MA MS Questions 21st Sept 2024

Question 1

Where would you find the producer Chateau de Charmes?

Answer 1

Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada

Question 2

What does the term Auszeichnungen refer to in Germany?

Answer 2

The German Wine Sealand/or regional awards that may appear on the bottle.
These seals follow a colour-coding system outlined above to identify trocken or halbtrocken wines:

a yellow seal denotes trocken or dry,
lime green indicates halbtrocken or off-dry and
a red seal usually indicates a wine which is somewhat sweeter, but with a balanced fruity acidity.

Question 3

Where would you find the below producers:
Bodegas Altanza
Bodega Protos
Barbadillo
Astobiza

Answer 3

Rioja
Ribera del Duero
Andalucia/Sherry
Basque Country/Txakoli de Alava

Question 4

Where would you find Roebuck Estate and The Grange producers?

Answer 4

Roebuck Estate - West Sussex
The Grange - Hampshire

Question 5

Who owns?
Quinta da Roeda
Quinta do Bomfim
Quinta da Gricha

Answer 5

Croft
Dow’s
Churchill’s

Question 6

Where would you find the producer called Rutini?

Answer 6

Mendoza, Argentina

Question 7

In which regions would you find the following distilleries?
Kilkerran
Glenmorangie
Alisa Bay
Kilchoman

Answer 7

Campbeltown
Highlands
Lowlands
Islay

Question 8

Kannan Valley Winery, Jade Winery, Silver Heights Winery and Nine Peaks Winery are all located in which country?

Answer 8

China, Helan Mountain

Question 9

What are the zones of Valle de Curico?

Answer 9

Valle del Lontue
Valle del Teno

Question 10

What is the most Southerly sub-region of Central Otago?

Answer 10

Alexandra

Question 11

In which region would you find the Kaikoura Ranges as a major natural feature?

Answer 11

Marlborough

Question 12

Where would you find the producer Giesen?

Answer 12

Canterbury

Question 13

In which region would you find the producer Roagna?

Answer 13

Piedmont. Barbaresco and Barolo.

Question 14

From what grape would a Trentino Vin Santo be made off?

Answer 14

Nosiola, min 85%

Question 15

Who owns the Monprivato Cru and in which commune is it located?

Answer 15

Giuseppe Mascarello, Castiglione Falletto

Question 16

Who is producing Lamaione and from which grape?

Answer 16

Castelgiocondo Frescobaldi, 100% Merlot.

Question 17

Who is producing Flaccianello della Pieve and from which grape?

Answer 17

Fontodi, 100% Sangiovese.

Question 18

What is the minimum and maximum alcohol for Pineau des Charentes AOP?

Answer 18

min 16%
max 22%

Question 19

What type of beer is Kristall Weizen?

Answer 19

Filtered, crystal clear wheat beer

Question 20

What is the minimum alcohol content for Gin following the EU regulations?

Answer 20

37.5%

Question 21

What is the minimum wood ageing for Welsh Single-Malt Whisky?

Answer 21

3 years

Question 22

Which wines came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Berlin Tasting ?

Answer 22

1st - Viñedo Chadwick 2000
2nd - Seña 2001
3rd - Château Lafite 2000

Question 23

Where would you find Bodega Garzón ?

Answer 23

Uruguay.

Question 24

What is the name of the region in Brazil’s tropical North?

Answer 24

São Francisco Valley

Question 25

Which country has some of the world’s highest vineyards at Potosi and Tarija?

Answer 25

Bolivia

Question 26

Which region and grape variety would you associate with Penfolds Bin 620. What were the only two vintages released of this wine?

Answer 26

Coonawarra, Cabernet Shiraz 1966, 2008.

Question 27

In which GI would you find Word of Mouth and Borrodell on the Mount wineries?

Answer 27

Orange

Question 28

Which GI would you find further North than Brisbane?

Answer 28

South Burnett

Question 29

In which country would you find the producer Kayra?

Answer 29

Turkey

Question 30

Which two white varieties are not allowed in any of the AOC communale?

Answer 30

Muscat and Chasselas

Question 31

List the principal varieties of Tursan AOP.

Answer 31

White: Baroque and Gros Manseng Red: Cabernet Franc and Tannat

Question 32

Which AOC communale allows Savagnin Rose?

Answer 32

Klevener de Heiligenstein

Question 33

Which three AOC communale allow Pinot Noir only?

Answer 33

Saint-Hippolyte Ottrott Rodern

Question 34

Which AOC communale allows Pinot Blanc?

Answer 34

Val St Gregoire

Question 35

Who produces Quintessences de Grains Nobles?

Answer 35

Domaine Weinbach, only produced in outstanding vintages

Question 36

Where would you find Chateau La Pointe?

Answer 36

Pomerol

Question 37

With which Champagne houses would you associate the names: Julie Cavil Severine Frerson Alice Tetienne

Answer 37

Krug, Chef de Cave Perrier-Jouet, Chef de Cave Henriot, Chef de Cave

Question 38

Where would you find the producer Moulin Touchais? After how many years is the wine released?

Answer 38

Loire Valley, Coteaux du Layon, France. Released after 10 years.

Question 39

Which region in the Loire valley was the first one to receive AOC status?

Answer 39

Quincy, 1936.

Question 40

Which villages are allowed to add their names to the basic appellation in Touraine AOP?

Answer 40

Amboise Mesland Azay-le-Rideau Oisly Chenonceaux