Fundamentals - White Grapes

Question 1

What gapes crossed to make Aligoté?

Answer 1

Pinot
Gouais Blanc

Question 2

Where can Auxerrois be found?

Answer 2

Alsace

Question 3

Auxerrois is a cross of…?

Answer 3

Pinot
Gouais Blanc

Question 4

Where can Bourboulenc be found?

Answer 4

Rhône Valley
Provence

Question 5

Chardonnay is a cross of…?

Answer 5

Pinot
Gouais Blanc

Question 6

What is a synonym for Chardonnay in Bourgogne?

Answer 6

Beaunois

Question 7

The Gamay Blanc grape found in Jura is known by what more common name?

Answer 7

Chardonnay

Question 8

What is Pineau de la Loire more commonly known as?

Answer 8

Chenin Blanc

Question 9

Where can Clairette be found?

Answer 9

Provence
Rhône Valley
South-West

Question 10

Colombard is a cross of which two grapes?

Answer 10

Chenin Blanc
Gouais Blanc

Question 11

The Hondarrabi Zuri grape of Pais Vasco is know as what in France?

Answer 11

Courbu Blanc

Question 12

Folle Blanche is known as what in the Loire?

Answer 12

Gros Plant

Question 13

What grape, found in Champagne in the Middle Ages, is the parent of many other, more famous white grapes?

Answer 13

Gouais Blanc

Question 14

Where could one find Gringet as a grape?

Answer 14

Savoie

Question 15

Where could one find Jacquere as a grape

Answer 15

Savoie

Question 16

What’s the synonym for Melon de Bourgogne?

Answer 16

Muscadet

Question 17

Mondeuse Blanche crossed with Dureza to produce which red grape?

Answer 17

Syrah

Question 18

True or False: Muscadelle is related to the Muscat grape.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

What are the three Muscat grapes found in France?

Answer 19

Muscat a petit grains blanc
Muscat d’Alexandrie
Mucat Ottonel

Question 20

What is the synonym for Pinot Blanc in Alsace?

Answer 20

Klevner or Pinot Vrai

Question 21

Name a parent of Riesling

Answer 21

Gouais Blanc

Question 22

What is a synonym for Vermentino?

Answer 22

Rolle

Question 23

True or False: Rousanne is genetically linked to Marsanne

Answer 23

True

Question 24

What’s the synonym for Sacy in the Loire

Answer 24

Tressallier

Question 25

What is Trebbiano Toscano known as in France?

Answer 25

Ugni Blanc

Question 26

What were the most commonly grown varieties in NE France in the Middle Ages?

Answer 26

Pinot Savagnin Gouais Blanc

Question 27

Where is Altesse planted

Answer 27

Savoie

Question 28

Which region is indigenous for Chardonnay?

Answer 28

Bourgogne

Question 29

True or False: Chasselas is native to France.

Answer 29

False: It's native to Switzerland

Question 30

What is Pineau de la Loire?

Answer 30

Chenin Blanc

Question 31

True or false: Clairette is prone to oxidation?

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Colombard is a natural cross of which two grapes?

Answer 32

Chenin Blanc Gouais Blanc

Question 33

Corbu Blanc is known as what is Spain?

Answer 33

Hondarrabi Zuri

Question 34

Folle Blanche is known as what in the Loire?

Answer 34

Gros Plant

Question 35

Where was Gouais Blanc grown in the Middle Ages?

Answer 35

Champagne

Question 36

True or False. Grenache Blanc is not prone to oxidation.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

True or False. Grenache Blanc is related to Grenache Noir?

Answer 37

True - it has the same DNA but different phenotypes

Question 38

True or false: Marsanne is native to the Rhône

Answer 38

True

Question 39

What are the parents of Melon de Bourgogne?

Answer 39

Pinot Gouais Blanc

Question 40

Which grape is a cross between Muscat a petit grains blanc and Axina de tres Bias?

Answer 40

Muscat d'Alexandria

Question 41

Muscat Ottonel is a cross between which two grapes?

Answer 41

Chasselas Muscat d'Eisenstadt

Question 42

True or false: Petit Corbu is not related to Corbu Blanc

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Romorantin is grown exclusively in which Loire AC?

Answer 43

Cour-Cheverny

Question 44

True or false. Sauvignon Blanc is native to the Loire.

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Name the parent of Sauvignon Blanc

Answer 45

Savagnin Blanc

Question 46

What grape is Gewurztraminer a variant of?

Answer 46

Savagnin Rose

Question 47

True or false: Semillon is native to Sauternes

Answer 47

True

Question 48

True or false. Sylvaner is native to Alsace

Answer 48

False - believed to be Austrian

Question 49

True or false: Viognier is native to the Rhône.

Answer 49

True

Question 50

What grape is Viognier related to?

Answer 50

Mondeuse Blanche