France Overall

Question 1

What are the 4 levels of AOC?

Answer 1

Regional, District, Communal, Village or Parish, and Vineyard or Single Estate

Question 2

What white grape is grown only in Bordeaux and the southwest, primarily for sweet whites?

Answer 2

Semillion

Question 3

How many acres does merlot cover in Bordeaux?

Answer 3

250,000

Question 4

AOC stands for

Answer 4

Appellation d’Origine Controlle

Question 5

What red variety is associated with the Northern Rhone Valley?

Answer 5

Syrah

Question 6

Who is credited with creating glass bottles that wouldn’t explode due to pressure?

Answer 6

Christopher Merret

Question 7

What red variety is a blending grape in the south of France?

Answer 7

Cinsault

Question 8

What is a leading white grape in Bordeaux and eastern Loire?

Answer 8

Sauvignon Blanc

Question 9

Appellation means

Answer 9

Place-name

Question 10

What are the 2 red grapes of Champagne?

Answer 10

Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier

Question 11

IGP is also Vin de Pay. T or F

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What white grape is planted mostly in the south of France and mainly used for vin doux natural?

Answer 12

Muscat

Question 13

As long as all grapes come from France, entry level vin de table wines can be labeled

Answer 13

Vin de France

Question 14

What area of France has the longest history of viticulture?

Answer 14

South of France

Question 15

What religious orders were based in Burgundy?

Answer 15

Benedictine & Cistercian monks

Question 16

Small quantities of Gamay can be found in what cool climate region in France?

Answer 16

Loire Valley

Question 17

South of France fortified wines are called

Answer 17

Vin doux Natural

Question 18

What is the most widely planted white grape in France?

Answer 18

Ugni Blanc

Question 19

What does IGP stand for?

Answer 19

Indication de Geographique Protegee

Question 20

In what century did Bordeaux come under the British crown & why?

Answer 20

Henry II married Eleanor of Aquitaine in 12th century

Question 21

What is the most planted red grape variety in France?

Answer 21

Merlot

Question 22

How many zone vin de pays/IGP’s are there in France?

Answer 22

90 plus

Question 23

How many AOC’s are there in France?

Answer 23

more than 300

Question 24

What white grape is only grown in the western Loire Valley?

Answer 24

Melon de Bourgogne

Question 25

What European country served as the model for the EU's wine system?

Answer 25

France

Question 26

The Champagne region was well known in the 1600's not for sparkling wines but for

Answer 26

still Pinot Noir wines

Question 27

What tier of wine categories account for more than 1/3 of all French wine?

Answer 27

IGP or vin de pays

Question 28

More than 1/2 of France's Cabernet Sauvignon is grown in

Answer 28

Bordeaux

Question 29

Tho brought the first grapes to France?

Answer 29

Greeks & Romans

Question 30

In what regions will you find Chardonnay?

Answer 30

Burgundy, Champagne & Languedoc-Roussillon

Question 31

What are the 5 most important rivers in France?

Answer 31

Dordogne, Garonne, Loire, Rhone, Rhine

Question 32

AOC's produce just under _____ of all French wine.

Answer 32

half

Question 33

What region has a maritime climate and produce ____ of French vineyard land?

Answer 33

Bordeaux produces 1/3 of vineyard land.

Question 34

What region in France was the first to develop appellation rules? and when?

Answer 34

Chateauneuf du Pape in 1920's

Question 35

What white grape is used primarily for making brandy and cognac?

Answer 35

Ugni Blanc

Question 36

What are the major topographical features in France?

Answer 36

The Massif Central, southern Alps & rivers that flow from the mountains to the ocean

Question 37

When did the Roman empire collapse?

Answer 37

5th century

Question 38

What mountain range protects Alsace?

Answer 38

Vosges

Question 39

What grape is the main red variety in Alsace and east Loire?

Answer 39

Pinot Noir

Question 40

What 2 red varieties are grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence?

Answer 40

Syrah and Mourvedre

Question 41

The home of French nobility in the Middle Ages was where?

Answer 41

Loire Valley

Question 42

What red grape is a primary ingredient in most Southern Rhone blends?

Answer 42

Grenache

Question 43

How many departmental vin de pays/IGP's are there in France?

Answer 43

52

Question 44

What white grape is grown primarily in Anjou-Saumur and Touraine?

Answer 44

Chenin Blanc

Question 45

What red ward climate grape is grown only in the south of France?

Answer 45

Carignan

Question 46

What region regularly uses varietal labeling on it's top tier wines?

Answer 46

Alsace

Question 47

What is the organization that legally protects the use of place names for wine regions in France?

Answer 47

Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualite

Question 48

How many regional vin de pays/IGP's are there in France?

Answer 48

6

Question 49

Trebbiano is also known as _____ in France.

Answer 49

Ugni Blanc

Question 50

What are the three levels of Vin de Pays or IGP wines?

Answer 50

Regional, departmental and zone

Question 51

Monasteries acquired holdings in which two regions?

Answer 51

Burgundy & Champagne

Question 52

What is the primary red grape of the Loire Valley?

Answer 52

Cabernet Franc

Question 53

When did the deliberate introduction of bubbles into the winemaking process start in Champagne?

Answer 53

End of the 17th century

Question 54

The British ownership of Aquitaine ended due to warfare in

Answer 54

14th & 15th centuries

Question 55

What regions have a mediterranean climate and produce ____ of French vineyard land?

Answer 55

Languedoc-Rousellon, Provence, Rhone, Corsica produce half of vineyard land

Question 56

Ugni Blanc covers more than _____ acres in France.

Answer 56

200,000

Question 57

Pays d'Oc is a regional IGP which covers

Answer 57

the western part of the French Mediterranean coast.