Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Wednesday, Nov 6th, 2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

Canada is considered a new world wine growing country. Which statements best define Canada's wine industry?

1. Canada has close to 200 wineries with the majority of them located in Ontario and Quebec.

2. Canada has approximately 600 wineries, spread across the entire country, with producers in every province.

3. Ontario and British Columbia combined make up the same number of wineries in Quebec.

4. The province of Quebec where temperatures dip as low as minus 35 Celsius, is known for their icewines.

 

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Tuesday, Nov 5th, 2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

 

 

Kabinett is

1. The most basic Pradikat in the QMP quality-wine category in the country of Germany

2. a wine that is permitted to use chaptalization (adding sugar to grape juice or must to increase alcohol strength)

3. Are usually among the highest in alcohol content 

4. A wine that must be made with the Riesling grape

 

 

 

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Monday,Nov 4th , 2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

Latest research shows which of the following to be true when it comes to stemware selection? 

 

1. Larger wine glasses have been shown to impact how much wine one consumes, larger glasses, increased consumption.

2. Smaller rim stemware is best for older delicate red wines

3. There is no discernible difference in a wine showing its best when it comes to wine glass selection for all white wines.

4. Lead crystal is not favorable for fine wines.

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Friday, Nov 1st,2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

What is true of the dessert wine Constantia?

1. It hails from one of the world's oldest wine regions the Republic of Armenia

2. Considered a noble wine in the 19th century Constantia comes from South Africa and was ordered by Napolean from his exile on St. Helena

3. Constantia is mead, otherwise known as honey wine and is one of the oldest consumable alcoholic beverages known to man

4. none of the above

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Friday, Oct 25th , 2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

The Institute of Masters of Wine since 1953 has ____graduates that currently claim the highly respected title "Master of Wine"

1.  23

2.  approximately 365

3.  75% of the graduates being women

 

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Thursday, Oct 24th , 2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

Grenache Blanc is best described as

1. A red wine made with the red grape Grenache that has little colour due to inferior vintage

2. The white berry form of Grenache Noir

3. Is grown exclusively in Spain

4. Is the name of a brand in southern France

 

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Wednesday, Oct 23rd, 2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

Bottle sickness 

1. Is also known as "bottle stink"

2. Refers to a wine that has "brettanomyces" or "brett" as it known

3.Refers to a wine that is past its time and therefore has developed this condition

4. 2 and 3 are correct

 

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Tuesday, Oct 22nd , 2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

Which of the following is not a 2nd Growth wine based on the 1855 Classification of Medoc and Graves

1. Chateau Haut-Brion

2. Chateau Montrose

3. Chateau Leoville-Barton

4. Chateau Lascombes

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Monday, Oct 21st, 2013

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

Tannin chemistry 101 – Which of the following statements is false?

1. Are found in red wine and come from the skins and seeds of the grape as well as from the oak barrels

2. Can be described as soft, velvety, aggressive, youthful

3. Are natural antioxidants — a red wine’s aging potential is largely based on its tannin content

4. Tannins are substances found in plants where they serve as defence mechanisms against predators.

5. All of the above

 

 

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Wednesday, Oct 16th, 2013 4

For wine lovers, wine fanatics, wine novices and oenophiles, you too can learn quirky, shareable facts about reds, whites, and more. Simply select your answer. Test your wine knowledge!

What exactly defines a "Super Tuscan"?

SORRY ! The answer is #2.It is permitted to contain Merlot, and in some cases 100% Merlot. Please try again tomorrow!

1. It always contains the grape Sangiovese 20%

2. It is permitted to contain Merlot, and in some cases 100% Merlot 45%

3. The varietal Petit Verdot is not permitted 15%

4. none of the above 20%

 

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