MA MS Questions 17th Feb 2024

Question 1

What is Orujo? Where would you find it?

Answer 1

Pomace distilled spirit. Northern Spain (Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y Leon)

Question 2

Barbeito is a producer of which kind of wines?

Answer 2

Madeira.

Question 3

In which region would you find the wine PSI? Who makes it?

Answer 3

Ribera del Duero. Pingus, Petter Sisseck.

Question 4

Who is producing Vin de Laurence? In which region and from which grapes?

Answer 4

Mas de Daumas Gassac. VDL from Languedoc made from Sercial and Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains

Question 5

In which region would you find Chateau d’Arlay?

Answer 5

Jura

Question 6

Where would you find Château de Lacquy?

Answer 6

Armagnac. Oldest family owned Armagnac producer.

Question 7

What are the ageing terms for Sparkling wines in Trás-os-Montes DOP?

Answer 7

Reserva: 12-24 months aging prior to disgorgement
Extra Reserva: 24-36 months prior to disgorgement
Reserva Velha/Grande Reserva: Minimum 3 years prior to disgorgement

Question 8

What is the minimum alcohol and minimum ageing for a Tino Nobre in Dao?

Answer 8

13%. 36 months.

Question 9

What is the DOP of Terras de Cister?

Answer 9

Távora-Varosa DOP

Question 10

Which DOP in Algarve doesn’t require Castelão as principal grape in its reds?

Answer 10

Lagoa DOP

Question 11

How else is Roupeiro known in Portugal and in Spain?

Answer 11

Portugal - Siria
Spain - Doña Blanca

Question 12

What is a synonym for Arinto in Northern Portugal?

Answer 12

Pedernã

Question 13

Which variety is Peter Lehmann’s ‘Margaret’ cuvee?

Answer 13

Semillon

Question 14

What are the standard sizes for a Hogshead and a Puncheon in Australia?

Answer 14

Hogshead – 300L

Puncheon – 500L

Question 15

Who is producing the wines called Quintet and Triolet and in which region?

Answer 15

Mount Mary, Yarra Valley

Question 16

Who is producing Basket Press Shiraz? What was the inaugural vintage?

Answer 16

Rockford, 1984.

Question 17

Name 4 varieties commonly used in Rutherglen GI.

Answer 17

Brown Muscat, Shiraz, Durif, Muscadelle

Question 18

Which wine would you associate with JJ Cohn? Name the AVA where is produced.

Answer 18

Scarecrow. Rutherford

Question 19

Name two other wines produced by Scarecrow.

Answer 19

Toto’s Opium Dream Scene III
M. Etain

Question 20

What are the unofficial regions of Southern Tasmania?

Answer 20

Derwent Valley
Huon Valley
Coal River/Richmond
The East Coast

Question 21

What is the southernmost AVA in Willamette Valley AVA?

Answer 21

Lower Long Tom AVA

Question 22

Name three vineyards on labels of Diamond Creek wines?

Answer 22

Any 3 of:
Gravelly meadow
Red Rock Terrace
Volcanic Hill
Lake

Question 23

Name the two latest AVAs added in Lake County.

Answer 23

Upper Lake Valley - added in 2022
Long Valley Lake County - added in 2023

Question 24

Name the Regional DOs of Chile from North to South

Answer 24

Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Central Valley
Sur
Austral

Question 25

What are the zones of Valle del Maule?

Answer 25

Valle del Claro Valle del Loncomilla Valle del Tutuven

Question 26

What is the most planted white grape in Argentina?

Answer 26

Pedro Giménez.

Question 27

Who is producing the wine called Gala 1?

Answer 27

Luigi Bosca.

Question 28

Who is producing Saurus Barrel Fermented Malbec? In which IG?

Answer 28

Familia Schroeder. Neuquén IG.

Question 29

Give 2 productions areas in Baja California.

Answer 29

Any 2 of: Guadalupe Valley Ojos Negros Valley San Vicente Valley Santo Tomas Valley Valle de la Grulla Tecate

Question 30

What are the two rivers in Tokaji?

Answer 30

Tisza and Bodrog.

Question 31

What is the size of a “gonc”?

Answer 31

aprox 136 liters.

Question 32

Where is Harsovo?

Answer 32

Struma River Valley, Bulgaria.

Question 33

Where is VOC Znojmo? Which grapes can be used?

Answer 33

Moravia, Czech Republic. Riesling, Gruner Veltliner or Sauvignon Blanc.

Question 34

What are the 4 major wine regions of Ukraine?

Answer 34

Crimea (Krim) Odessa Nikolayev-Kherson Transcarpatian Region

Question 35

What does the term Dűlő mean on a Hungarian wine label?

Answer 35

Single vineyard.

Question 36

PDOs of Macedonia.

Answer 36

Amynteo Goumenissa Naoussa Slopes of Meliton

Question 37

Which is the most cultivated grape in Creta which is used in Peza and Sitia PDOs?

Answer 37

Vilana.

Question 38

When and were was cold soak developed?

Answer 38

In Burgundy in the 1970s.

Question 39

Who discovered that yeast is the agent of fermentation and when?

Answer 39

Louis Pasteur in the mid 1850s.

Question 40

Which polyphenols are largely responsible for bitterness in wine?

Answer 40

Catechins.