Q.1
Port is made in which Iberian region?
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Alentejo
Rioja
Douro Valley
Ribera del Duero
Q.2
What does LBV stand for on a bottle of Port?
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Late Bottled Vintage
Little Bottle Variation
Lovely Buena Vista
Lovely Big Vinho
Q.3
Port is a fortified wine made by:
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Adding brandy to stop grape fermentation leaving sweetness and high alcohol
Stopping the wine fermenation by cooling rapidly the grape juice by cold stabilising, and bottling
Adding brandy at the beginning of fermentation to increase the alcohol level from the start
Adding spirit after fermentation to increase the alcohol strength of the wine
Q.4
Which of these is the correct order of style for the increasing qualilty and price of Port?
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Vintage, Ruby, LBV
LBV, Vintage, Ruby
LBV, Ruby, Vintage
Ruby, LBV, Vintage
Q.5
A variety of different grapes are allowed in Port production, but what is Tinta Roriz more commonly known as?
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Garnacha
Carignan
Tempranillo
Cabernet Sauvignon
Q.6
What is tawny Port?
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A Port that has been aged in bottle for at least 10 years until the colour changes to Tawny
A Port that was originally made by farmers in a cork forest with a large Tawny Owl population
A wine that has been aged in wood so it loses colour and changes to be amber-brown or tawny
A Port that has been filtered, removing the red colour until the colour changes to Tawny
Q.7
What is the name for the large barrels used to age and transport Port?
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Barriques
Tubes
Pipes
Hogshead
Q.8
Which family owns the Dow, Quinta do Vesúvio and Warre brands?
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Cobbs
Niepoort
Symingtons
Fladgate Partnership
Q.9
What is the name of the traditional cargo boats used for transporting Port along the river to the city of Oporto?
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Dory
Rabelo
Weidling
Proa
Q.10
What is the meaning of the term "colheita"?
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Little bottling
Foot treading
Decanting
Harvest