General French Wine

Question 1

What is are the names for French wine laws

Answer 1

Appellation d’Origine Controlee

Question 2

What decade was the AOC born in?

Answer 2

1920’s

Question 3

Who administers the AOC? Hint INAO

Answer 3

The institut National des Appellations de l’Origine et de la Qualite (INAO)

Question 4

Name the 12 major regions for French wine

Answer 4

Champagne
Loire Valley
Burgundy
Jura and Savoie
Rhone
Southwest
Bordeaux
Languedoc
Roussillon
Provence
Alsace
Corsica

Question 5

What is Corsica in terms of geography?

Answer 5

An Island

Question 6

Blanc means?

Answer 6

White

Question 7

Cave means?

Answer 7

Co-operative winery

Question 8

Chateaus are?

Answer 8

A wine estate or farm, typically in Bordeaux

Question 9

Coteaux De means?

Answer 9

Hillsides

Question 10

Cotes De means?

Answer 10

Hillsides

Question 11

Cru means?

Answer 11

Growth in which is on a superior plot of land

Question 12

Cru Classe is?

Answer 12

Cru that has been distinguished by an important classification such as the 1855 in Bordeaux

Question 13

Domaine are?

Answer 13

Burgundy’s version of a Chateau. A wine estate.

Question 14

Grand Cru means?

Answer 14

Literally a great growth. In Burgundy the finest vineyards. In Bordeaux, nothing special.

Question 15

Methode Classique/ Method traditionnelle are?

Answer 15

A method to make sparkling wine that is the same used as for Champagne but is not in champagne

Question 16

Millesime means?

Answer 16

Vintage Year

Question 17

Mis au Chateaus, when seen on a bottle, means that the specific wine is…

Answer 17

Estate bottled wine made by the same enterprise as that which grew the grapes

Question 18

Domaine, when seen on a bottle, means that the specific wine is…

Answer 18

Estate bottled wine made by the same enterprise as that which grew the grapes

Question 19

A la propriete when seen on a bottle, means that the specific wine is…

Answer 19

Estate bottled wine made by the same enterprise as that which grew the grapes

Question 20

A negociant is?

Answer 20

Merchant Bottle, an enterprise that buys grapes or wines

Question 21

Premier Crus mean?

Answer 21

First Growth. In Burgundy a notch down from grand cru, in bordeaux, such as Medoc, one of the top four chateau

Question 22

Proprietaire-recoltants are?

Answer 22

Owner-vine-growers

Question 23

recoltants are?

Answer 23

Vine growers

Question 24

Recolte

Answer 24

Harvest or vintage

Question 25

Rose means?

Answer 25

Pink

Question 26

Rouge means?

Answer 26

Red

Question 27

Superiuer means?

Answer 27

Usually just slightly higher in alcohol

Question 28

Vieilles vignes means?

Answer 28

Old Wines

Question 29

Vigneron means?

Answer 29

Wine Grower

Question 30

Villages are?

Answer 30

Suffix denoting selected communes, or parishes within an appellation

Question 31

Viticulteurs are?

Answer 31

Wine-Growers

Question 32

What is Frances second largest wine category for law?

Answer 32

Vin de pays, now rebadged as Indication Geographic Protegee (IGP)

Question 33

What is the lowest class of wine law for France?

Answer 33

Vin de Table now Vin de France or just ‘Vin’