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Question 0

Name 3 wine regions on New Zealand’s North Island

Answer 0

Aukland, Northland, and Hawks Bay.

Question 1

Name three dessert wines whose grapes are affected by botrytis cinerea?

Answer 1

Sauternes, Tokaji Aszu and Trockenberenauslese.

Question 2

What is the primary red grape of Bandol?

Answer 2

Mourvèdre

Question 3

Name a Rose only AOP in France

Answer 3

Tavel AOP

Question 4

What is Cap Classique?

Answer 4

South African sparking wine, made according to the traditional method (Méthode Champenoise).

Question 5

What are the GI’s of Tasmania?

Answer 5

One: Tasmania!

Question 6

If a Greek wine is labeled OPE, what is the style of wine?

Answer 6

O.P.E (Onomasía Proeléfseos Eleghoméni) is equivalent to ‘Controlled Appellation of Origin’ or the French ‘V.Q.P.R.D.’ There are currently seven qualified regions or products, all of them for sweet wine (including Samos).

Question 7

What is Van Der Hume?

Answer 7

SA liqueur with tanegerine flavoring

Question 8

What is Washington State’s Largest and what is it’s smallest AVAs?

Answer 8

Columbia Valley AVA, Red Mountain AVA.

Question 9

Graach an der Mosel’s ‘Josephshöfer’ is the alleinbesitz of whom?

Answer 9

Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt

Question 10

Name a method of dealing with mildew in the vineyards

Answer 10

Cut leaves, enable air flow around grapes

Use of mined or elemental sulfur

Question 11

What conditions are beneficial for wine storage?

Answer 11

Keep bottles on their sides
Cool
Moderate humidity
Dark
Free of vibration
Consistent environment

Question 12

Define punching down & state its purpose

Answer 12

Breaks up the cap and mixes juice for better color and tannin extraction

Question 13

Define cold soak & state its purpose

Answer 13

Bringing temperature of fresh grapes down to prevent fermentation and allow skin color and flavor extraction

Question 14

What is the difference between oxidative and reductive wine making?

Answer 14

Oxidative is fermentation in the presence of oxygen.
This allows removal of oxidized elements so wine can age better.
Reductive is fermentation in the absense of oxygen.
This allows the fruity characteristics to be kept intact but results in shorter shelf life.

Question 15

Name 3 steps to pairing wine with food

Answer 15

Match the overall intensity of the food and wine
Identify the key ingredients of the food
Decide whether to compare or contrast

Question 16

Name a fining agent

Answer 16

Egg whites, gelatin, silica, pig snouts!

Question 17

What is cold stabilization?

Answer 17

Chilling wine prior to bottling. This causes tartaric acid to crystallise out, thereby avoiding the formation of tartrate crystals, specifically potassium hydrogen tartrate, when the wine is in the bottle.

Question 18

Name food/wine pairing considerations

Answer 18

If food is smoked, bring on the oak
Beat the (spicy) heat with sweet
Wine as sweet as the food
Match ethnicity (e.g., France, Italy)
Match regionality (e.g., Chavignol goat cheese with Sancerre)
Match the occasion or weather (if hot, low alcohol and high acid – acid quenches our thirst)
Drink what you like (pair wine with people rather than food; good food goes with good wine–even if they don’t go well together)

Question 19

Pelliculaire (cold soak)
Obtains more flavor in the wine
Adds depth to the wine
Adds intense color to the wine
All of the above

Answer 19

Adds intense color to the wine

Question 20

The quantity of must permitted to be extracted from 157kg of grapes?

Answer 20

100 l

Question 21

Where is Salta?

Answer 21

Northern Argentina.

Question 22

Volnay is a red wine only AOC. True or False.

Answer 22

True: Volnay is a red wine only AOP, but Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, and Blanc can be blended in up to 15%

Question 23

In what county is the Fiddletown AVA found?

Answer 23

Amador county.

Question 24

What is the word for crusher in France?

Answer 24

fouloir

Question 25

Chinon AOP, in addition to Cab Franc, what other grape and what max %?

Answer 25

Cabernet Sauvignon -10%

Question 26

what are large cask used to age wine called in Alsace?

Answer 26

Foudre

Question 27

What are the primary river of the following regions?

a. Franken:
b. Vouvray:
c. Rioja:
d. Wachau:
e. Porto:
f. Sonoma:

Answer 27

A. Franken: Main

B. Vouvray: Loire

C. Rioja: Ebro

D: Wachau: Donau

E. Porto: Douro

F: Sonoma: Russia River

Question 28

What 3 AVA’s does Washington state share with Oregon?

Answer 28

Columbia Valley, Walla Walla, Columbia Gorge

Question 29

Name 3 AOP’s in the Cote de Beaune that are reserved for the production of red wines only?

Answer 29

volnay pommard blagny

Question 30

What is the largest demarcated wine appellation in the world?

Answer 30

Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA

Question 31

What 2 official Chablis Grand Cru’s comprise both parts of the Unofficial 8th Grand Cru Of Chablis? And which producer is the sole producer from this unofficial grand cru?

Answer 31

la Moutonne is a monopole of Domaine Long-Depaquit, made up of parcels from Les Preuses and Vaudesir.

Question 32

What is the French term for ‘fully sparkling’?

Answer 32

Mousseux

Question 33

What do the following all have in common: Martinez | Brooklyn | Aviation | Last Word | El Floridita?

Answer 33

They are all cocktails that contain Maraschino Liqueur.

Question 34

What is the smallest AVA in America?

Answer 34

Cole Ranch AVA in Mendocino county…monopole of Esterlina.

Question 35

What does Teinturier mean? Name one.

Answer 35

Teinturier, a French language term meaning to dye or stain, is a wine term applied to grapes whose flesh and juice is red in colour due to anthocyanin pigments accumulating within the pulp of the grape berry itself.
Alicante Bouschet.

Question 36

What is a dôle wine?

Answer 36

A blend of Pinot noir and Gamay produced in the Valais canton of Switzerland.