MS Questions March 9th 2024

Question 1

As of 2021, Methode Cap Classique (MCC) wines are required to have a minimum lees contact period of how long?

Answer 1

12 months

Question 2

From which European vineyard did the MV6 clone originate?

Answer 2

Clos Vougeot

Question 3

Leiterchen and Felsenkopf are both alleinbesitz of which producer ? Where are they located ?

Answer 3

Weingut Josef Milz. Trittenheim, Bernkastel, Mosel.

Question 4

What are the 3 regions in Slovenia?

Answer 4

1. Primorska (Primorje)
2. Podravje
3. Posavje

Question 5

What are the additional requirements for Asolo Prosecco Sui Lieviti?

Answer 5

*Wines from a single harvest
*Must be bottle fermented and left undisgorged
*Minimum 90 days on the lees.

Question 6

What are the ageing requirements for Franciacorta?

Answer 6

18 months - Franciacorta

24 months - Franciacorta Rose and Saten

30 moths - Franciacorta Millesimato

60 months - Franciacorta Riserva

Question 7

What are the AVAs of Lake County?

Answer 7

1. Clear Lake AVA
2. Benmore Valley AVA
3. Big Valley District Lake County AVA
4. Guenoc Valley AVA
5. High Valley AVA
6. Kelsey Bench Lake County AVA
7. Red Hills Lake County AVA
8. Upper Lake Valley AVA
9. Long Valley Lake County AVA

Question 8

What are the Cuvee de Prestige of:

1. Pommery
2. Joseph Perrier
3. Bruno Paillard
4. Duval-Leroy
5. Drappier

Answer 8

1. Cuvee Louise
2. Cuvee Josephine
3. Nec-Plus-Ultra
4. Femme de Champagne
5. Charles de Gaulle

Question 9

What are the districts of Klein Karoo?

Answer 9

1. Calitzdorp
2. Langeberg-Garcia

Question 10

What are the official subzones of Okanagan Valley?

Answer 10

1. Golden Mile
2. Okanagan Falls
3. Naramata Bench
4. Skaha Bench

Question 11

What are the parents of Dornfelder ?

Answer 11

Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe.

Question 12

What are the PDOs of Thessalia?

Answer 12

1. Anchialos
2. Messenikola
3. Rapsani

Question 13

What are the Sub-regions of Mendoza?

Answer 13

1. South Mendoza
2. Uco Valley
3. Primera Zona
4. North Mendoza
5. East Mendoza.

Question 14

What are the two rivers in Mendocino County?

Answer 14

Russian River and Navarro River.

Question 15

What are the unofficial regions of Northern Tasmania?

Answer 15

1. Pipers River
2. Tamar Valley
3. North West Coast

Question 16

What are the zones of Valle del Maule?

Answer 16

1. Valle del Claro
2. Valle del Loncomilla
3. Valle del Tutuven

Question 17

What is Napa’s oldest continuously operating winery?

Answer 17

Beringer, founded in 1876.

Question 18

What is Rauli in Chile?

Answer 18

A green beechwood traditionally used for barrels in Chile. Now rarely used.

Question 19

What is the 2nd wine of Chateau Leoville Poyferre?

Answer 19

Pavillon de Poyferre.

Question 20

What is the Chilean winery co-owned by Louis Michel Liger-Belair and Pedro Parra?

Answer 20

Aristos

Question 21

What is the country of origin for Ikon vodka?

Answer 21

Russia

Question 22

What is the grape used for Limoux Methode Ancestrale?

Answer 22

100% Mauzac

Question 23

What is the minimum ageing required for Gran Reserva wines in Argentina?

Answer 23

1 year for whites and 2 years for reds.

Question 24

What is the most planted red grape in Pfalz?

Answer 24

Dornfelder.

Question 25

What is the synonym for Mission grape in Chile? How about Argentina?

Answer 25

Pais in Chile. Criolla Chica in Argentina.

Question 26

What is the word used for clay amphoras in Chile?

Answer 26

Tinajas

Question 27

What is USA's first AVA?

Answer 27

Augusta AVA in Missouri in the late 1980s.

Question 28

Where is Zitsa PDO? Wines and styles?

Answer 28

Epirus, Greece. Dry, semi-sweet and sparkling from Debina grape.

Question 29

Where would you find Carmel Winery? Which famous wine figure is behind its founding?

Answer 29

Israel, Edmond James de Rothschild.

Question 30

Which mountain range protects Ahr terrased vineyards from cold winds?

Answer 30

Eifel mountains.

Question 31

Which river flows through Barossa Valley?

Answer 31

North Para River

Question 32

Which river originates in the mountains of Franschhoek before passing through Paarl on its way to the coast at St Helena Bay?

Answer 32

Bergrivier

Question 33

Which villages are permitted to use the term "Bikaver" on the label? Name 2 grapes allowed in the production.

Answer 33

Eger and Szekszard. Kadarka and Kekfrankos.

Question 34

Who is producing "Grand Vin des Princes" Blanc de Blancs and Louis XV?

Answer 34

De Venoge

Question 35

Who is producing Madrona Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon and Thorevilos Cabernet Sauvignon? In which AVA?

Answer 35

Abreu in Napa Valley.

Question 36

Who is producing The Judge Chardonnay?

Answer 36

Kongsgaard.

Question 37

Who makes the Quantum Cabernet Sauvignon and from which regions?

Answer 37

Penfolds, Napa (Oakville and Diamond Mountain) and 13% Shiraz from South Australia

Question 38

Who produces East Ridge, West Ridge and Block 8? And where?

Answer 38

Hirsch, Sonoma Coast

Question 39

Who produces Paradoxe Brut Vintage?

Answer 39

Pierre Gimonnet et Fils

Question 40

With what variety was Cabernet Franc crossed with to create Carmenere?

Answer 40

Gros Cabernet