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What area was home to the French Nobility?
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Loire
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When was the sparkling winemaking process developed?
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End of the 17th Century
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The first region in the 1920s to develop appellation rules:
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Chateauneuf-du-Pape
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Which region has Riesling and Gewurztraminer?
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Alsace
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A white Grape in France,with 200K+ acres, this is by far the most widely planted white grape in France and the 3rd overall. Used mostly for making brandy.
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Ugni Blanc
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A white grape in France known as the white grape of Burgundy and Champagne.
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Chardonnay
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Where is Chardonnay Grown?
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Burgundy
Champagne Languedoc-Roussilon experimental plantings in Bordeaux |
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Where is Sauvignon Blanc Grown?
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Widely planted, but it's best know regions are:
Bordeaux and Eastern Loire Valley |
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What is Melon de Bourgogne and where is it grown?
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Only in Western Loire Valley
Muscadet |
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Where is Semillon Grown?
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Bordeaux and Southwest France
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This grape is planted mostly in the South, where it is mainly used for fortified wines (vins doux naturels)
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Muscat
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Where is Chenin Blanc Grown?
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Central Loire Valley
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What is France's most planted grape variety?
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Merlot
300K Acres |
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How many acres of Merlot are in Bordeaux?
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190k
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This red grape requires a warm climate, it is only found in the South in France. It is the primary grape in Southern Rhone Blends and is very popular in Languedoc and Provence
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Grenache
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This red grape prefers warm climates and is the only Red Grape in Northern Rhone. It also has extensive plantings in Languedoc
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Syrah
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Where in France does Carignan grown?
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South Rhone, and South France
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Where in France does Cabernet Sauvignon grow?
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Bordeaux and Languedoc
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Where is Cabernet Franc grown in France?
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Loire Valley and Bordeaux
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This grape is mostly found in Beaujolais, but small quantities are in the Loire Valley
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Gamay
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Where is Pinot Grown?
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Burgundy
Champagne Small amounts in Alsace and Eastern Loire Valley |
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Where is Cinsaut Grown?
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It is a blending grape in the South
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Is there more Pinot Noir or Pinot Meunier in Champagne?
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Pinot Meunier
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Where is Mourvedre grown?
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South Rhone
Languedoc-Roussillon Provence |
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Which country was the first to devise a national system for legally protecting and restricting the use of place names for wine regions:
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France
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What is the entry level of French basic wine, it can come from anywhere in France and has few specific regulations apart from those of health and safety.
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Vin de Table
1/8th of wine production most consumed locally |
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The 2nd Tier of of Wine in France and accounts for more than a third of production:
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vin de pays
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Which level does the winemaker's often compete with the New World varieties?
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vin de pays
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What is Vin de Pays des Vignobles de France?
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The most all-encompassing of the vin de pays which includes almost the entire country
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This Vin de Pay region covers the western part of the French Mediterranean Coast:
recently this has accounted for 40% of the vin de pays production |
Pays d' Oc
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How many Regional Vin de Pay areas in France are there?
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6
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How many departmental vin de pays that fit into the regional vin de pays?
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52-they match the political boundaries of France
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The Top classification in French Wine?
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AOC
appellation d'origine controlee |
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How many AOC are there in France?
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300+
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In France, generally speaking the smaller the AOC:
?standards ? restrictions |
higher the standards
tighter the restrictions greater homogeneity of wines |
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How many acres and cases of wine are produced in Bordeaux?
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300k acres
63 million cases of wine |
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Bordeaux places where in wine production (on a global scale)?
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12th
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Bordeaux account for what amount of production of France AOC level production?
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1/4
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What two rivers are in Bordeaux?
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Garonne and the Dordogne meet and form the Gironde
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Left Bank of Bordeaux is where?
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It is west of the Garonne and Gironde
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Right Bank of Bordeaux is where?
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The East and North of the Dordogne and Gironde
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In Bordeaux, the land between the Garonne and Dordogne is called:
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Entre-Deux-Mers-Means btween the 2 seas
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Where does the City of Bordeaux lie?
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On the left bank
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Where is Medoc?
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On the Left bank North of Bordeaux
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What lies SW of Bordeaux on the Left Bank?
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Graves.
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What is the main town on the right bank of Bordeaux?
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Libourne
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What is the climate of Bordeaux?
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Maritime
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What % of Bordeaux is planted with Red Grapes?
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89
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What grape variety dominates Bordeaux particulary the right bank and in Entre-Deux-Mers
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Merlot
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What grape variety is concentrated on the Left Bank of Bordeaux?
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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Other than Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon what other red grape varieties are grown in Bordeaux?
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Cabernet Franc
Malbec Petit Verdot |
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The primary white grapes of Bordeaux are?
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Sauvignon Blanc
Semillon Muscadelle-added for its floral notes |
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Almost all of the white grapes of Bordeaux are found where?
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Left Bank South (upriver) of Bordeaux City and Entre-Deux-Mers
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Bordeaux produces mostly red wine, know in Britain as
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Claret
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Dry and Sweet White Wines represent what % of production in Bordeaux?
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11%
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Which bank left/right in Bordeaux is considered to have a harder edge?
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Left Bank
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What bank in Bordeaux is St. Emilion in?
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Right Bank
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In the Upper Left Bank of Bordeaux, the most celebrated wines are from where?
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Medoc
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Dry white wines from Bordeaux are made from what grapes?
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Mostly Sauvignon Blanc with a minority of Semillon.
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Dry White Wines from Bordeaux mainly come from:
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Entre-Deux-Mers
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The Best Whites in Bordeaux come from:
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Graves, especially Pessac-Leognan
This is in the Left Bank (South above Sauternes) |
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Where is Sauternes located?
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South of Graves in the Left Banks
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What climate conditions are in Sauternes creating ideal atmospheres for Sweet white wines?
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early morning fogs are common in the fall providing perfect growing conditions for botrytis fungusq
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The French Term Pourriture Noble is:
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Noble Rot-created by botrytis fungus
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This type of wine is thick and intensly sweet and if botrytized it has a notable honey character?
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Sauternes
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The Sweet Wines of Sauternes have what grape varieties?
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Most Semillon with small amounts of Sav Blanc
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How many AOCs are there in Bordeaux?
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around 40
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What is the largest appellation, both in physical size and production in Bordeaux?
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Bordeaux AOC
It covers the entire Region. |
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A more stricter AOC than the Bordeaux AOC, this AOC covers the same area but only has reds and sweet whites with slightly stricter restrictions:
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Bordeaux Superieur
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If you have a wine that falls into the Bordeaux AOC or the Bordeaux Superieur it is because:
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It usually does not qualify for a higher (smaller) appellation
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Most of Entre-Deux-Mers Red Wine falls into what AOC category?
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Bordeaux AC
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The White wines of Medoc belong to which AOC?
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Bordeaux AC
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Medoc consist of which two appellations:
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Medoc and Haut Medoc (upper Medoc)
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The Medoc has how many appellations:
What are they: |
6
Medoc Haut Medoc St. Estephe St. Julien Margaux Pauillac |
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The Margaux, St. Estephe, Pauillac, St Julien produce?
Red Wine Only White Wine Red and White Wine |
Red Wine Only
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On the left Bank of Bordeaux, which district produces Red and White Wine?
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Graves
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This district which is the northernmost part of graves split off and formed:
It produces Red and dry whites |
Pessac Leognan
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A New appellation created in 2009 combines four disjointed regions:
Cotes de Francs, Cotes de Castillon, Premieres Cotes de Blaye, and Premieres de Bordeaux-It is called: |
Cotes de Bordeaux
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What are the 4 disjointed regions of Cotes de Bordeaux:
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Cotes de Francs
Cotes de Castillon Premieres Cotes de Blaye Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux (Cadillac) |
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South within Graves 3 Communes that are the prime sources of Bordeaux's Sweet Wines what is the best known
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Sauternes
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What area was included in the 1855 Classification?
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Left Bank
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Which area in Bordeaux has the most fertile soil?
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Entre-Deux-Mers-therefore they tend to lack the concentration of the banks
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The Entre-Deux-Mers Appellation covers what type of wine?
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Dry white wine only, Red wine was not granted an appellation
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The most covet wines of the Right Bank come from:
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Pomerol
and St Emilion |
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Fronsac, Canon Fronsac, and Lalande-de-Pomerol are located where?
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Right bank of Bordeaux
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What area does St. Emilion Grand Cru cover?
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The same as the St. Emilon on the Right bank, it has tighter restrictions
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A castle or grand manor house in Bordeaux is called:
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Chateau
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What is Chateau d'Yquem?
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The one first Superior growth for Sweet Wines listed on the 1855 Classification
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How many First Growths for Sweet Wines were listed in the 1855 Classification?
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11
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How many Second Growths for Sweet Wines were listed in the 1855 classification?
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14
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How many Red wines were included in the 1855 Classifications:
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61 Total
5-1st Growths (Premiers Crus) 14-2nd Growths (Deuxiemes Crus) 14-3rd Growths (Troisiemes Crus) 10-4th Growths (Quatriemes Crus) 18-5th Growths (Cinquiemes Crus) |
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What two communes dominate the 2nd and 4th Growths of the 1855 Classification?
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Margaux and St. Julien with each having 5 of the 14 in the 2nd growth
St. Julien having 4 and Margaux have 3 of the 10 in the 4th growth |
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Which commune contains 12 of the 18 Chateaux listed in the 5th Growths:
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Pauillac
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Name the 5 First Growths/Premiers Crus of the 1855 Bordeaux Classification:
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Haut-Brion (Pessac, Graves)
Lafite Rothschild (Pauillac) Latour (Pauillac) Margaux (Margaux) Mouton-Rothschild (Pauillac) |
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Graves Chateaux were classified in 1953 and 1959 have how many levels:
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One Level called
Cru Classe |
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The only classification system on the Right Bank is the one established in 1954 and last updated in 2006. It has 72 Chateaux
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St-Emilion Grand Cru
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Chateau Ausone and Chateau Cheval Blanc are what in Bordeuax
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The only 2 Premier Grand Cru Classe Status that have an A Category all others have a B (13)
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How many Premier Grand Cru Classe are there in the St-Emilion Grand Cru Classe
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15
2 with A Status Chateau Ausone and Chevel Blanc 13 others |
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How many Chateaux are there in the St. Emilion Grand Cru appellation
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72
15 with Premier Classe (2 in the A category and 13 in the B category) |
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This was a list of the best Chateaux in the Medoc that were not on the 1855 list, first ranked in 1932 controversy caused the classification to be abolished. It has been revived, by some quality minded producers.
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Cru Bourgeois
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A 2006 list of 44 small family owned and operated wine estates in Bordeaux.
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Cru Artisan
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Loire Valley can be viewed as 3 different Regions. They are:
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1. Pay Nantais-Nantes Country know as Muscadet
2. Central Loire-Anjou and Touraine 3. Eastern or Upper Loire-Sancerre and Pouilly Fume (sometimes called the Center) |
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Loire River Flows North two which two cities does it hit first
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Pouilly Fume and Sancerre Finally to Nantes
Then it runs west into the Atlantic Ocean |
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What do the Loire Regions have in common?
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Cool Climate from the northerly latitude
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Pay Nantais, In the Loire Valley has what type of climate?
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Situated on low-lying terrain close to the ocean, it has a chilly maritime climate.
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Does the Central Loire get more sunshine than the coastal area?
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Yes, but it has high humidity allowing for botrytis development and sweet wine appellations
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The Upper Loire has what type of climate?
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Continental, moderated slightly by the sea breezes up the valley
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The Mostly widely planted Grape in the Loire Valley is:
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Cabernet Franc 37K acres
Melon 31K Acres Chenin Blanc 21.5K acres Gamay 12k acres Sav Blanc 8K acres |
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Grapes of Loire Valley (8)
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Cab Franc
Melon Chenin Blanc Gamay Sav Blanc Chardonnay Pinot Noir Cab Sav |
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What is the grape of Pay Nantais
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Melon de Bourgogne
or is often called Muscadet |
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Where did Melon de Bourgogne come from?
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Burgundy, but it is no longer grown there
It is a fairly neutral white grape, produces light bodied, very crisp wine |
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This grape represents 3/4 of the Nantais vineyard land in the Loire Valley and is the only one allowed in the AOC level:
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Melon de Bourgogne
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There are 4 AOC in the Pays Nantais Loire Valley area the most basic is:
the largest is: They must be made from what grape: |
Muscadet AOC
Muscadet de Sevre-et-Maine Melon Grapes |
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If a wine appends its name with "sur lie" in the Muscadet Region of Loire Valley what does that mean?
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that the wines are aged on their lees for several months afte harvest.
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Central Loire Valley is made up of what two areas?
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Anjou
Touraine |
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What is the primary grape variety in Central Loire Valley
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Chenin Blanc
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Pineau de la Loire is what type of grape variety?
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Chenin Blanc
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The Eastern half of Touraine, Central Loire Valley, grows what grape variety?
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Sav Blanc
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What are the Red Grapes grown in Central Loire Valley?
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Cab Franc for Reds and Rose
blended with small amounts of Cab Sav sometimes Gamay. Grolleau and Malbec (Cot) |
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In Loire Valley what does Fine Bulles Mean?
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Sparkling Wine
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What Method is used in the Loire Valley for Sparkling Wines?
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Traditional Method, but they use Chenin Blanc, Cab Franc, or Cab Sav and sometimes Chardonnay
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The Main Grape of Upper Lower (Eastern Loire)-Pouilly-Fume and Sancerre
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Sauvignon Blanc
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What is the profile of the Sav. Blanc from Upper Loire?
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Classic Flavor Profiles: slaty and minerally with high acidity and fine aromatics
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Which Regions in Loire Valley is said to produce a smokier flavor?
Pouilly-Fume or Sancerre |
Pouilly-Fume
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Which area in Loire Valley grows Pinot Noir
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Upper Loire
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Vin de Pays du Val de Loire is what?
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The PGI that covers the entire area of Loire. It is one of the 6 large Vin de Pays in France
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In Central Loire the Anjou AOC produces Red Wine from:
White From |
Cab Franc & Cab Sav
Chenin Blanc with upto 20% Sav Blanc or Chardonnay |
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Mousseux
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Sparkling Wine from the Anjou Appellation
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Petillant
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Light Sparkling from Loire
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Rose d Anjou is what?
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AOC Appellations in Loire Valley in Anjou for Rose wines which is mostly made from Grolleau-which is somewhat sweet
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What is Cabernet d' Anjou?
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AOC Appellation in Central Loire which uses Cab Franc or Cab Sav and is some what sweet
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Dry Rose in Central Loire use what appellation
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Rose de Loire covers both Anjou and Touraine
They must use 30% Cab Franc or Cab Sav |
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The Primary sweet wine area of Anjou is:
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Coteaux du Layon AOC-use 100% Chenin Blanc
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Two Subregions of Coteaux du Layon are:
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Bonnezeaux
and Quarts-de-Chaume 100% Chenin Blanc |
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Savennieres is a dry white wine appellation that uses what grapes?
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100% Chenin Blanc
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Saumur AOC is typically known for what?
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It is in the South of Anjou, Central Loire Valley, It is known for its sparkling wines, but it does have red and white still wines
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Saumur Brut may also be known as:
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Saumur Mousseux
Traditional Method Contains Chenin Blanc, white, rose, dry, semi-sweet and can have any grapes from the region |
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The Chief grapes for Cremeant de Loire come from where:
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Saumur, but they can come from Anjou or Touraine
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Saumur-Champigny is a :
Red-only appellation White-only appellation Red and White appellation |
Red Only Appellation
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Bourgueil and Chinon, just up river in Touraine , north and south of Loire are known for what type of wine:
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Excellant Red wine
with at least 90 % Cab Franc with usually a bit of Cab Sav for structure and complexity |
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Vouvray uses what type of grapes and what type of styles
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100% Chenin Blanc
ranging from dry to sweet and sparkling |
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The Touraine AOC is for what?
The Touraine Mousseux is for what? |
Red, white Rose
Sparkling |
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Anjou Mousseux, Cremant de Loire, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Saumur Brut, Touraine Mousseux and Vouvray are appellations with what in common?
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They use the traditional method and can be marked with Fines Bulles (Fine bubbles)
All Sparkling Wines |
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Cheverny AOC:
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lie in Touraine in Central Loire grapes are primarily Gamay and Sav Blanc
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Two of the most famous Loire Valley Appellations in Upper Loire Valley known for 100% Sauvignon Blanc are:
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Sancerre (also makes a little Pinot Noir)
and Pouilly-Fume |
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Who were the first to deliberately replicate the process of the 2nd Fermentation in the bottle?
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English
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What % of the the World's sparkling wine production is produced in Champagne?
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15%
25 million cases a year |
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One of the 4 Zones in Champagne, a plateau between the marne River and the city of Reims:
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Montagne de Reims
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One of the 4 Zones in Champagne, stretching for more than 40 miles along the Marne River West of the town of Epernay
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Vallee de la Marne
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One of the 4 Zones in Champagne, a ridge running southwest from Epernay, stretching in a long thin line beyond the town of Sezanne
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Cote de Blancs
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One of the 4 Zones in Champagne, an isolated area in the Aube department some 60 miles southeast of Epernay
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Cote de Bar
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a type of clay created during the jurassic period, which is a chalky soil formed by microscopic shellfish from an ancient sea that formed the Paris Basin
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Kimmeridgian Clay
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Kimmeridgian Clay has what type of characteristics:
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High water retention capacity
heat retention heat reflection all of this helps the vine optimize its ability to reach phenolic ripeness |
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Kimmeridgian Clay is found where:
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Champagne
Loire Valley Burgundy |
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In Champagne most of the Chardonnay is grown in:
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Cote des Blancs
and Montagne de Reims |
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In Champagne most of the Pinot Noir comes from:
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Cote des Bar,
Montagne de Reims Valle de la Marne |
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In Champagne most of Pinot Meunier is from:
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Valle de la Marne
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A nonvintage champagne must be aged for at least___on the lees in the bottle.
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1 year
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A vintage champagne must be aged for at least___on the lees in the bottle
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3 years
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Which type is Champagne is the standard wine of a house, made to the house style by using a blend of wines from several vintages?
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Non-Vintage
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Which style of Champagne accounts for 3/4 of the production?
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Non-Vintage
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Which style of Champagne is from a single year's harvest produced only in the best years?
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Vintage
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This style of Champagne is the top-of-the-line-product produced by a Champagne house, using the finest grapes and most careful production techniques
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Prestige Cuvee
Tete de Cuvee Cuvee Speciale |
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Which style of Champagne is produced only from Chardonnay?
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Blanc de Blanc
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Which style of Champagne is produced only from Red grapes?
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Blanc de Noir
Primarily Pinot Noir but sometimes Pinot Meunier |
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This style of Champagne blends a small amount of red wine into the cuvee
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Rose
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This term indicates that no dosage was added to the Champagne?
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Brut Nature
Sans Dosage |
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How many sparkling appellations are in Champagne?
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1
Champagne AOC |
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How many Villages are called Grand Crus in Champagne?
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17
all of these have scores of 100% |
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How many Premier Cru Villages are there in Champagne?
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44
They are scored 90-99% |
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How many Cru Village are in Champagne?
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357
17-Grand Cru 44 Premier Cru 296 Cru |
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The traditional winemaking properties in Champagne are know as:
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Houses
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Alsace is where:
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NE Corner of France with the Vosages Mountains on the West and the Rhine River on the East.
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Alsace Climate is:
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Cold Continental Climate, It is very dry because of the Vosage mountains Rain Shadow, but it has an abundance of Sunshine. Sunny dry Summers
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What red grapes are grwonw in Alsace:
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Pinot Noir
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What are the 3 primary White grapes of Alsace:
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Riesling
Gewurztraminer Pinot Gris Others are: Auxerrois, Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc |
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Alsace is know for what type of wines:
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Dry white wines and sweet dessert wines
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A Typical Alsace wine is:
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aromatic and clean, with moderate acidity,
but recently warmer weathers have produced higher alcohol wines with noticable residual sugar |
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Two Distinct Styles of Dessert wine in Alsace are:
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Selection de grains nobles
Vendange tardive |
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In Alsace, a Selection de grains nobles sweet dessert wine indicates:
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a sweet Sauternes-style, botrytized wine
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In Alsace, a Vendange tardive sweet dessert wine is:
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produced from late harvested grapes, which may or may not be botrytized
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A wines, except sparkling wines are required to use what type of bottle in Alsace:
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Germanic Flute d' Alsace
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There are how many appellations in Alsace:
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3
Alsace AOC Alsace Grand Cru Cremant d'Alsace |
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What are blends called in Alsace?
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Edelzwicker
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Compared to Bordeaux, Burgundy produces about how much wine
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1/4 of the acreage and 1/4 of the wine production.
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In Burgundy, since growers are generally small, they typically:
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sell their grapes to negociants.
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What are the 4 distinct vineyard areas in Burgundy?
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Chablis
Cote d Or Cote Chalonnaise Maconnais |
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What region in Burgundy lies SW of the city of Dijon along a narrow limestone ridge that parallels the Saone River on its west bank?
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Cote d Or
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Cote d Or is divided into two segments:
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Cote de Nuits-North
Cote de Beaune-South |
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Cote de Nuits take is name from which town?
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Nuits St. George
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Chardonnay accounts for what % of production in Burgundy?
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60%
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Which area in Burgundy is dominate by Pinot Noir?
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Cote De Nuits
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What is the main red grape in Maconnais?
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Gamay
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What is a minor second white grape in Burgundy?
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Aligote
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Wines of Burgundy typically have what characteristics:
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Dry and Still
moderate in alcohol, acidity, and tannin and complex aromas and flavors with earthiness aged in oak |
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The distinctive terroir of Chablis produces Chardonnay wines with a prounounced:
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minerality or flinty character that isn't common else where with high acid
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Which is the heaviest style:
Cote d Or Cote Chalonnaise Maconnais |
Cote d Or
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The highest Ranking site or Climat in Burgundy which there are 33 is called:
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Grand Cru (Great Growth)
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The 2nd highest Ranking site in Burgundy is:
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Premier Cru (1st Growth)
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Each Grand Cru is given an AOC of their own named after___
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the vineyard
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How many Premier Cru are in Burgundy?
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more than 600
They do not have their own AOC |
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Since the Premier Cru do not have individual AOC, how are the distinguished?
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They are allowed to include their vineyard name and Premier Cru or 1st Cru on the label alongside the commune name
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What the Seven Parcels NE of Chablis that are part of the Grand Cru Vineyard
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Les Clos
Vaudesir Valmur Blanchot Bougros Les Preuses Grenouilles |
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What is the most important appellation that covers the entire Burgundy wine region?
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AC Bourgogne
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What is Cremant de Bourgogne?
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White and Rose Sparkling wine by the traditional method
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What is Bourgogne Aligote?
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Wines from the Aligote grape in Burgundy
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What grapes are permitted in Chablis?
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Chardonnay only
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How many AOC are in Chablis?
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3
Center-Chablis Grand Cru Surrounding the Grand Cru is Chablis AOC Surrounding the Chablis AOC is Petit Chablis |
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Which district includes 32 of Burgundy's 33 Grand Cru Vineyards?
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Cote d Or
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How many Grand Cru's are in Cote d Nuits?
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24
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All of Cote d Nuits Grand Cru are Red wine only except for?
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Musigny which has a small amount of Chardonnay
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How many of Grand Cru's are in Cote de Beaune
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8
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The World's most expensive wine comes from
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The Grand Cru Romanee-Conti
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Chambertin, Musigny, Clos de Vougeot are:
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Some of the best-known grand crus of the Cote d Or
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Cote de Beaune produces what % of white and red wine?
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over half is red wine although it is known as a white wine region
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____out of the 8 grand crus in Cote d Beaune are for White Only.
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7
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Which Grand Cru in Cote d Beaune produces mostly Red with a small amount of white? The only one to produce red.
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Corton
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Cote Chalonnaise gets it name from what town that it is located to the west of:
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Chalon-sur-Saone
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What district is a large source for Aligote and sparkling wine in Burgundy?
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Cote Chalonnaise
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How many Grand Crus are in Cote Chalonnaise?
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None, but several Premiers
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Chalonnaise produces more white or Red
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Slightly more white
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What is the largest communal AOC in Chalonnaise
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Mercurey
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What district lies in the Southernmost part of Burgundy slightly overlapping Beaujolais?
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Maconnais
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What type of wine is produced in Maconnais?
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Mostly white, small amount of red primarily gamay
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The district wide AOC for Maconnais is called:
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Macon Appellation
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The Macon-Villages appellation is for what type of wine?
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White Wine Only
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What type of grapes are in Pouilly Fuisse and St Veran
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Chardonnay Only
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A Winegrowing Estate in Burgundy is called:
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Domaine
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How many Domaine are in Burgundy?
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around 4000
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Clos de Vougeot is located in what district?
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Cotes d Nuits
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The Average grower's holding in Burgundy is about:
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15 acres
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The negociant trade represents what % of Burgundy's annual output:
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3/4
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Beaujolais is devoted to what grape?
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Gamay
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In compared to Burgundy, Beaujolais produces who much wine?
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11 Million
or 2/3 of Burgundy |
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The most significant difference between Burgundy and Beaujolais?
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While it is Further South and benefits from warm air from the Rhone--The most significant difference is Beaujolais has granitic soil-Ideal for Gamay but not so much for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay-Burgundy has limestone.
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What are the main grapes of Beaujolais?
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Gamay-95%
5% Chardonnay and Pinot Noir` |
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Typical Beaujolais exhibits:
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bright red fruit aromas and flavors with tropical notes that are a characteristic of the carbonic maceration technique
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What area in of Beaujolais produces a richer, more structured wine, and capable of improving with a couple of years in the bottle?
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The Northernmost, because the granite soil is more prevalent.
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Which appellation produces around 40% of the district's wine?
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AC Beaujolais
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How many Cru Beajolais are there?
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10
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50% of the wine in the AC Beaujolais is sold as?
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Beaujolais Nouveau
Most of the AC comes from the South |
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The Beaujolais-Villages AC is described how?
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38 villages located in the Northern part of Beaujolais.
They label their wine as Beaujolais-"name of village" |
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How many villages of the Beaujolais are given cru status?
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10 and it is Red wine Only
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How are the Beaujolais Crus labeled?
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By their Village name only.
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Three of the best know Beaujolais Crus are:
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Moulin-a Vent
Fleurie Morgon |
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Where is this Village located:
St. Amour |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village located:
Julienas |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village located:
Chenas |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village located:
Moulin-a Vent |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village located:
Fleurie |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village located:
Chiroubles |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village located:
Morgon |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village from:
Regnie |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village from:
Cote de Brouilly |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Where is this Village from:
Brouilly |
Beaujolais Cru-North Beaujolais
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Rhone Valley ranks ____in Production of AOC wine in France.
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2nd
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Rhone begins roughly 20 miles south of the city of ____
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Lyons
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From North to South Rhone is roughly how many miles:
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120 Miles
It ends at the city of Avignon |
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How many miles between the North and South Rhone
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30 Miles
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North Rhone lies in the Valley along the banks of the Rhone River between
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Massif Central and the French Alps
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What type of climate is in Northern Rhone
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Continental with Hot summers and Cold Winters
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What area in Northern Rhone means Roasted Hillside because of its baking summer sun?
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Cote Rotie
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Southern Rhone is located where:
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30 miles South of Northern Rhond below the point at which the Rhone River breaks out of the mountains into a broad area of lowlands.
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What type of Climate does Southern Rhone have:
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Mediterranean climate of the South of France with abundance of sunshine, warm temperatures, minimal precipitation during the growing season.
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One well known feature of Southern Rhone's terrior is galets, especially around Chateauneuf-du-Pape which are:
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a profusion of large rounded stones that have been washed down from the mountains--
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What is the mistral that can cause damage to the grapevines and impact the local climate in Rhone?
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Strong cold wind from the North, It can be more intense in the south, but both areas can be affected
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The most important grape variety in Southern Rhone?
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Grenache
it accounts for 2/3 of the red grapes |
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In addition to Grenache in Southern Rhone, what are 4 other popular red grapes planted:
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Syrah
Carignan Mourvedre Cinsaut |
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What is the dominant white Grape in Southern Rhone?
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Grenache Blanc-
A white Mutation of Grenache |
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Other white grapes grown in Southern Rhone?
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Grenache Blanc
Clairette Viognier Ugni Blanc Roussanne Marsanne |
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What are the Grapes of Northern Rhone
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Syrah-Only Red Variety
Viognier Marsanne Rousanne |
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White wine accounts for what % of Rhone's wine?
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5%
9% for Rose |
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A typical Syrah of Northern Rhone is described as:
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black, tannic, powerful and long lived.
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A less tannic and pigmented wine, but still high in alcohol, low in acid, and potentially quite rich from Southern Rhone would describe a wine made from what type of grape?
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Grenache
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What grape is well suited for Rose wines in Rhone Valley
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Grenache because its low tannin levels full flavor
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A full bodied, viscous, and aromatic white wine found in the Northern Rhone is often made from what grape?
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Viognier
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3 Small AOCs in Northern Rhone which are highly regarded for their excellant, long-aging wines:
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Cote Rotie
Hermitage Cornas |
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2 Large AOC in Northern Rhone that have a bit of variability:
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St. Joseph
Crozes-Hermitage |
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Which AOC in Northern Rhone only allows for 100% Syrah?
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Cornas
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Which AOCs in Northern Rhone produce only Red wine?
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Cornas-100% Syrah
Cote-Rotie-although allows for some white to be blended in |
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What is the most important white wine from Northern Rhone?
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Viognier from the AOC Condrieu
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What two AOCs in Northern Rhone only produce white wine?
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Condrieu
Chateau-Grillet |
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What is the only AOC in Northern Rhone that produces sparkling wine?
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St. Peray
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96% of Rhone's wine production comes from:
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The south
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Cotes du Rhone covers what area?
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All of Rhone, but rarely used in Northern Rhone. They prefer the smaller more famous appellations
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What % of wine from Rhone falls into the Cotes du Rhone AOC?
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more than half
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How many villages are used in the Cotes du Rhone appellation?
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90
18 are allowed to use the: Cotes du Rhone-"Village Name" |
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Two of the best known Cotes du Rhone Village Appellations are:
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Rasteau
and Cairanne |
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Of the 9 communes in Southern Rhone that have a distinguished AOC, which 2 produce only red wine?
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Beaumes-de-Venise
Vinsobres |
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Which AOC in Southern Rhone produces a sweet white (or gold or pink) Vin doux naturel made from Muscat?
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Muscat de Beaumes-de Venise
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In addition to St Peray in Northern Rhone, what two other outlying AOCs produce sparkling wine?
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Clairette de Die
Crement de Die |
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The minimum Residual Sugar and Alcohol in a Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise is:
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11 % Sugar
15% Alcohol |
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The AOC Rasteau Appellation in Southern Rhone produces what type of wine?
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Vin doux naturel Red fortified.
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Which AOC is southern Rhone is strictly for rose made from Grenache and Cinsaut:
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Tavel
It is considered the finest dry roses of France |
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Cotes du Ventoux and Costieres de Nimes are from where and produce what?
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Rhone Valley-outlying areas and they produce Red, white and Rose
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Gigondas in Southern Rhone?
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Red and Rose
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Chateauneuf-du-Pape in Southern Rhone?
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Red and White
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Beaumes-de-Venise in Southern Rhone?
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Red Only
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Lirac in Southern Rhone?
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Red, White, and Rose
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Rasteau in Southern Rhone?
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Red Fortified wine Only
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Muscat-de Beaumes-de-Venise in Southern Rhone?
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White Fortified Only
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Tavel in Southern Rhone?
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Rose Only
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Vacqueyras in Southern Rhone?
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Red, White, Rose
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Why type of wine is produced in the AOC Vinsobres in Southern Rhone?
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Red Only
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Which AOC in Southern Rhone produces Sparkling Wine?
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none
St. Peray in Northern Rhone Outlying Regions are: Clairette de Die and Cremant de Die |
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The South of France comprises:
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Rousillon,
Languedoc, Rhone and Provence Regions |
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The South of France Stretches along:
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The Mediterranean coast between Spain and Italy
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How much of the French Vineyards lie within the South of France?
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half
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Which Region in France created some of the 1st appellation laws in the 1920s?
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Rhone because they wanted divorce themselves from the mediocre wines of South France
This led to the French AOC system in the 1930s |
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What is the land like in the South of France
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low hills and rolling land
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The Climate in the South of France is
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Mediterranean, ample sun during growing season, low humidity, little rainfall, and moderate non-extreme temperatures.
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A Catalan Region (In France) adjacent to Spain is:
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Roussillon
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In France the area between Rousillon and Rhone is called:
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Languedoc
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In France the Area from the Rhone River eastward towards the Italian border is called:
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Provence
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Viognier is grown in abundance where:
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Languedoc and Provence-3 times as much than its homeland of Rhone
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Vin de Pays d' Oc covers what area:
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The Entire Languedoc-Roussillon Region
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How many cases of wine come from the Vin de Pays d Oc
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50 Million-most of the vin de pays of France come from the South
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What grapes are allowed in the Languedoc AOC?
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Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsaut, Cargnan-plus a few whites and other reds only traditional to the region
It covers both Languedoc and Roussillon |
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What is the largest AOC of Languedoc-Roussillon in terms of production?
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Corbieres
produces mostly red but does allow white and rose |
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Where is Minervois AOC locate?
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Languedoc-Roussillon
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Where is Cotes du Roussillon locate? What types of wine does it focus on?
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South France-South of Languedoc-Roussillon
Rose |
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Red wine of Cotes du Roussillon is are in what AOC
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Cotes-du-Roussillon-Villages
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What type of grape is used in the south of France for fortified wine?
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Grenache blends
or Muscat |
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Sparkling wines in South France are produced around what town?
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Limoux
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A Regional Vin de Pays called Vin de Pays de Mediterranee is located where?
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Provence
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Does Provence produce mostly Vin de Pays wine?
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No,
It produces more AOC wine |
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What is the largest AOC in Provence?
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Cotes de Provence
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What is Provence's best known commune AOC?
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Bandol
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Bandol produces what type of wine:
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It produces deeply colored and aromatic reds and fine dry roses principally from Mourvedre+ some Grenache and Cinsaut
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