Q.1
What is a 'balthazar'?
A large bottle containing 9 litres, equivalent to 12 regular wine bottles.
A large bottle containing 12 litres, equivalent to 16 regular wine bottles.
A method of making Champagne
A wine loving character in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'
Q.2
What does the word 'Puttonyos' refer to on this bottle of Tokaji?
The level of residual sugar in the wine
A type of grape and how many are used
The level of acidity
How expensive the wine is
Q.3
On a bottle of German Riesling, what does the term 'Spätlese' refer to?
The time of bottling
Single vineyard
The number of harvest pickings conducted by the estate in that vintage
Late harvest
Q.4
What is 'Noble Rot'?
Another name for 'Downy Mildew' that affects the leaves of vines
An informal phrase for gout
A fungal disease that affects grapes during hot weather. It is particularly prevalent in California
Another name for the 'Botrytis Cinerea' mould that can pierce grape skins causing dehydration, and results in grapes used to make some dessert wines.
Q.5
On a bottle of Rioja, what does the term Crianza mean on the label?
That only premium grapes have been used
The wine has been produced using 'old vines'
The wine has been aged for two years, with at least one year in oak
The wine has been aged for three years, with at least 18 months in oak
Q.6
All the wines in this line up are from the Pomerol 2010 vintage. If you were to taste all five wines in one session, what would you call this type of tasting?
Vertical tasting
A great tasting
Horizontal tasting
Panel tasting
Q.7
What is 'riddling' in winemaking?
The full name for 'hot fermentation'
The removal of yeast sediment after secondary fermentation
The process where dead yeast cells break down to give a biscuity flavour
The process of gradually turning and shaking bottle-fermented sparkling wine so that the sediment of the dead yeast cells moves to the neck for disgorgement
Q.8
What is another way of describing 'bottle sickness'?
Bottle shock
Over-exposure to sunlight
Oxidised
Bottle disease
Q.9
What is 'maceration'?
The correct word for 'picking grapes from the vine'
The contact of grape skins with the must during fermentation
The process where sparkling wines receive their second fermentation
The process of pressing the juice from the grapes
Q.10
What is the name for the 'wine fault describing undesirable aromas and flavours in wine similar to cardboard'?
Premature oxidation (premox)
Cork taint
Cardboard taint
Lightstrike