frrance/germany/winemaking

Question 1

What is Brettanomyces?

Answer 1

A spoilage yeast

Question 2

Which food elements increase the perception of body and decrease the perception of acidity in a wine?

Answer 2

Acidity and Salt

Question 4

Acidic wines pair well with foods that are

Answer 4

Rich in fat or oil

Question 5

How many buds are retained with spur pruning?

Answer 5

2-3 buds

Question 6

Which part of the vine is a cordon?

Answer 6

The arm of permanent wood

Question 7

What is the traditional treatment for Downy Mildew?

Answer 7

Copper-base spray (Bordeaux mixture)

Question 8

What conditions does Downy Mildew thrive in?

Answer 8

Warm, wet and humid conditions

Question 9

What conditions does Powdery Mildew thrive in?

Answer 9

Warm, shady conditions with some humidity

Question 10

What is the traditional treatment for Powdery Mildew?

Answer 10

Sulfur based spray

Question 11

What can be used to de-acidify wine?

Answer 11

An Alkali

Question 12

Which is the classification for Médoc estates not included in the 1855 Classification?

Answer 12

Cru Bourgeois

Question 13

Madrian wines are based on what grape?

Answer 13

Tannat

Question 14

Cahors is home to which grape?

Answer 14

Malbec

Question 15

What is the name of the river that runs through Cahors?

Answer 15

The River Lot

Question 16

What kinds of wines are found in Monbazillac?

Answer 16

Good value botrytised sweet wines from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc

Question 17

Bergerac is a major appellation that makes what kind of wines?

Answer 17

Red and white wines with the Bordeaux varieties

Question 18

What commune in Côte Chalonnaise only produces whites?

Answer 18

Montagny

Question 19

In what region of the Loire is Vouvray located?

Answer 19

Touraine

Question 20

What is the maximum permitted alcohol content for Muscadet?

Answer 20

12%

Question 21

Which Côte de Beaune communes produce red wines only?

Answer 21

Volnay and Pommard

Question 22

Where are rosé wines mainly produced in the Loire?

Answer 22

Anjou-Saumur and Touraine

Question 23

Where can Rosé de Loire be produced?

Answer 23

Both in Anjou-Saumur and Touraine

Question 24

Which rosé style is always dry?

Answer 24

Rosé de Loire

Question 25

What grapes can Rosé de Loire be made from?

Answer 25

A range including Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 26

Name the two other appellations in Anjou-Saumur for rosé?

Answer 26

Cabernet d'Anjou and Rosé d’Anjou

Question 27

What is Cabernet d’Anjou made from?

Answer 27

Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 28

Describe Cabernet d’Anjou.

Answer 28

Medium-dry to medium-sweet in style

Question 29

Which Anjou-Saumur rosé is more sweet?

Answer 29

Cabernet d’Anjou

Question 30

What grapes make Rosé d’Anjou?

Answer 30

Grolleau blended with Cabernet Franc and other local varieties

Question 31

How is Rosé d’Anjou different from Cabernet d’Anjou?

Answer 31

Less sweet with different grapes

Question 32

What grape is used for Sancerre rosé?

Answer 32

Pinot Noir

Question 33

Describe Sancerre Rosé.

Answer 33

Pale in colour, light in body and dry with delicate fruit flavours

Question 34

How are Rosé wines made in the Loire?

Answer 34

Direct pressing or a short maceration on the skins, inert temperature-controlled vessels to retain fruit flavours

Question 35

Which grape is most often blended with Grenache in the Rhone for rosé?

Answer 35

Cinsault

Question 36

Which is the regional IGP that covers the entire Languedoc-Roussillon area?

Answer 36

Pays d’OC

Question 37

The local white variety found in Limoux is:

Answer 37

Mauzac

Question 38

What kind of wine is Carignan?

Answer 38

High tannin, high acidity, and deeply coloured red wine

Question 39

Which Rhone appellation only produces Rosé?

Answer 39

Tavel

Question 40

What grape is blended with Syrah in Cote Rotie and up to what percentage?

Answer 40

Viognier - 20%

Question 41

What is Bandol located?

Answer 41

Provence

Question 42

What are Bandol wines and what grape is used to make these wines?

Answer 42

Premium reds based on Mourvedre. Late Ripening, dark, full bodied with powerful tannins, requiring age in bottle. Bramble, meat and liquorice-spice.

Question 43

Halbtrocken means what and what might be used instead?

Answer 43

Off-dry or medium, feinherb unofficial

Question 44

What is Schwarzriesling?

Answer 44

Pinot Meunier, A red grape made into a light-bodied fruity wine

Question 45

What is Rulander also called and what is it?

Answer 45

Grauburgunder/Pinot Gris, it is a white grape made in a dry style

Question 46

Name 2 towns in Pfalz and their styles of wine.

Answer 46

Forst and Deidesheim - set on steep slopes producing ripe, fuller bodied riesling

Question 47

Name a town in Nahe.

Answer 47

Schlossböckelheim - steep south-facing slopes styles between Mosel and Rheingau/Rheinhessen/Pfalz

Question 48

Name a town and notable area in Rheinhessen.

Answer 48

Nierstein, Rheinterrasse

Question 49

What commonly planted grape in Austria is a crossing?

Answer 49

Zweigelt (Blaufränkisch x St Laurent)

Question 50

Which is the most widely planted red grape in Austria?

Answer 50

Zweigelt

Question 51

What region houses the Wachau and Kamptal DAC?

Answer 51

Niederösterreich

Question 52

Dry wines aged under a flor-like film in Tokaj are called?

Answer 52

Tokaji Szamorodni