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What event forged ties with England in the 1152?

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Marriage of Eleanor and Henry Plantagenet

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True or false: Bordeaux wine trade was dominated by the church in the Middle Ages?

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False - the trade was secular and commercial

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Why didn’t the Napoleonic inheritance laws affect Bordeaux as much as other areas of France?

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The Bordelaise focussed on selling shares in their estates rather than dividing the land

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What did Joseph Capus introduce to the French wine industry

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The AC system

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Bordeaux is France’s largest AOC vineyard area - True or False?

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True

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What are petit Chateaux?

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Unranked wine estates in Bordeaux

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What was the first golden age of Bordeaux?

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The period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry Plantagent and the commercial trade with England

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When did the Dutch drain the Medoc?

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1600s

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What created the second golden age of Bordeaux wine?

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The commercial trade with the Netherlands and England during the 1700s

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What was the first recognised Bordeaux Chateau?

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Haut-Brion

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What created the third golden age for Bordeaux?

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Robert Parker’s promotion and scoring of the wines in 1982

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Who proposed the creation of second wines to the Bordeaux Chateaux?

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Emile Peynaud

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What caused the widespread replacement of Malbec with Merlot?

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The winter freeze of 1956

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What caused the shift from white wine production to red in Bordeaux?

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The winter freeze of 1956

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What is a grand vin?

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The highest quality wine from a chateau

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True or false. The majority of Bordeaux production is consumed in France?

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True - 56%

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What is the climate of Bordeaux?

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Maritime

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What factors moderate the climate in Bordeaux?

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Gulf Stream
Landes Forest

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What is the primary type of soil in Bordeaux

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Sedimentary

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What is the highest AC in Bordeaux

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Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux

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What are the new red grape varieties permitted in Bordeaux since 2021

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Arinarnoa
Castets
Marsaelan
Touruga Nacional

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What are the two new white varieties permitted in Bordeaux since 2021

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Alvarino
Liliorila

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The 2021 new white varieties can be planted anywhere in Bordeaux. True or False?

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True

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What is the most widely planted grape variety in Bordeaux?

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Merlot

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What is the most widely planted white grape variety in Bordeaux?
Equal between Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc
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What areas of Bordeaux is Cot mostly found?
Bourg, Blaye Entre-deux-Mers
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The 2021 new red varieties can be planted anywhere in Bordeaux. True or False?
True
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What is Taille Medocaine?
A vine training method similar to double Guyot but with shorter canes
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What are the primary training methods used in Bordeaux?
Single & Double Guyot Taille Medocaine
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What does the Haute Valeur Environmental award mean?
The estate follows high environmental practices such as biodiversity, judicious agrochemical use and careful water management
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What is a tris?
Pass through the vineyard to pick botrytis affected grapes
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The use of delestage is reducing in Bordeaux. True or False
True. Pigeage and Remontage is now more common
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What wine is Bordeaux would be pink?
Rosé
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What wine in Bordeaux is light red?
Clairet
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How many regional ACs does Bordeaux have?
3 Bordeaux Bordeaux Superior Cremant de Bordeaux
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What wine styles can be made using the Bordeaux AC designation?
Dry white Rosé Red Light Red (Clairet) Semi-Sweet white
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What wine styles can be made under the Bordeaux Superior AC designation?
Red and semi-sweet white only
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What white grape variety cannot be used in semi-sweet whites in Bordeaux AC?
Alvarinho
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What distinguishes Bordeaux superior from Bordeaux AC
Tighter production standards Lower maximum yields high minimum alcohol level Must be estate bottled
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Cremant de Bordeaux can be white or rosé. True or false
True If rosé it can only be made from red varieties
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True or false. White wine can be made in all the Medoc ACs
False. No white wine can be labelled with any Medoc AC
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What's the predominant soil type in Medoc AC?
Clay and limestone
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What is the predominant soil type in Haut-Medoc AC?
Gravel
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Which Medoc commune AC has a higher percentage of clay than the others
St-Estephe
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Which Medoc commune AC has the highest number of classified chateaux?
Paulliac
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Which is the most southerly of the Medoc commune ACs?
Margaux
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What is the predominant grape found in Listrac-Medoc AC?
Merlot
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What is the predominant grape found in Moulis-Medoc AC?
Merlot
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Which is the furthest north Listrac or Moulis?
Listrac
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Where were the first Bordeaux vineyards planted?
In the Graves
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What wine styles can be made in Graves AC?
Dry white and red
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What the predominant wine style of Graves AC?
Red - 85% of production
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What wines styles can be produced in Graves Superior AC?
Semi-Sweet white only
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What wine styles can be made in Pessac-Leognan AC?
Dry white and red
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What causes the ideal conditions for botrytis in the Sauternais?
Mists created by the cold waters of the Ciron river meeting the Garonne
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What ACs may be used by Sauternais Chateaux for their dry red wines?
Bordeaux or Bordeaux Superior ACs
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What ACs may be used by Sauternais Chateaux for their dry white wines?
Bordeaux AC
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What's the primary grape planted in Sauternes AC?
Semillon
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What's the primary soil type found in Barsac?
Clay/ Limestone
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Barsac producers may bottle their wines as Sauternes AC. True or false
True, but Sauternes cannot bottle their wines as Barsac
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Which is further north Sauternes or Barsac?
Barsac is on the left bank of the Cirons
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What is the name of the most northerly AC of the Sauternais?
Cerons AC
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Cerons AC can bottle its red wines as Graves AC. True or False?
True. It has a higher proportion of gravel soils enabling this
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What is the predominant grape variety planted in the entre-deux-mers?
Sauvignon Blanc
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Which river separates Graves from Entre-Deux-Mers?
The Garrone
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What wines styles can be made in Entre-Deux-Mers AC?
Dry whites only
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How much of the dry white production in Bordeaux does Entre-Deux-Mers AC account for?
25%
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What wine styles are produced in Cadillac AC?
Sweet White
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What wine styles are produced in Loupiac AC?
Sweet White
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What wine styles are produced in Sainte-Croix-du-Mont AC?
Sweet White
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True or False. Wines labelled Entre-Deux-Mers AC must be a blend?
True
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What is the name of the DGC found in Entre-Deux-Mers AC?
Entre-Deux-Mers Haut-Benauge AC
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What river borders Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont ACs?
The Garonne
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Which is considered the most prestigious of the following ACs and why? Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont ACs
Sainte-Croix-du-Mont AC - it has a higher proportion of gravel soils
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What river borders Graves de Vayres AC?
The Dordogne, but it's opposite the estuary of the Isle, which deposited the gravel soils
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What wine styles can be made in Graves de Vayres AC?
Dry white, semi-sweet white and red - most of the production is red.
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What is the principal city on the right bank of the Dordogne?
Libourne
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Which ACs lie on the right bank of the Isle river?
Fronsac and Cannon Fronsac ACs
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What wine styles can be made in the Libournais?
All red
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What can be found in the soils in Pomerol that make them distinctive?
The soils are iron rich
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Which two St-Emilion ACs share the same zone of production?
St-Emilion and St-Emilion Grand Cru ACs
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Which St-Emilion AC has the greatest production?
St-Emilion Grand Cru AC- 3 x that of St-Emilion
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What are the requirements for St-Emiliion Grand Cru AC
Lower Yields Higher minimum alcohol Bottled at the Chateau Pass two tastings
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What is the primary soil type of St-Emilion
Limestone and Clay
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Where can sand be found in St-Emilion?
Close to the river
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Which two chateaux in St-Emilion have "Pomerol" soils?
Chateaux Cheval-Blanc and Figac
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What is the primary wine style of Côtes de Bordeaux AC?
Red only
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How many DGCs does Côtes de Bordeaux have?
5
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Which Côtes de Bordeaux AC DGCs only produce red wine?
Cadillac Côtes-de-Bordeaux and Carillon Côtes de Bordeaux
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Which Côtes de Bordeaux AC DGC can be found on the left bank of the Dordogne?
Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux AC
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Which Côtes de Bordeaux ACs can make sweet wine?
Francs and Sainte-Foy
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What is the primary wine style of Blaye AC?
Red only
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What wine styles can be made in Blaye AC
Dry white and red
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What Chateaux did the 1855 classification classify?
Medoc and Sauternes, but with one chateau from Graves
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How many levels where there in the 1855 classification for red wines?
5
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How many levels where there in the 1855 classification for sweet wines?
3
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Which is the only wine to have the classification Premier Cru Superieur?
Chateau y'quem
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What are the levels of the Cru Bourgeois classification?
Cru Bourgeois Cru Bourgeois Supérieurs Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel
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How often will the Cru Bourgeois classification be reviewed post 2018?
Every 5 years
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How many estates are ranked in the Cru Bourgeois Classification (2020)
249
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How does the Graves classification differ to the 1855 classification?
It ranks the wines not the chateaux and red and white wines can be ranked differently
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How many levels are there in the Graves classification?
Just one
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How many wines are ranked in the Graves Classification?
22
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How many levels are there in the St-Emilion Grand Cru Classé classification?
3
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What are the levels in the St-Emilion Grand Cru Classé classification?
Premier Grand Cru Classé A (4) Premier Grand Cru Classé B (14) Premier Grand Cru Classe (64)
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How frequently is the St-Emilion Grand Cru Classé classification revised?
10 years
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How many cru Artisans are there?
36
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What does cru Artisan designation recognise?
Boutique wineries
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What are the requirements to be classified as cru Artisan?
Must be in control of the whole production process

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