape variety?

Answer 2

Pinot Noir

Question 3

Sauvignon Blanc accounts for roughly how much of New Zealand’s total wine production?

Answer 3

Roughly 75%

Question 4

Which white variety used to be the main grape of New Zealand producing neutral easy drinking wine for bulk supply?

Answer 4

Müller-Thurgau

Question 5

What is New Zealand’s fourth most planted white varietal?

Answer 5

Riesling

Question 6

What is the most widely planted grape variety in Hawke’s Bay?

Answer 6

Chardonnay

Question 7

Sparkling wines in New Zealand are made using which method?

Answer 7

Methode Traditionelle

Question 8

Sauvignon Blanc grown on the North Island generally has more or less herbaceaousness than that grown in the South?

Answer 8

Less, it loses some herbaceaousness and gains riper characters of exotic fruit

Question 9

Is a typical Marlborough Pinot Noir aromatic with red cherry fruit flavors and firm tannins or earthy with black fruit notes and soft tannins?

Answer 9

Aromatic with red cherry fruit flavors and firm tannins

Question 10

Which grape, emerging in the early 2000s, has become New Zealand’s third most planted white grape variety?

Answer 10

Pinot Gris

Question 11

What is New Zealand’s second most planted red varietal?

Answer 11

Merlot

Question 12

Are New Zealand rosé wines typically made to drink immediately or put down to age?

Answer 12

Drink immediately

Question 13

Riesling is New Zealand’s fourth most planted white varietal after which other three?

Answer 13

Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris

Question 14

Gisborne is known for which two predominant grape varieties?

Answer 14

Chardonnay and Gewurtztraminer

Question 15

Grapes were first planted by missionaries in New Zealand in which year?

Answer 15

1819

Question 16

Which two grapes, used for still and sparkling wine production, are planted in Marlborough?

Answer 16

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

Question 17

Some of the initial plantings of Pinot Noir in New Zealand were later identified as which other grape?

Answer 17

Flora

Question 18

Is a typical New Zealand Pinot Gris more likely to be compared to that of a spicy full-bodied Alsatian wine or lighter-bodied more acidic Italian style?

Answer 18

A spicy-bodied Alsatian wine

Question 19

Does New Zealand Pinot Noir tend to be more full bodied or light bodied for the variety?

Answer 19

Full bodied

Question 20

What are the three most widely planted grape varieties in Northland?

Answer 20

Chardonnay, Syrah and Pinot Gris

Question 21

Cloudy Bay’s Pelorus is an example of which style of wine?

Answer 21

Sparkling wine

Question 22

A small quantity of Arneis is planted in the Waitaki Valley wine region, what color grape is it?

Answer 22

White