Fundamentals

Question 1

Basal Buds

Answer 1

On a shoot, closest to the trunk

Question 2

How hot can it be before a vine starts synthesizing?

How cold?

Answer 2

95 F/ 35 C

50 F/ 10 C

Question 3

Powdery Mildew known as?

Answer 3

Oidium

Question 4

Downy Mildew known as?

Answer 4

Peronospera

Question 5

Name the 3 most common varietals of NE France in the Middle Ages

Answer 5

Pinot, Savagnin, Gouais Blanc

Question 6

Meunier translation?

Answer 6

Miller. Underside of leaves look like they’re dusted with flour.

Question 7

Malbec’s natural cross of?

Answer 7

Prunelard x Madeline Noir des Charentes

Question 8

Mutage

Answer 8

Neutral grape spirit added to fermenting must

Question 9

Ban de Vendage

Answer 9

Official picking date according to officials

Question 10

Tramontane

Answer 10

Wind influencing Languedoc & Rousillon

Question 11

Phocaeans founded what important city?

Answer 11

Marseille

Question 12

Syrah natural cross of?

Answer 12

Dureza x Mondeuse Blanche

Question 13

Chardonnay cross of?

Answer 13

Pinot x Gouais Blanc

Question 14

River that flows through Champagne & Paris?

Answer 14

Seine

Question 15

River that flows into sea or lake

Answer 15

Fleuve

Question 16

River that flows into another river

Answer 16

Riviere

Question 17

What historically important project first connected Toulouse to the Mediterranean?

Answer 17

Canal de Midi

Question 18

2 Governing bodies for biodynamics?

Answer 18

Demeter
Biodyvin (vineyards only)

Question 19

Coulure

Answer 19

Poor fruit set caused by rain at flowering

Question 20

Marcottage

Answer 20

Vine propagation by layering

Question 21

Guyot is a form of _____ training

Answer 21

Cane

Question 22

Cordon is a form of _____ training

Answer 22

Spur

Question 23

debourbage

Answer 23

juice settling

Question 24

In the 14th century, the Papacy moved its headquarters from Rome to what French city?

Answer 24

Avignon in the Rhone Valley

Question 25

What historical figure first united Gaul under one rule and one religion?

Answer 25

Clovis, King of the Franks

Question 26

Process in which 750ml bottles of champagne are used to fill larger/smaller bottles after disgorgement

Answer 26

Transversage

Question 27

Autolysis

Answer 27

Decomposition of dead yeast cells

Question 28

As a general rule grapes are picked _____ days after veraison

Answer 28

45

Question 29

Maceration Peliculaire

Answer 29

Skin Contact white wine

Question 30

3 common Fining agents

Answer 30

Bentonite, Casein and Gelatin

Question 31

6 Fundamental stages of Champagne

Answer 31

1. Assemblage 2 Tirage 3. Elevage 4. Remuage 5. Disgorge 6. Dosage

Question 32

Pseudonym for Chardonnay in Bourgogne

Answer 32

Beaunois

Question 33

Pseudonym for Chardonay in the Jura

Answer 33

Gamay Blanc Melon d' Arbois Melon a Queue Rouge

Question 34

Pseudonym for Chardonnay in Loire

Answer 34

Auvernat

Question 35

Pseudonym for Argiles a Silex

Answer 35

Perruches (Flinty Clays)

Question 36

Aubuis

Answer 36

Touraine, clay/limestone soils

Question 37

Boulbenes

Answer 37

Sandy clay in SW FRance

Question 38

Caillotes

Answer 38

Centre Loire, Small Limestone pebbles

Question 39

Camargue

Answer 39

Salt marsh W of Provence, E of Languedoc where Rhone runs into Mediterranean

Question 40

Causses

Answer 40

Limestone plateaus in the Massif Central

Question 41

Chevillé

Answer 41

Peg shaped champagne cork

Question 42

Climate word origin

Answer 42

Greek "klima" meaning incline

Question 43

Delestage

Answer 43

Red wine extraction where tank is drained mixed back onto its skins. AKA rack and return

Question 44

Drosophila Suzukii

Answer 44

Asian fruit fly lays eggs inside grapes, whose larvae hatch and feed on the pulp

Question 45

Arene/Gorrhe

Answer 45

Beaujolais, feldspar, mica and quartz

Question 46

INAO

Answer 46

Institut National des Appellations d'Origine. Governing body responsible for French wine law

Question 47

Manno-protein

Answer 47

molecules from sur lie aging

Question 48

Marcottage

Answer 48

Provignage. Burying a cane to sprout new vines

Question 49

Merlot named after

Answer 49

Merle, blackbird that feasts upon it at harvest

Question 50

Remembrement

Answer 50

Planned adjustment/consolidation of land

Question 51

Remontage

Answer 51

Pump over

Question 52

ResDur

Answer 52

Grapevines resistant to fungal disease

Question 53

Restanques

Answer 53

man made walls of river stone in Provence

Question 54

Septentrionaux

Answer 54

N. Rhone

Question 55

Vin de Goutte

Answer 55

free run juice

Question 56

Pinot Noir Loire pseudonym

Answer 56

Auvernat Noir

Question 57

Petit Verdot pseudonym

Answer 57

Lambrusquet

Question 58

What is a CS x Grenache cross

Answer 58

Marselan

Question 59

Fer Servadou pseudonyms x3

Answer 59

Braucol Mansoi Pinenc

Question 60

In Cahors, Malbec is known as

Answer 60

Auxerrois