Quiz No. 8

Question 1

Where is Mount Etna?

Answer 1

Sicily

Question 2

What is the capital of Côte d’Or?

Answer 2

Dijon

Question 3

Is chaptalization allowed in Alsace?

Answer 3

Yes, but not in VT and SGN

Question 4

The _____ current flows north from Antarctica to cool the coastal regions of South Africa.

Answer 4

Benguela

Question 5

What is Blanc de Noir?

Answer 5

White wine made solely from black grapes

Question 6

What is the largest DOP in Portugal?

Answer 6

Vinho Verde

Question 7

What is tuffeau?

Answer 7

Soft, fine-grained limestone

Question 8

Quarts-de-Chaume AOP produces sweet, late-harvest wines from the _____ grape.

Answer 8

Chenin Blanc

Question 9

Who is the process of Chaptalization named after?

Answer 9

Jean-Antoine Chaptal

Question 10

Is dosage added to Brut Nature?

Answer 10

No

Question 11

Where is Ribera del Duero DO located?

Answer 11

Castilla y León

Question 12

Austria: What are the three levels of Sekt?

Answer 12

Klassik, Reserve, Große Reserve

Question 13

In 1785, what Château release the first estate-bottled Châteauneuf-du-Pape?

Answer 13

Château La Nerthe

Question 14

What is brettanomyces?

Answer 14

Yeast Growth

causes smoke, clove, spice, band-aid, and manure aromas

Question 15

What is the smallest AVA in America?

Answer 15

Cole Ranch AVA

Question 16

What is the Zonda?

Answer 16

Dusty, hot afternoon wind that blows down from the mountains in late spring/early summer in Argentina

Question 17

What is the most planted white grape in Argentina?

Answer 17

Pedro Giménez (no relation to Pedro Ximénez)

Question 18

Name a DOCG other than d’Asti and Franciacorta that produces sparkling wine.

Answer 18

Alta Langa DOCG

Question 19

What is volatile acidity?

Answer 19

The presence of acetic acid, giving a wine vinegary aromas; produced when the bacteria acetobacter (or certain wild yeasts) and oxygen are present during the fermentation process

Question 20

What is willakenzie soil?

Answer 20

Marine sedimentary soil