Russia, plus

Question 1

What is Russia’s most important viticultural area?

Answer 1

Krasnodar

Question 2

What is Russia’s most planted varietal?

Answer 2

Rkatsiteli

Question 3

Where is viticulture possible in Russia?

Answer 3

Only in the very south, between the Black and Caspian Seas.

Question 4

Louis Roederer created Cristal for which Russian Czar?

Answer 4

Nicholas II

Question 5

What are the four regions of production in the Ukraine?

Answer 5

Crimea (Krim)
Odessa
Nikolayev-Kherson
Transcarpathian Region

Question 6

What two regions of Ukraine produce 80% of the country’s total, including a serious amount of Traditional Method sparkling wine?

Answer 6

Crimea and Odessa

Question 7

Where in Crimea is there a large collection of Sherry and Madeira styled wines?

Answer 7

Massandra, founded in 1894 by Czar Nicholas II as a place to store wine for his summer palace. Today it is a functioning winery producing over 10million bottles/year.

Question 8

What are the five regions of production in Georgia?

Answer 8

Kakheti
Kartli
Imereti
Racha-Lechkhumi
...plus a subtropical zone on the Black Sea coast.

Question 9

What is Armenia’s most important wine zone?

Answer 9

Ararat Valley

Question 10

What is Milestii Mici?

Answer 10

The largest wine collection in the world, in Moldova’s Cricova district: an underground cellar stretching 125 miles.