Wine & Food

For each question, choose the grape variety that wine experts generally suggest to accompany the
following foods :

Roast Chicken : A – Sparkling Wine, B – Cabernet Sauvignon, C – Chardonnay

Dark Chocolate : A – Merlot, B – Sauvignon Blanc, C – Pinot Grigio

Fresh Oysters : A – Sauvignon Blanc, B – Merlot, C - Pinot Noir

Camembert : A – Syrah, B – Chardonnay, C – Sparkling Wine

Grilled Steak : A – Pinot Noir, B – Pinot Grigio, C - Chardonnay

Wine Production

In 2010 which country produced the largest tonnage (T) of wine ?

A – Italy(4580000), B – France (4541820), C – Spain (3610000)

Experts say that there are 10 key steps to wine production, which answer is not a stage in the
production process ?

Official order : Grape growing, Harvesting, Crushing, Fermentation, Draining, Pressing, Mixing,
Clarification, Ageing, Bottling.

A - Ageing

B – Crushing

C - Turning

Wine can be purchased in different sized bottles. Which of the following choices is the largest size
bottle ?

A – Nebuchadrezzar (15 litres – 20 bottles)

B – Rehoboam (4.5 litres – 6 bottles)

C – Jeroboam (3 litres – 4 bottles)

Between 2010 and 2011, did the number of australian wine producers :

A – Increase (2477 – 2532)

B – Decrease

C – Remain the same

According to statistics, which of the following countries imported the largest quantity of wine in
2010 ? :

A – Germany (14.2mhl ?)

B – USA (9.3mhl)

C – UK (12.5mhl)

Wine & Health

Decide which of the following ‘health benefits’ are TRUE or FALSE.

(Moderate consumption is defined by the American Heart Association as one to two glasses of wine a
day.)

The Benefit: Promotes Longevity

The Evidence: Wine drinkers have a 34 percent lower mortality rate than beer or spirits drinkers.
Source: a Finnish study of 2,468 men over a 29-year period, published in the Journals of Gerontology,
2007.

The Benefit: Reduces Heart-Attack Risk

The Evidence: Moderate drinkers suffering from high blood pressure are 30 percent less likely to
have a heart attack than nondrinkers.
Source: a 16-year Harvard School of Public Health study of 11,711 men, published in the Annals of
Internal Medicine, 2007.

The Benefit: Lowers Risk of Heart Disease

The Evidence: Red-wine tannins contain procyanidins, which protect against heart disease.
Wines from Sardinia and southwest France have more procyanidins than other wines.
Source: a study at Queen Mary University in London, published in Nature, 2006.

The Benefit: Reduces Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

The Evidence: Moderate drinkers have 30 percent less risk than nondrinkers of developing type 2
diabetes. Source: research on 369,862 individuals studied over an average of 12 years each, at
Amsterdam's VU University Medical Center, published in Diabetes Care, 2005.
The Benefit: Slows Brain Decline
The Evidence: Brain function declines at a markedly faster rate in nondrinkers than in moderate
drinkers. Source: a Columbia University study of 1,416 people, published in Neuroepidemiology,
2006.

WINE AND ENTERTAINMENT

1. Which is the title of a movie about two friends on a week-long road trip through
Californian wine country?
a. Sideways
b. Upside down
c. Inside out

2. Complete the lyric from Billy Joel’s Scenes from an Italian Restaurant: “Bottle of red,
bottle of white…
a. you’ll be sleeping in my bed tonight.”
b. it all depends upon your appetite.”
c. violins and soft candlelight.”

3. Which celebrity is not involved in winemaking?

a. Antonio Banderas (Anta Banderas/Ribera del Duero, Spain)
b. Woody Allen
c. Madonna (Ciccone Vineyard and Winery/Leelanau Peninsula,
Michigan/Collaboration with her father Silvio "Tony" Ciccone)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_celebrities_who_own_wineries_and_vineyards

4. The actress Sigourney Weaver prefers wines that are:

a. light-bodied
b. sparkling
c. tannic

http://en.gilbertgaillard.com/blog/stars-and-wine/sigourney-weaver-i-love-tannic-wines-125.html

5. Who said “Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world…”?
a. William Shakespeare
b. Ernest Hemmingway (“Death in the Afternoon”)
c. J.K. Rowling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_wine_guide
 WINE PARAPHERNALIA

1. This instrument is called a:

a. tastevin
b. tassevin
c. testevin

2. It was first used in:

a. Rome
b. Burgundy
c. Bordeaux

3. It was originally used to:

a. taste wine.
b. visually examine wine.
c. serve wine.

4. The glasses shown from left to right are:

a. Burgundy, Bordeaux, Alsace
b. Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy
c. Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace

http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/french-food/
french-wine/french_wine_glasses.htm

5. A wine clip is:

a. a decorative object that makes wine bottles more attractive.
b. a filter that is supposed to improve a wine's tannins.
c. an accessory to close unfinished wine bottles.
 WINE REGIONS

1. After California, which is the second most important wine-producing region in the United
States?

a. Florida (6) 2009: 1,871,429 gallons .263 percent

b. Oregon (4) 6,417,558 / 0.902

c. New York (2) 26,257,964 / 3.692

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wine#Wine_regions

California (1) 634,384,072 / 89.196

Washington (3) 23,757,121 / 3.340

Kentucky (5) 1,992,767 / 0.280

2. Which region does the French sparkling white wine Clairette de Die come from?

a. Rhône

b. Savoie

c. Bordeaux

3. Rioja is a wine region in which country?

a. Spain

b. Portugal

c. Chile

4. After Burgundy, the Pinot Noir grape is also widely grown in which French wine region?

a. Bordeaux

b. Rhône

c. Champagne

5. Which is NOT an Australian wine region:

a. Coonawarra

b. Pyrenees
 c. Wellington

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_wine#Wine_regions_of_New_Zealand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_wine#Major_wine_regions