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Free Wine quiz: 85 trivia questions and answers — grapes, vineyards & tasting. Easy to hard, with explained answers. No sign-up.
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From Champagne disgorgement to the thirteen grape varieties of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, this quiz explores the winemaking secrets and appellations of the wine world. A fun way to test your wine knowledge.
This quiz currently has 85 questions, ranging from easy to hard, available in French, English and Spanish when the Spanish translation is available.
Warm up before the quiz with these 17 trivia questions and their explained answers: click a question to reveal the answer.
Answer: Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Sauvignon is widely recognized as the most cultivated black grape variety in the world.
Answer: Argentina. Malbec has become Argentina's signature grape variety, especially in Mendoza.
Answer: Portugal. Port comes from the Douro Valley in Portugal.
Answer: Sangiovese. Sangiovese dominates wine production in Tuscany (Chianti).
Answer: Bordeaux. The Bordeaux region is world-famous for its great red wines.
Answer: Sangiovese. Chianti must contain at least 70% (and often more) Sangiovese.
Answer: Protect against oxidation. Sulfur is used to stabilize wine and prevent premature oxidation. Sulfites can cause reactions in sensitive individuals, mainly asthmatics (5 to 10% of them). For most consumers, headaches after drinking wine are more closely linked to alcohol and biogenic amines than to sulfites.
Answer: 1.5 litres. The equivalent of two bottles. Because the ratio of wine volume to air contact is more favourable, the wine ages more slowly and more harmoniously. Above that: jeroboam (3 l), methuselah (6 l), salmanazar (9 l).
Answer: Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée. The AOC guarantees a wine's geographic origin and compliance with a set of rules (grape varieties, yields, methods). At European level, it corresponds to the PDO.
Answer: Dessert wine made from dried grapes. Vin Santo is made by drying the grapes before pressing to concentrate the sugars.
Answer: Sherry (Jerez). Sherry is a unique fortified wine aged using the solera system.
Answer: New Zealand. Central Otago is the world's southernmost wine region, famous for its Pinot Noir.
Answer: Viognier. Condrieu is a rare white wine produced exclusively from the Viognier grape.
Answer: Assyrtiko. On Santorini, wind and lack of rain force growers to weave the vines into low crowns, sheltering the bunches inside. Assyrtiko yields saline whites of razor-sharp acidity.
Answer: Melon de Bourgogne. Despite its name, Muscadet has nothing to do with Muscat. Melon de Bourgogne, brought in after the terrible frost of 1709, withstands cold well. Aged 'sur lie', it yields a dry, briny white, the classic partner to oysters.
Answer: Primitivo. DNA analysis established in the 1990s that the two are one and the same, descended from Croatian Tribidrag. That has not stopped both names from coexisting on labels, each claiming its own identity.
Answer: Disgorging. After riddling has worked the deposit into the neck, the neck is dipped in an icy brine. The frozen plug of lees is blown out by the pressure on opening. The bottle is then topped up with the dosage liqueur, whose sugar level defines brut, extra-brut or demi-sec.
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