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Wine science and winemaking
Wine and food
Places and grapes
History and politics
Miscellany
100
A "solera" is most likely to be found in this region/country.
What is Jerez, Spain?
100
This city is arguably the best in the world right now for being a wine consumer.
What is NYC?
100
Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape for this French region
What is Bordeaux?
100
This US President tried to grow grape vines but only with middling success.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The largest wine consuming country in the world.
What is the USA?
200
A "riddler" can be found in this wine region.
What is Champagne?
200
The wine steward in a restaurant.
What is a sommelier?
200
Chardonnay is the main white grape for this French region.
What is Burgundy?
200
The wines of Bordeaux were ranked famously according to this?
What is the 1855 classification?
200
Seeing this on a champagne label indicates that it is below 15g residual sugar.
What is Brut?
300
Yeasts eat sugars sparking this process.
What is fermentation?
300
A set of small wine pours in a restaurant.
What is a flight?
300
The name of sparkling wine from northeast Spain.
What is Cava?
300
Period when alcohol sales were banned in the US from 1919-1933.
What is Prohibition?
300
Place older wine in this to remove from sediment.
What is a decanter?
400
A pink wine that results from brief skin contact?
What is rosé?
400
The wine preservation system that recently led to exploding bottles.
What is Coravin?
400
The top four wine-producing states in America.
What are California, Washington, New York and Oregon?
400
This louse devastated large sections of European vineyards in the 19th century and hindered vineyard development in the US for centuries.
What is Phylloxera?
400
Hold a wine glass by this part to most easily swirl it.
What is the stem?
500
How winemakers determine if grapes are ripe for harvest.
What is sugar level (Brix) or phenolic maturity?
500
The fee you often have to pay when bringing your own bottle.
What is corkage fee?
500
The French term for place that underpins the appellation concept.
What is terroir?
500
Barolo wine has seen a "battle" between these two camps.
Who are the modernists and the traditionalists?
500
The sense that provides the most discrete sensations in wine tasting.
What is olfaction?