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Question 1

in what AVA would you find the Bien Nacido Vineyard?

Answer 1

Santa Maria AVA

Question 2

Spieglau Glassware is from what country?

Answer 2

Germany

Question 3

How many 4oz glasses can be poured from a 375mL bottle?

Answer 3

3

Question 4

What is meant by a vineyard planted ‘En Foule?’

Answer 4

No rows or spacing, literally ‘in a crowd’

Question 5

What about AxR1 allowed it to be susceptible to Phylloxera?

Answer 5

It had vinifera as its parentage

Question 6

What is velcorin?

Answer 6

anti-microbial that is used to sterilize wine- dimethyl dicarbonate if you want to be a geek

Question 7

how does a smudge pot help control frost?

Answer 7

Convection warms cold air pockets

Question 8

Where is Pritchard Hill?

Answer 8

East side of Napa benches above Rutherford

Question 9

what four countries make up Austria’s eastern border?

Answer 9

Czech, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia

Question 10

What DOCs are available to a producer in Montalcino producing a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon?

Answer 10

Sant’Animo DOC

Question 11

What is the main grape of the Goumenissa PDO

Answer 11

xinomavro

Question 12

Where is the Guenoc Valley AVA?

Answer 12

Lake AVA, Lake County

Question 13

what is a bidule?

Answer 13

plastic cap in the neck of a champagne bottle that is expelled during riddling

Question 14

Calistoga AVA is adjacent to what Sonoma AVA?

Answer 14

Knights Valley

Question 15

What body of water forms the Eastern coast of Bulgaria and Romania?

Answer 15

the black sea

Question 16

what are the aging requirements for amarone della valpolicella riserva?

Answer 16

4 years from nov 1st

Question 17

what is the acceptable range of residual sugar for a champagne labelled Demi sec?

Answer 17

32-50g/l

Question 18

what is the German word for Rosé wine?

Answer 18

rotling

Question 19

Name 5 Islands for scotch production

Answer 19

Arran, Jura, Skye, Orkney, Islay, Mull

Question 20

what is the minimum RS for Port?

Answer 20

17.5g/l

Question 21

What is the northernmost cru of Barolo?

Answer 21

Verduno

Question 22

On what river would you find the AOC’s of Quincy and Reuilly?

Answer 22

The Cher

Question 23

what is the grape of pouilly-sur-loire?

Answer 23

chasselas

Question 24

In Alsace GC Zotzenberg, how much silvaner must be in the bottle to label GC Zotzenberg Silvaner?

Answer 24

100%

Question 25

What two Bourgogne Grand Cru appellations can use additional geographic denominations?

Answer 25

Chablis Grand Cru and Corton

Question 26

Can Meursault AOC declassify its red wine to Cote de Beaune Villages? 2: Can Meursault declassify it's white wine to cote de Beaune villages?

Answer 26

1:Yes 2:no

Question 27

where is the Grosse Läge of Gräfenberg

Answer 27

Kiedrich, Rheingau

Question 28

Explain the VDP term Ortswein 2: Name an Ortswein in the Rheingau

Answer 28

village lots of choices- any village really, schloss vollrads is super classic

Question 29

Name 2 of the 4 vineyards excluded from the 1971 German wine law

Answer 29

schloss Vollrads, Forster Kirchenstuck, Forster freundstuck, bernkastler doktor