The French call it...
Wine terms
Snooty French terms
By any other name
Wine movies
100
Sparkling wine
What is Champagne?
100
A term to describe how a wine smells. Also referred to as aroma or bouquet.
What is nose?
100
The wine expert in restaurants
What is a sommelier?
100
Champagne from Italy
What is Spumante? A lighter version is called Prosecco.
100
The %$&@#%#$ wine I will not drink
What is Merlot? Sideways
200
Chardonnay here, but this sub-appellation in France calls it...
What is Chablis?
200
It describes the weight of wine on the palate.
What is body?
200
What "pinot" means as in Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio
What is pinecone?
200
Called Zinfandel in America, this varietal is one of the oldest in Italy.
What is Primitivo?
200
This chick flick starred Keanu Reeves.
What is A Walk in the Clouds?
300
Called Pinot Noir in America, but in France?
What is Burgundy?
300
Wine that hugs the glass as it drips down.
What is legs?
300
A wine-growing country, state, or county?
What is Appellation of Origin?
300
The main grape used in Chianti, which is a blend of three wines.
What is Sangiovese?
300
Film contained the line, "Are you chewing gum?"
What is Sideways?
400
Released the 3rd Thursday in November, it uses the Gamay grape.
What is Beaujolais Nouveau?
400
The impression a wine leaves on the palate.
What is finish?
400
A Champagne houses best offering
What is Cuvee?
400
Sangiovese blended with Bordeaux.
What is a Super Tuscan?
400
Movie about the 1970's, when California wine "made it." It starred Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman.
What is Bottle Shock?
500
Made primarily with Cabernet Savignon, Merlot, but also may be blended with Cab Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.
What is Bordeaux?
500
Makes wine "dry" but helps wine mature.
What is tannin?
500
All facts which affect the growth of grapes:soil, temperature, rainfall, sun, even the direction the slope faces.
What is Terrior?
500
What Aussies call Syrah
What is Shiraz?
500
A documentary which followed five men attempting to become Master Sommeliers.
What is Somm?
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