Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Friday, Oct 18th, 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 virtual wineries?

1. There is no such thing

2. A virtual winery has no building, tasting room or cellar of its own..

3. Is a model for winemakers that was just introduced to California

4.Is illegal in Ontario, Canada

 

 

Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Thursday, Oct 17th, 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!

Chablis from France is……. ?

1.  A pure steely white wine from the most northerly vineyards of Burgundy which comes in four distinct quality levels from Petit Chablis to Grand Cru

2.  Is made exclusively from Chardonnay

3.  The Grand Cru Chablis come from 10 vineyards

4.  Barrel fermentation is not permitted in the production of Chablis, Burgundy

 

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Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Wednesday, Oct 16th, 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 exactly defines a "Super Tuscan"?

 

1. It always contains the grape Sangiovese

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

3. The varietal Petit Verdot is not permitted

4. none of the above

 

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Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Tuesday, Oct 15th, 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!

When was the corkscrew designed?

 

1. A more recent invention in the mid 1900's

2. Crude versions of the corkscrew date back over 350 years

3. Around the mid 1800's

4. Shortage of sufficient evidence to be determined accurately

 

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Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Monday, Oct 14th, 2013 1

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 wine regions underwent a major "pull-out" of hybrid grape varieties after the 1988 harvest?

SORRY! The answer is #3. Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley in  British Columbia. Please try again tomorrow!

 

1. Lake Erie North Shore, Ontario 20%

2. Paso Robles, California 25%

3. Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley in  British Columbia 35%

4. Yugoslavia 20%

 

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Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Friday, Oct 11th, 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!

In 1981 a single case of wine sold for $24,000, the highest price ever paid for a California wine. What is true of this wine?

1. It was the wine that won over the critics at the famous "Judgement of Paris" event

2. The case of wine was purchased by former President Ronald Reagan

3. The case of wine was a product of the joint venture between Chateau Mouton Rothschild and Robert Mondavi 

4. None of the above

 

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Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Thursday, Oct 10th, 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!

 

Who/What is a garagiste?

1. A winemaker during the days of prohibition

2. A word originally used in Bordeaux to describe winemakers not following rules, and making small amounts of wine often times in their garage.

3. A producer of wines utilizing less than ethical practices

4. none of the above


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Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Wednesday, Oct 9th, 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!

 

It's much to do about a clone…. Weis clone, a celebrated grape clone 

1. Came from Austria in the 1960's introducing the American wine industry to this superior clone of Sylvaner

2. Weis Clone has numerous plantings in British Columbia as well as  in the region of Ontario first introduced in 1979 with Vineland Estates Winery

3. Clone 21-B aka Weis Clone,named after a vintner Nik Weis is a particularly good strain of Riesling 

4.2 & 3 are correct

5.1 & 2 are correct

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Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Tuesday, Oct 8th, 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!

 

Green peppers on the nose of a wine… really? What's up with that?

1. Green pepper is often associated with the aroma of certain grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon

2. Green peppers are typically used in biodynamic farming 

3. Smelling green pepper on the nose of a wine suggests it is past its prime

4. none of the above

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Quiz! Daily Wine Trivia Game from The Wine Ladies – Monday, Oct 7th, 2013

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Considering ideal conditions for your wine storage? Which of the following are false

1. Remember to rotate your bottles to better integrate all the components

2. Try to maintain a humidity level of approximately 70%

3. It is important to keep your wine away from too much light

4. Too warm a wine cellar can accelerate aging in the bottle

 

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