Asia

Question 1

What factors have increased wine production in China?

Answer 1

a) economic reforms in the 80s
b) foreign investment

Question 2

How many acres are under vine in China?

Answer 2

1,940,000

Question 3

What is “neolithic grog”?

Answer 3

A fermented beverage of rice, honey ,hawthorn and grapes, traces of which were discovered in clay jars in Jiahu dating back to 7000 BCE

Question 4

How and when did the modern era of wine production begin in China?

Answer 4

In 1892, when Zhang Bishi, a Qing Dynasty diplomat imported more than 100 European grape varieties to the Changyu Winemaking Company, China’s first production facility.

Question 5

When was it mandated that wine be made strictly from grapes in China?

Answer 5

2004

Question 6

What is the climate in China?

Answer 6

Continental monsoon

Question 7

Name four important geographical features in China?

Answer 7

1) Gobi Desert
2) Takla Makan Desert
3) Kunlun Mountain Range
4) the Himalayas

Question 8

What three species of grapes are considered native to China?

Answer 8

1) Amurensis
2) Armata
3) Sinocinerea

Question 9

What is Yan 73?

Answer 9

A cross between Muscat Hamburg and Alicante Bouschet (often used to strengthen the color in red wine)

Question 10

What hybrid in China is known for its extreme cold resistence?

Answer 10

Gongniang No. 1 (Muscat Hamburg X Vitis Amurensis)

Question 11

What are the most widely planted grapes in China?

Answer 11

Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Gernischt and Chardonnay

Question 12

Which grape is Cabernet Gernischt believed to be identical to?

Answer 12

Carmenere

Question 13

What high-yielding Chinese grape is often compared to Gewurztraminer?

Answer 13

Longyan, also known as Dragon Eyes.

Question 14

In what year were geographical indications enacted in China?

Answer 14

2005

Question 15

What was the first legally defined wine region in China?

Answer 15

Eastern Foor of Helan Mountain in Ningxia

Question 16

What important vineyard and producer are located in Hebei?

Answer 16

a) Sino-French Demonstration Vineyard
b) China Great Wall Wine Company

Question 17

What does Hebei mean?

Answer 17

North of the (Yellow) River

Question 18

What kind of soils are found in Ningxia?

Answer 18

fine loess

Question 19

What must be done to keep vines from dying during the winter in many parts of China?

Answer 19

Vines must be buried under an insulating layer of dirt

Question 20

Where is Shandong located?

Answer 20

On the shores of the Yellow Sea

Question 21

Where is Grace Vineyards located?

Answer 21

In the province of Shanxi

Question 22

What is one positive and one negative aspect of the climate/topography of Shanxi?

Answer 22

a) high elevations
b) high rain and humidity

Question 23

Wines from which province were described by the explorer Marco Polo?

Answer 23

Xinjiang

Question 24

Which geographical features dominate Xinjiang?

Answer 24

a) Tien Shan Mountains
b) Takla Makan Desert

Question 25

Which wine growing region in China is located between the 21 and 29 parallel?

Answer 25

Yunnan

Question 26

What unusual varieties and hybrids can be found in the province of Yunnan?

Answer 26

Rose Honey, Crystal and French Wild

Question 27

Which grape is considered native to Japan?

Answer 27

Koshu

Question 28

According to legend, how did wine production begin in Japan?

Answer 28

In 718 CE, a Buddhist monk Gyoki had a vision of the Yakushi Buddha holding a bunch of grapes and planted the first vineyards at the Daizenji Temple

Question 29

What is chintashu?

Answer 29

Wine given to the feudal lords of Kyushu by Portuguese missionaries

Question 30

Why did wine production all but cease in the 17th and 18th century?

Answer 30

The sakoku policy of imperial isolationism

Question 30

What are the four main islands of Japan?

Answer 30

1) Hokkaido 2) Honshu 3)Shikoku 4)Kuyushu

Question 31

In which 3 prefectures, in Honshu, is most wine produced?

Answer 31

1) Nagana 2) Yamagata 3) Yamanashi

Question 32

Which Japanese wine region is located in the frigid North?

Answer 32

Hokkaido

Question 33

In which Japanese wine region, located on the Southern Island of Kyushu, is humidity a problem?

Answer 33

Miyazaki

Question 34

What is a popular training method in Kyusku and why is it used?

Answer 34

a) Tanazukuri b) increase circulation, reducing the risk of fungal disease

Question 35

Name two Japanese hybrids?

Answer 35

Muscat Bailey-A and Yamasachi

Question 36

What's a European hybrid found widely throughout Japan?

Answer 36

Delaware

Question 37

What ancient varietal is widely grown though out Japan?

Answer 37

Muscat of Alexandria

Question 38

As of _______________, ________________% of grape must be from Japan in wines marked "Wine of Japan"

Answer 38

a) 2005 b) 100%

Question 39

What are the five GIs in Japan and in what grapes do they specialize?

Answer 39

1) Yamanashi - Koshu and Muscat Bailey-A 2) Hokkaido - Koshu, Muscat Bailey-A and Pinot Noir 3) Nagano 4) Yamagata 5) Osaka - Delaware