Alsace

Question 1

What type of wines does Domaine Marcel Deiss fervently make?

Answer 1

Single vineyard field blend expressions

Question 2

What type of wines does Domaine Zind-Humbrecht fervently make?

Answer 2

Single varietal, single vineyard expressions

Question 3

When did Alsace receive AOC status?

Answer 3

1962, 20 years after Bandol & Arbois

Question 4

When was Alsace Grand Cru AOC created?

Answer 4

1975

Question 5

How many Alsace GC sites are there?

Answer 5

51

Question 6

Due to the political pressure from cooperatives in Alsace, what happened to Alsace GC laws?

Answer 6

The were created to meet a broad social criteria, rather than a strict viticulture criteria

Question 7

Name 10 grapes grown in Alsace based on amount planted:

Answer 7

-Riesling
-Pinot Blanc
-Gewurztraminer
-Pinot Gris
-Pinot Noir
-Sylvaner
-Muscat
-Chasselas
-Klevener de Heiligenstein
-Chardonnay

Question 8

What are the synonyms for Pinot Blanc in Alsace?

Answer 8

Auxerrois - Klevner - Clevner

Question 9

What are the synonyms for Pinot Gris in Alsace?

Answer 9

Tokay

Question 10

What are the synonyms for Klevener de Heiligenstein in Alsace?

Answer 10

Savagnin Rose

Question 11

What are the synonyms for Chasselas in Alsace?

Answer 11

Gutedel

Question 12

What is the only wine Chardonnay is allowed for in Alsace?

Answer 12

Cremant d’Alsace

Question 13

What kind of geological formation does Alsace vineyard lie on? Define it:

Answer 13

Graben: A depressed block of crust bordered by parallel normal faults

Question 14

What geological feature forms the slopes of Alsace?

Answer 14

Shearing faults rather than rivers (Rhone/Anjou)

Question 15

What German region lies on the other side of the Alsace graben?

Answer 15

The Baden

Question 16

What is the mountain range that forms an abrupt border of the Rhine Valley in Alsace?

Answer 16

The Vosges

Question 17

What mainly forms the soils of the Vosges slopes?

Answer 17

Granite

Question 18

What term denotes a blended wine that includes a minimum 50% of noble Alsatian grapes?

Answer 18

Gentil

Question 19

Premier wines in Alsace usually originate in which département?

Answer 19

Haut-Rhin

Question 20

What is Rosé d’Alsace made 100% from?

Answer 20

Pinot Noir

Question 22

Who produces “Clos Ste-Hune” Riesling?

Answer 22

Trimbach

Question 24

What is the most planted variety in Alsace?

Answer 24

Gewurztraminer

Question 25

What is the capital of Alsace?

Answer 25

Strasbourg

Question 26

What is the only red grape permitted in Alsace AOP?

Answer 26

Pinot Noir

Question 27

Alsatian wines are required to be bottled in:

Answer 27

Flûte

Question 28

Can Alsatian Grand Cru wines be chaptalized?

Answer 28

Yes

Question 29

What 2 Muscats are the only ones allowed for Alsatian Grand Cru?

Answer 29

Muscat Blanc / Rosé à Petit Grains and Muscat Ottonel

Question 30

What Alsace Grand Cru can Sylvaner be produced as a single variety?

Answer 30

Zotzenberg

Question 31

Varietal Alsace AOP wines labeled "Pinot Blanc" may be blends of Pinot Blanc and:

Answer 31

Auxerrois

Question 32

Is varietal labeling required for wines labeled at Alsace Grand Cru level?

Answer 32

No

Question 33

What is the name for the local pink sandstone found in Alsace?

Answer 33

Grés de Vosges

Question 34

Who produces this wine?

Answer 34

Domaine Weinbach

Question 35

What was the first Alsatian Grand Cru named in 1975?

Answer 35

Schlossberg

Question 36

What is the capital of the Haut-Rhin département?

Answer 36

Colmar

Question 38

Domaine Zind-Humbrecht uses an "indice" on their wine labels to refer to:

Answer 38

Residual sweetness

Question 39

What is the smallest Grand Cru in Alsace?

Answer 39

Kanzlerberg, located in Bergheim

Question 40

What is the largest Grand Cru in Alsace?

Answer 40

Schlossberg

Question 41

What grapes are allowed for Crémant d'Alsace?

Answer 41

Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, and/or Chardonnay

Question 42

Gamay may be present up to a maximum ____% in the vin gris wines of Côtes de Toul AOP.

Answer 42

85%

Question 43

What is the general minimum alcohol for Alsace Grand Cru Muscat?

Answer 43

11%

Question 44

Alsace produces approximately __ % of France's still white wines.

Answer 44

18%

Question 45

"Cuvée Frédéric Emile" is a blend of which two grand cru vineyards?

Answer 45

Geisberg & Osterberg

Question 46

What grape is used in the wine pictured below?

Answer 46

Pinot Noir

Question 47

What is maximum yield of pressed wine in liters from 150 kg of grapes in Crémant d'Alsace AOP?

Answer 47

100 liters

Question 48

The Treaty of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War in the ___ century, cementing France's initial ownership of Alsace.

Answer 48

17th Century

Question 49

In what year was VT & SGN AOC establishef in France?

Answer 49

1984