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What is bouvreux?

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The second crop of Champagne that occurs after poor flowering, but rarely ripens

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What is belemnite chalk?

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Porous, high limestone content soils found on the slopes of Champagne

Derived from extinct cephalopods fossils

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What is micraster chalk?

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Soils found in the valley’s of Champagne

Derived from fossilized sea urchins

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What is the dominant soil type of the Aube?

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Clay

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What are the four permitted vine training methods of Champagne?

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Cordon de Royat, Chablis, Valle de la Marne and Guyot

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Who sets the yield limits every year in Champagne?

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CIVC

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Munier is mostly grown where in Champagne?

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Valle de la Marne

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Why is Munier grown heavily in the Valle de la Marne?

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Valle de la Marne is prone to frost. Munier bud’s late and ripens early protecting it against spring and fall frost

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How many villages in Champagne have Grand Cru status?

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17

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How many villages in Champagne have 1er Cru status?

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42

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What was the name of the Abbey where Dom Perignon was cellar master?

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Abbey of Hautvillers, 1668-1715

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What is the oldest Champagne house still operating today?

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Gosset, 1584

Started as a still wine producer

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Who is Madame Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin?

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Veuve Clicquot , Madame Clicquot

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What is remuage?

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Riddling

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Who is Jean-Antoine Chaptal?

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The chemist who discovered the relationship between sugar and fermentation, 1801

Chaptalization is named after

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Who created the first brut Champagne?

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Pommery

Pommery “Nature”, 1874

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Which region of Champagne was originally excluded from the original boundaries of Champagne?

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The Aube

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What year did Champagne gain AOC status?

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1936

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What is the only region that doesn’t have to include AOC/AOP on the label?

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Champagne

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What vintage of WWI is lauded as an outstanding vintage for Champagne?

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1914

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What event happened in Champagne in 1911?

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Growers revolted against producers who were driving down fruit prices, sourcing grapes from other parts of the country and other countries

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Who was Otto Klaebisch?

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A Nazi agent, dubbed the “weinfurher”, who took up residence at the Cliquot estate during WWII

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What was the first vintage of Dom Perignon?

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1921

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What is a marc of grapes?

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The amount of grapes held in a traditional Coquard basket press in champagne

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What is blocage and deblocage?
The reserve and release of wines by the CIVC for future vintages
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What is rebêche?
The 3rd pressing of Champagne grapes By law must be 1-10% and is used for distillate
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What is vin clairs?
base wines for champagne
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What is liqueur de tirage?
A mixture of sugar yeast and still wine used to induce secondary fermentation in the bottle for champagne
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What is prise de mousse?
Second fermentation in the bottle
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How much does the ABV rise during secondary fermentation?
1.2-1.3%
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What is sur latte?
Storing of champagne bottles on their sides
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How long must non-vintage champagne spend on the lee’s?
12 months on lee's 15 months from tirage to disgorgment
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How long must Vintage dated Champagne be aged on the lee’s?
36 months
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What size is bottle is a Jereboam?
3L 4 bottles
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What size bottles is a Rehoboam?
4.5L 6 bottles
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What size is a Methuselah?
6L 8 bottles
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What size is a Salmanazar?
9L 12 bottles
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What size is a Balthazar?
12L 16 bottles
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What size is a Nebuchadnezzar?
15L 20bottles
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What size is a Solomon?
18L 24 bottles
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If a Champagne is vintage dated, what percent of wine must be from that vintage?
100%
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what is the maximum amount of years harvest that may be sold as "vintage" champagne?
80%
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Who produces “Clos Goisses”?
Philipponnat
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What is Special Club prestige Cuvée?
Originated in 1971, small producers, RM’s, who lacked marketing power came together to promote their prestige cuvée under identical packaging Currently 28 members
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What are the still wine appellations of Champagne?
Coteaux de Champenois Rosé de Riceys
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What are the permitted styles of wines for coteaux de Champenois?
Still red, white, and rosé
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What are the permitted styles of wine for rosé de Riceys AOP?
100% PN rosé wine from Les Riceys in the Aube
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Nyetimber and Ridgeview Estate can be found where? What do they produce?
Sussex, England TM sparkling wines
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Graham Beck is a TM sparkling producer where?
South Africa
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Bugey Cerdon AOP produces what style of wine? Where is it found?
Jura region Method Ancestral
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Describe the method ancestral:
A single fermentation sparkling wine that begins in tank. Before the wine is fermented dry it is transferred to bottle, where the remaining sugar is fermented and creates bubbles. Dosage is not allowed
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Clairette de Die AOP would be found where? What style of wine is it known for?
Rhone Method Ancestral based on Muscat blanc a petit grains (75%)
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Gaillac Mosseux Methode Gaillaçoise AOP would be found where? What style of wine is made?
Southern France Method Ancestral
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Describe the Charmat Method?
Wines are fermented, then liqueur di tirage is added to the tank, inducing 2ndary fermentation. Wines are usually about 5 atmospheres of pressure
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What was the first vintage of “Clos de Mesnil”?
1979
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What is the max amount of grapes the RM producers may purchase?
5%
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“Chétillons” is made from what grape?
Chardonnay
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who produces "Chétillons"?
Pierre Peters
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Who produces “Substance”?
Jaques Selosse 100% Chardonnay
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What size is a pieces barrel?
228L
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What size is a Füt barrel?
400L
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What size is a demi-muid barrel?
600L
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Where is Selosse loacted?
Avize, Cote de Blanc
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Where is Salon located?
Les Mesnil-Sur-Oger
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What is the Ruinart Prestige Cuvée?
Dom Ruinart
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Krug is located in what town?
Reims
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Salon is located in what village?
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
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Ruinart is in what village?
Reims
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Negociant manipulant (NM)
a producer that purchases grapes, must, or wine to make champagne
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Récolant manipulant (RM)
a producer who makes Champagne exclusively from its own vineyards
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Récoltant-coopératuer (RC)
a grower that sells grapes to a co-op and then receives finished wines to bottle under their own label
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Coopérative de Manipulation (CM)
a co-op that sells wines made from members grapes
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Société de Récoltants (SR)
a group of growers, usually family, that make champagne from their collective vineyards
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Négociant Distributeur (ND)
a merchant that buys bottles of finished champagne and sells them under their own label
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Marque auxiliare (MA)
Buyers own brand i.e supermarkets that purchase wine and sell it under their own brand
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Name the 7 grapes permitted in Chamapgne:
Pinot Noir Munier Chardonnay Pinot Blanc Vrai (True Pinot Blanc) Arbane Pinot Gris Petit Meslier
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What is the weight of a marc of grapes?
4000kg
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name the 5 regions of Champagne:
Montagne de Reims Cote de Blancs Cote de Sezanne Valle de la Marne Cote de Bar (Aube)
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What is the échelles des crus?
Set pricing for grapes based on a percent range of 80-100 where a villages rank would determine what percentage you would be paid
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What is the échelles des crus?
Set pricing for grapes based on a percent range of 80-100 where a villages rank would determine what percentage you would be paid
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What year was échelle des cru created?
1911
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What year did fix prices of grapes in champagne stop?
1990
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What are the first pressing's of juice called in champagne?
Cuvée
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What is the max amount of cuvée that can be pressed in champagne?
2,050 L
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What is Tattinger's Prestige Cuvée?
Comtes de Champagne
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How many grams of sugar does it take to create 1 atmosphere of pressure during secondary fermentation?
4 grams 6 atmospheres = 24 grams of sugar
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What is the name of the rack used for riddling?
pupitre
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What is the name of the underground caves in Champagne?
Crayeres
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What are the permitted grapes for rosado Cava?
Garnacha Monastrell Pinot Noir Trepat
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What grape of Cava may only be used in rosado cava?
Trepat
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what is the highest level of dosage permitted for Cava de Paraje Calificado?
Brut
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What are the rules for Corpinat wines?
Hand harvest organically grown 90% indigenous grapes 18 months on lee's
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What DO is most associated with Cava production?
Penedes DO
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Name the Grand Cru Villages of Valle de la Marne:
Aÿ Tours-sur-Marne
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The village of Aÿ is most associated with what grape?
Pinot Noir
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Mareuil-sur-Aÿ lies on what river?
Marne River
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La Côte Faron is located where?
Aÿ steep south facing vineyard planted to Pinot Noir

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