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1
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Where do you find pierres dorees?

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Beaujolais

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Where do you find tuffeau?

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Loire, soft chalk

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3
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Where do you find caillottes?

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Central Loire, sauvignon blanc

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4
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Where do you find caillottes?

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Central Loire, sauvignon blanc

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5
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Where do you find terre blanche?

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Centre Loire

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6
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Where do you find silex?

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Centre Loire

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7
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Where do you find poudingues?

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Jurancon

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8
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Where are gobelets found?

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Hot, dry places

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9
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Where do you find galets?

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Southern Rhone, Jurancon, Languedoc, Hermitage, Roussillon, SW

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10
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Where are the Dentelles de Montmirail?

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Southern Rhone, limestone-based soil

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11
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What is the limestone based soil in Southern Rhone called?

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Garrigue (also, scrubland vegetation and smells)

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12
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Where is the Rangen de Thann?

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Alsace, one of the grand crus (volcanic soil, not super common in France)

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13
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What is alluvium?

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Sediment left from rivers, floods…tends to be fertile, not great for wine

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14
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What is colluvium?

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Slope wash, rocky scree

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15
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Most of Alsace’s grand crus are on what type of soil?

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Sedimentary (but there’s a lot of diversity here due to fault line): marl, limestone, sandstone

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16
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Which regions are impacted by the Massif Central?

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Languedoc, SW creep up

Northern Rhone, Beaujolais, Burgundy are sheltered by it (fairly continental)

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17
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Which regions are impacted by the Saone Graben?

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Jura (it’s between Bourgogne and the Jura)

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18
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Which regions are impacted by the Rhine Graben?

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Alsace

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19
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Which regions are impacted by Pyrenees?

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Roussillon (VDNs, reds, whites)

SW (Irelouguy, Jurancon for whites)

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20
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What regions are impacted by the Gironde Estuary?

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Bordeaux

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21
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What regions are influenced by the Alps?

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Savoie

The Jura, parts of Provence, Eastern Rhone to a lesser extent

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22
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What is Mont Granier?

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Mountain in Savoie on whose rubble Abymes and part of Apremont are grown

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23
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What group of people terraced Northern Rhone vineyards? What are the teepees called?

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The Romans…teepee shape is called echelas

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24
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What are the chalk caves in Champagne called?

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Crayeres

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25
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What is the Roche Solutre?

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End of limestone marls in Burgundy before hitting Beaujolais

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26
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What is a troglodyte dwelling?

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In the Loire, an excavated space of tuffeau chalk that people live in and grow mushrooms in

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27
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The Adour River?

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SW France…where Madiran (for reds) is (white wine is from Pacheranc du Vic Bilh)

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28
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The Lot River?

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SW…Cahors…flows into the Garonne

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29
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The Tarn River?

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Gaillac

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30
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The Agly River?

A

Roussillon

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31
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The Drome River?

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Diois, Northern Rhone area

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32
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The Serein River?

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Chablis

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33
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The Rhone River?

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The Rhone, but also Savoie

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34
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Gironde Estuary?

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Left fork is the Garonne

Right fork is the Dordogne

Tidal up to 75 miles inland

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35
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What climate is the Cote d’Or?

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Continental

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36
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What climate is the Upper Loire?

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Continental

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37
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What climate is Beaujolais?

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Continental, some Mediterranean

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38
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What climate is Champagne?

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Continental, also maritime influence

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39
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What climate is the Cote Chalonnaise?

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Continental

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40
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What climate is Chablis?

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Continental, some maritime influence

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41
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What climate is Provence?

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Mediterranean

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42
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What climate is Corsica?

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Mediterranean

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43
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What climate is the Southern Rhone?

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Mediterranean

44
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What climate is the Languedoc?

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Mediterranean

45
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What climate is Roussillon?

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Mediterranean

46
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What climate is Northern Rhone?

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Mediterranean, but less so

47
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What is the Sirocco wind?

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Hot, dry wind from Africa

48
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What is the Mistral?

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Dry, north wind

49
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What is the Tramontane?

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Dry, north wind that cuts through the Atlantic corridor between the Pyrenees and Massif Central

50
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What are the Westerlies?

A

Humid west wind bringing rain

51
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What is the Gregale wind?

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Cuts through Corsica, northerly wind

52
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What is the Levant wind?

A

Dry, east wind impacting Roussillon

53
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What is the Marin?

A

humid west wind coming from the ocean

54
Q

What were the tree most common varieties during the Middle Ages?

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Gouais Blanc
Pinot
Savagnin

55
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Gouais Blanc x Pinot crosses?

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Chardonnay
Aligote
Auxerrois
Gamay Noir a Jus Blanc
Melon de Bourgogne
Riesling
Arbois
Sacy
56
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Klevner synonym?

A

Pinot Blanc

57
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Chenin Blanc syn?

A

Pineau de la Loire

58
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Cabernet Franc syn?

A

Breton, Bouchy

59
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Vermentino syn?

60
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Klevener syn?

A

Savagnin Rose

61
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Chardonnay syn?

A

Beaunois (Chablis), Auvernat

62
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Cabernet Sauvignon is a cross between?

A

Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc

63
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Merlot is a cross between?

A

Magdeleine Noire des Charentes and Cabernet Franc

64
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Syrah is a cross between?

A

Mondeuse Blanche and Dureza

65
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What is the dominant grape of Menetou-Salon?

A

Sauvignon Blanc

66
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What is the dominant grape of Condrieu?

67
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What is the dominant grape of Madiran?

68
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What is the dominant grape of Cahors?

A

Malbec or Cot

69
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What is the dominant grape of Fronton?

70
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What is the dominant grape of Corbieres?

71
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What is the dominant grape of Bandol?

72
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What is the dominant grape of Banyuls?

A

Grenache (VDNs)

73
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What is the dominant grape of Minervois?

A

Syrah, also Carignan and Grenache and Mourvedre

74
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What is the dominant grape of Cornas?

75
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What is the dominant grape of Vouvray?

A

Chenin Blanc

76
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What is the dominant grape of Patrimonio?

A

Nielluccio (aka Sangiovese)

77
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What color is Gringet?

78
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What color is Sacy?

79
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What color is Gros Manseng?

80
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What color is Trousseau?

81
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What color is Fer Servadou?

82
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What color is Persan?

83
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What color is Molette?

84
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What color is Klevener?

85
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How is Muscat du Lunel made?

86
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How is Jurancon made?

A

Passerillage (dried by Tramontane)

87
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How is Banyuls made?

88
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How is Sauternes made?

89
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How is Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh made?

A

Passerillage (PdVB is shared with Madiran, which is for reds from Tannat)

90
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How is Sainte-Croix-du-Mont made?

91
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How is Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru made?B

A

Botrytis or passerillage

92
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Where in France do they made wines with carbonic maceration?

A

Beaujolais, also Languedoc (soften Carignan), Gaillac (Gamay), Loire (Gamay primeur in Touraine)

93
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Is Hors d’Age oxidative or reductive?

A

Oxidative (requires 5 years of aging)

94
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Is Grenat oxidative or reductive?

95
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Is Traditionnel oxidative or reductive?

96
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Is rimage oxidative or reductive?

97
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Is Tuile oxidative or reductive?

98
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Is Ambre oxidative or reductive?

99
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Is Rancio oxidative or reductive?

100
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Where do they make vin de paille in France?

A

Hermitage

Jura

101
Q

Where do we find grands crus and premiers crus?

A

Bourgogne

Loire (newer)

102
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Where do we find the five growth classifications?

A

Bordeaux, 1855

103
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Where do we find Premiers Grands Crus Classes A and B, and Grands Crus Classes?

A

Saint-Emilion

104
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Where do we find Premier Cru Superieur, Premiers Crus, and Deuxiemes Crus?

A

Bordeaux, 1855 (for Sauternes and Barsac)

105
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Where do we find Crus Classes?

A

Cotes de Provence

Graves

106
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What’s the shallow basket press?

A

Coqard, Champagne

107
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What is the Les Landes forest?

A

Bordeaux, man-made, to offer protection from the Atlantic

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