Asia

Question 1

Who is the winemaker for Ao Yun

Answer 1

Maxence Dulou

Question 2

Where is Ao Yun produced? Who owns it?

Answer 2

Produced in Yunnan China

LVMH owns it

Question 3

Where can you find the Mekong and Yangtze rivers?

Answer 3

Yunnan China

Question 4

Who were the first 2 big companies that were first lured out to Ningxia China?

Answer 4

Pernod Ricard & LVMH

Question 5

Name 3 small producers in Ningxia China making the best red Bordeaux blends

Answer 5

Silver Heights
Kanaan
Helan Qingxue

Question 6

What are the 2 main land features of Ningxia in China?

Answer 6

Helan Mountain Range

Yellow River

Question 7

Dongbei is known to be suitable for the production of what styles of wine

Answer 7

Ice Wine

• Vidal
• Riesling
• Beibinghong

Question 8

Name the top 2 provinces in China in terms of production

Answer 8

Shandong

Hebei

Question 9

In what year did the owner of Château Lafite Rothschild establish a winery in China?

Answer 9

2009 in Penglai

Question 10

What is China’s oldest and largest winery? When was it established?

Answer 10

Changyu Pioneer Wine Co.

EST. In 1892 in Yantai, Shandong

Question 11

Where were the first wineries & vineyards established in China? What type of climate is found there?

Answer 11

Shandong

Maritime Climate

Question 12

What is Marselan

Answer 12

A crossing of Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache

Question 13

What is Cabernet Gernischt?

Answer 13

Carmenere

Question 14

Out of 47 of japans perfectures how many produce wine?

Answer 14

45

Question 15

What is the principal grape of Yamanashi?

Answer 15

White- Koshu, Delaware, Chardonnay

Red- Muscat Bailey A, Kyoho, Merlot

Question 16

Where is the Chikuma River

Answer 16

Nagano Japan

Question 17

What’s the coolest northernmost Island in Japan that’s rarely influenced by rain?

Answer 17

Hokkaido

Question 18

What are the main viticultural hazards in Japan

Answer 18

Rain
Typhoons
Fungal Diseases

Question 19

Japan is between what latitude lines

Answer 19

24-46

Question 20

Name the 5 production companies that control 85% of all wine produced in Japan

Answer 20

Mercian
Suntory
Sapporo
Asahi 
Alps Wine

Question 21

Name Japans 2 biggest wine producers

Answer 21

Mercian est. 1877

Suntory est. 1909

Question 22

What’s the name of Suntory’s flagship wine that put Japan on the map?

Answer 22

Tomi

Question 23

What’s the most widely planted grape in Japan

Answer 23

Kyoho

Question 24

What are the most common varieties in South Korea

Answer 24

Muscat Bailey A

Campbell Early

Question 25

What are the main styles of wine produced in Taiwan? From what grapes?

Answer 25

Sweet Wines

-Grapes= Black Queen & Golden Muscat mainly

Question 26

Who is the pioneer of Indonesian wine? How many wineries exist

Answer 26

Hatten

5 exist now

Question 27

How many times a year does Indonesia produce harvest?

Answer 27

One every 3 months

Question 28

How are vines trained in Indonesia

Answer 28

Pergola system because it’s to humid there

Question 29

Who’s the most successful winery in Vietnam

Answer 29

Chateau Dalat

Question 30

Who’s the biggest producer of Thailand

Answer 30

Siam Winery

Question 31

Where is the greatest concentration of vineyards in Thailand

Answer 31

Khao Yai region

Question 32

When is harvest usually in India? Is irrigation necessary

Answer 32

March or April

Yes very necessary

Question 33

Name 3 successful wineries in India

Answer 33

Nashik
Grover Zampa
Fratelli

Question 34

Where can I find the Nashik winery? Why is it important

Answer 34

India

It produces half the country’s wine

Question 35

What’s Koshu

Answer 35

A pink skinned grape that produces some of Japan’s best white wines either Oaked or un oaked

Question 36

Suntory owns what classified Bordeaux Chateau

Answer 36

Chateau Lagrange

Question 37

What’s the main perfecture for Japanese wine production

Answer 37

Yamanashi

Question 38

What is Kyoho?

Answer 38

A hardy Japanese grape variety that accounts for 31% of Japan’s total vineyard area

Question 39

What is Long-yan?

Answer 39

A Chinese table grape

*used for wine production

Question 40

Shandong experiences what type of climate?

Answer 40

Maritime

Question 41

What is the most suitable area of China for ice wine production?

Answer 41

Dongbei

*Vidal, Riesling and some dark-skinned local hybrids are used

Question 42

What winegrowing region of China lies in the upper valleys of the Mekong and Yangtze rivers?

Answer 42

Yunnan