Nov 26 2018

Question 1

Charles Joguet is a producer in what wine region

Answer 1

chinon

Question 2

Manzanilla sherry must be aged in what town

Answer 2

Sanlucar

Question 3

arrange the following in order of minimum length of aging required before release

Colheita Port
Rainwater Madeira
Fino Sherry
LBV Port

Answer 3

Fino Sherry (2 years)
Rainwater Madeira (3 years)
LBV Port (4-6)
Colheita Port (7 years)

Question 4

Erbaluce is a grape grown in what Italian wine region?

Answer 4

Piemonte (Caluso)

Question 5

Which side of Mt Etna is not included in the DOC for wine production

Answer 5

west (too dry, used for pistachio farming)

Question 6

minimum Oechsle level for trockenbeerauslese

Answer 6

150

Question 7

Bass Philip is a producer in what Australian wine region?

Answer 7

Gippsland

Question 8

Snake River AVA is shared between what two American states

Answer 8

Oregon and Idaho

Question 9

what are the ingredients in a Godfather cocktail

Answer 9

Scotch and Amaretto

Question 10

what is the name of Thierry Allemand’s old vine cuvee

Answer 10

Reynard

Question 11

Vitovska is grown in what italian wine region

Answer 11

Friuli

Question 12

what is the IGP for the island of Sardenia

Answer 12

Isola dei Nuraghi

Question 13

what grape is authorized for red wine production in the Naoussa PDO

Answer 13

Xinomavro

Question 14

what is the local name for Nebbiolo in the Valtellina region

Answer 14

chiavennasca

Question 15

Sillery is a Grand Cru village in what subregion of Champagne

Answer 15

Montagne de Reims

Question 16

on a label of Muscadet Sevre et Maine, what might the term “Hermine d’Or” imply?

Answer 16

unofficial term that implies ageability and terroir

Question 17

Pineau de la Loire is a synonym for what grape

Answer 17

Chenin Blanc

Question 18

Table Mountain is an important topographical feature in what wine growing region

Answer 18

stellenbosch

Question 19

what Alsatian grand cru allows 100% Sylvaner? Name a producer making one?

Answer 19

Zoltenberg

Albert Seitz
Domaine Haegi
Boeckel

Question 20

The César grape goes by what name in Chile

Answer 20

Romano

Question 21

Name 2 communes in the zone of production for Pouilly-Fuisse

Answer 21

Vergisson
Fuisse
Solutré
Chaintré

Question 22

explain the role of a Courtier in the bordeaux wine trade

Answer 22

acts as an intermediary between growers negociants

agent of the state. can nullify contracts if parties are unhappy.

takes a 2% commission

Question 23

min R/S for sauternes

Answer 23

45 g/l

Question 24

where is the Pais Vasco? what are the primary red and white grape varieties

Answer 24

Northern Spain

Ondarrabi Beltza(red) and Ondarrabi Zuri (white)

Question 25

Pignoletto is a white grape in what italian wine region? What other italian grape is it genetically identical to?

Answer 25

Emilia-Romagna
(Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto)

Grechetto di Todi

Question 26

Bot River, Sunday’s Glen and Standford Foothills are wards of what South African district

Answer 26

Walker Bay

Question 27

what alcoholic beverage is defined by multiple parallel fermentations

Answer 27

sake

koji converts starch to glucose while yeast converts glucose to alochol

Question 28

what classic cocktail uses Peychaud’s Bitters

Answer 28

sazerac

Question 29

What is America’s only trappist brewery

Answer 29

St Joseph’s Abbey in Mass.

Question 30

what was the first vintage of Gaja’s Sori San Lorzeno? what Barbaresco cru is the vineyard located within?

Answer 30

1967

Secondine (west of Nieve)