Spain

Question 1

What is the principal grape used to make red Rioja?

Answer 1

Tempranillo

Question 2

What is Spanish sparkling wine commonly known as?

Answer 2

Cava

Question 3

Toro wine is produced in the South of Spain, True or False?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Ribera del Duero wine region is in the north of Spain, True or False?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Is a wine labelled Tinto red or white?

Answer 5

Red

Question 6

Which well-known Spanish city is closest to the wine region of Priorat?

Answer 6

Barcelona or Tarragona

Question 7

Which region is best known for producing Albarino?

Answer 7

Galicia (Rias Baixas)

Question 8

For which white wine is the Rueda region well-known?

Answer 8

Verdejo

Question 9

The grape variety Grenache is known by a different name. What is it?

Answer 9

Garnacha

Question 10

From which region does Vega Sicilia come?

Answer 10

Ribera del Duero

Question 11

What is the name of Spain’s largest wine region?

Answer 11

La Mancha

Question 12

The River Ebro runs through which Spanish wine region?

Answer 12

Rioja

Question 13

What is the driest form of sherry called?

Answer 13

Fino or Manzanilla

Question 14

What percentage of Rioja wine is white?

Answer 14

15%

Question 15

What is Spain’s smallest wine region called?

Answer 15

Priorat

Question 16

Spain’s best known wine family, Torres, is based in which wine region?

Answer 16

Penedes

Question 17

Which is the oldest bodega in Rioja?

Answer 17

Marques de Riscal

Question 18

Which Cava House produces over 60% of all Cava?

Answer 18

Freixenet

Question 19

Which is the most northerly DO wine region; it’s in the east of Spain?

Answer 19

Emporda (on the Costa Brava)

Question 20

In making sherry, what is the system of topping off casks with older sherry called?

Answer 20

The Solera System