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33 Cards in this Set
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What is the French highest wine classification and what is the European Union (EU) equivalent ?
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AOC=PDO
Apellation d'Origene Controlee (AOC) Protected Designation of OrigIn (PDO) |
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What is the EU equivalent to France's Vin de Pays Classification?
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Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
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What are the six things the AOC regulates?
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1. Area of Production: where wine is from
2. Grape Variety: or varieties 3. Alcohol: minimums & maximums 4. Yield: how much can be produced 5. Viticultural Practices: like trellising, irrigation 6. Vinification Methods: like chaptalization |
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Match the wine with its Region
wine: 1. Muscadet 2. Cote rotie 3. Pommard 4. Pauillac |
region:
a. Loire Valley b. Rhone Valley c. Burgundy d. Bordeaux |
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Match the wine with its Region
wine: 1. Graves 2. Champagne 3. Sancerre 4. Vendanges Tardive |
region:
a. Bordeaux b. Champagne c. Loire Valley d. Alsace |
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Match the wine with its Region
wine: 1. Chateanuf-du- Pape 2. Sauternes 3. Vouvray 4. Macon- Villages |
region:
a. Rhone Valley b. Bordeaux c. Loire Valley d. Burgundy |
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Match the wine with its predominant grape
wine: 1. Pommard 2. Vouvray 3. Cote Rotie 4. Sancerre |
predominant grape:
a. Pinot Noir b. Chenin Blanc c. Syrah d. sauvignon Blanc |
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Match the wine with its predominant grape
wine: 1. St. Julien 2. Pouilly-Fume 3. St. Emilion 4. Chateaneuf-du-Pape |
predominant grape:
a. Cabernet sauvignon b. Sauvignon Blanc c. Merlot d. Grenache |
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Match the wine with its predominant grape
wine: 1. Chablis 2. Muscadet 3. Pomerol 4. Pauillac |
predominant grape:
a. Chardonnay b. Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet) c. Merlot d. Cabernet Sauvignon |
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What is the longest river in France ?
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the Loire River
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What is aging "sur lie" mean?
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Aging the wine on the dead yeast cells left from fermntation
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What montain range affects the climate and topography of Alsace?
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Vosges
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Wha are the four "noble" varietals of Alsace?
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Riesling
Pinot gris Gewurztraminer Muscat d'Alsace |
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The wines of the Maconnais are generally?
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white
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The Cote d'Or is made up of the ?
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Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune
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What winemaking technique is usedd in the production of Beaujolais Nouveau ?
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Carbonic Maceration
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what is the grape of Condrieu ?
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Viognier
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What does Vin de Pays mean ?
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Wine of the Country
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The commune of Pauillac is located on which bank of the Gironde estuary ?
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Left Bank
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The commune of Pomerol and St. emilion are located what is referred to as ?
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Right Bank
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Sauternes is produced from grapes affected by ?
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Botrytis Cinerea
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Northern Rhone ( Cote Rotie) is characterized by re wines dominated by ?
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Syrah
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Southern Rhone ( Chateaneuf-du-Pape) is characterized by red wines dominated by ?
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Grenache
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France is the number one producer of wine in the world, responsible for roughly 50% of the world's premium wine.
a. true b. false |
TRUE
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match the following classic grape-growing regions of France to the overall climate found there.
region: 1. Alsace 2. Champagne 3. The Rhone Valley 4. Bordeaux 5. Burgundy |
overall climate:
a. cool-continental b. cool-continental c. Warm-Mediterranean d. Temperate- maritime e. cool-continental |
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The wine laws of france are known by the acronym:
a. DOC b. OAC c. AOC d. INAO |
c. AOC
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Which of the following wine regions is considered the most commercially successful in the world and produces around a quarter of France's premium wine?
A. Bordeaux b. Burgundy c. Champagne d. The Loire |
a. Bordeaux
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Match the following classic grape-growing regions of France to the subregions that are located within their boundaries, or the grapes that grown there.
classic region : 1. Burgundy 2. Bordeaux 3. The Loire Valley 4. The Rhone Valley |
subregion :
a. Chablis b. Medoc c. Sancerre d. Chateaneuf-du-Pape |
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Match the following classic grape-growing regions of France to the subregions that are located within their boundaries, or the grapes that grown there.
classic region : 1. The Rhone Valley 2. Alsace 3. The Loire Valley 4. Burgundy |
subregion :
a. Syrah & Grenache b. Riesling & Gewurztraminer c. Chenin Blanc & Sauvignon Blanc d. Chardonnay & Pinot Noir |
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Alsace is the only top-quality region in France to label its wines by grape variety.
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True
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A Champagne labeled " Blanc de Blancs" is a sparkling wine produced with what types of grapes?
a. Pinot Noir b. Pinot Meunier c. Merlot d. Chardonnay |
d. Chardonnay
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The Loire Valley is a region of France that allows only one white grape and one red grape to be grown throughout the entire region.
a. True b. False |
b. False
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Which of the following is not one of the most important grapes grown in Bordeaux?
a. Cabernet Sauvignon b. Chardonnay c. Merlot d. Sauvignon Blanc |
b. Chardonnay
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