Bordeaux
These are the two "M" grapes of Bordeaux.
What are Malbec and Merlot?
These are the three "levels" of Burgundian wine.
What are Village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru?
Champagne has this type of soil.
What is chalky limestone?
This is the least-known of the Big Three Champagne varietals.
What is Pinot Meunier?
What is Sonoma County?
Bordeaux has this type of climate.
What is Maritime?
This is the soil type of Burgundy, generally.
What is Limestone?
This is the process by which lees is prepared to be removed from Champagne bottles.
What is riddling?
This is the process of removing lees from Champagne bottles.
What is disgorgement?
Generally, the two topographical categories of Napa Valley.
What are hillside and valley floor?
Bordeaux was this prior to the Dutch making the land suitable for cultivation.
What is marshland?
This is the size of barrel traditionally used in Burgundy.
What is 228L?
This is the northernmost growing area of Champagne.
What is the Montagne de Reims?
This is the southernmost growing area of Champagne, that was once cut from being able to supply the Grand Marques, so growers rioted.
What is the Cote des Bars?
Hillside fruit will generally have more of this than valley floor fruit.
What is structure / tannin / acid?
These are the two rivers of Bordeaux.
What are the Dordogne and Garonne?
This is a process whereby grapes are fermented with their stems.
What is whole-cluster fermentation?
This is the minimum lees aging for NV vintage Champagne.
What is 15 months?
This is the minimum lees aging for vintage dated Champagne.
What is 36 months?
This is arguably the most lauded vintage in Napa Valley ever...according to Robert Parker.
What is 1997?
This person ordered the Classification of 1855 for this reason.
Who is Napoleon III for the World Exposition in Paris?
This infamous French leader's favorite wine was from the Chambertin Grand Cru.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The adoption of this practice made secondary fermentation in bottles possible.
What is coal-fired glass?
What is Tirage?
This is a new AVA in Sonoma County as of the 2021 vintage.
What is West Sonoma Coast?