Q.1
Port is made in which Iberian region?
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Rioja
Alentejo
Ribera del Duero
Douro Valley
Q.2
What does LBV stand for on a bottle of Port?
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Lovely Buena Vista
Lovely Big Vinho
Little Bottle Variation
Late Bottled Vintage
Q.3
Port is a fortified wine made by:
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Stopping the wine fermenation by cooling rapidly the grape juice by cold stabilising, and bottling
Adding spirit after fermentation to increase the alcohol strength of the wine
Adding brandy at the beginning of fermentation to increase the alcohol level from the start
Adding brandy to stop grape fermentation leaving sweetness and high alcohol
Q.4
Which of these is the correct order of style for the increasing qualilty and price of Port?
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Ruby, LBV, Vintage
LBV, Ruby, Vintage
Vintage, Ruby, LBV
LBV, Vintage, Ruby
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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Cabernet Sauvignon
Garnacha
Tempranillo
Carignan
Q.6
What is tawny Port?
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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
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A Port that was originally made by farmers in a cork forest with a large Tawny Owl population
Q.7
What is the name for the large barrels used to age and transport Port?
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Barriques
Hogshead
Pipes
Tubes
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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Weidling
Proa
Rabelo
Dory
Q.10
What is the meaning of the term "colheita"?
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Little bottling
Decanting
Foot treading
Harvest