Wine Types

Question 1

What is a top French sparkling wine made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and is typically dry with high acidity and aromas of green fruits and lemons, and bread notes?

Answer 1

Champagne

Question 2

What is a dry, medium-bodied French white wine made with Sauvignon Blanc, which is typically unoaked with high acidity & green fruit and herbaceous aromas?

Answer 2

Sancerre

Question 3

What is a dry, light bodied French white wine made from Chardonnay, which is often unoaked with high acidity and has green fruit & lemon aromas?

Answer 3

Chablis

Question 4

What is a white wine made from Chardonnay in the Burgundy/Bourgogne area of France, and can be either oaked or unoaked, dry, meduim bodied with ripe fruit flavors?

Answer 4

(White) Burgundy

Question 5

What is a dry, light bodied red wine made with Pinot Noir from the Burgundy/Bourgogne area of France, and will often have low tannins and high acidity with red fruit and oak flavors?

Answer 5

(Red) Burgundy

Question 6

What are mostly red wines with high acidity and tannins, dry and medum- to full-bodied with aromas of black fruits and oak. Typically a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, produced in the Bordeaux region of France?

Answer 6

Bordeaux Rouge

Question 7

What is a light-bodied sparkling white wine from Italy with green fruit and floral aromas, and can be either dry or medium sweetness?

Answer 7

Prosecco

Question 8

What is a dry, sparkling wine from Spain with flavors of green fruit and citrus?

Answer 8

Cava

Question 9

What is a California rosé that is unoaked, low alcohol with a medium level of sweetness and red fruit flavors?

Answer 9

White Zinfandel

Question 10

What is a dry, light-bodied red wine from France, unoaked with fresh red fruit flavors and low tannins?

Answer 10

Beaujolais

Question 11

What is a dry, medium-bodied red wine from the Rhone Valley in France, with red fruit and pepper flavors, oaked or unoaked?

Answer 11

Cotes du Rhone

Question 12

Dry, medium-bodied red wine from Central Italy, with high tannins and acidity, red fruit flavors and clove aromas from oak.

Answer 12

Chianti

Question 13

What is a dry, medium- to full- bodied red wine from northern Spain, with red fruit and vanilla flavors?

Answer 13

Rioja

Question 14

What is a dry, full-bodied, high alcohol red wine from the Rhone Valley in France, with red fruit and clove flavors?

Answer 14

Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Question 15

What is a sweet white winefromBordeaux, generally full-bodied with stone fruit,honeyandvanillaflavors, andhigh acid to balance it out?

Answer 15

Sauternes

Question 16

What is a Fortified white wine from Spain?

Answer 16

Sherry

Question 17

What is a fortifiedwine fromPortugalwithelevated sweetnessandhigh in alcohol, typically red fruit aromas, full-bodied with high tannins and black fruit flavors?

Answer 17

Port