Wine Quiz

False

The araignee, or "spider," is a small clip, nicknamed for its shape resembling an abdomen with four curved legs. It's used during harvests in Champagne, placed in the center corner formed by four adjacent grape harvest bins. This interlocks the crates for stability, and also helps to cluster together bins of grapes picked from the same location, for identification before pressing.

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True

The "black wine" of Cahors - Malbec - has had many fans throughout history, including the Russian Orthodox Church, who favored it for communion wine. It was also a favorite of Tsar Peter the Great, who believed that the wine's high tannin content relieved his stomach pains.

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Knights Valley

Napa Valley has sixteen sub-AVAs, but Knights Valley is technically within the Sonoma County AVA, though it sits quite close to Napa Valley's Calistoga area.

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All of the above

In ancient times, monks in France maximized their use of anything related to the vine. Spoiled wine was employed to make vinegar, and grapes that didn't make the cut for winemaking were either eaten or used to make verjuice for pickling and preserving other foods. Additionally, grape seeds often were used for their oil (in soap-making), and vine leaves made their way into cattle feed.

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True

Henri de Mondeville, a French surgeon in the 14th century, is known to have stressed the benefits of wine for the blood. He was noted for mentioning that such wine (white, rose, or red) should be of the highest quality available (as judged by aroma and flavors).

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False

Terre di Pisa Rosso wines can be made from a minimum of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sangiovese, and/or Syrah. Sangiovese from the DOC must be made with a minimum of 95% Sangiovese grapes.

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2011

The northern-Tuscan DOC of Terre di Pisa was established in 2011. Situated between Pisa, Florence, and Volterra, it is unique among Tuscan wine areas in that it has not yet succumbed to the mono-cultures of olives and grapes that dominate the rest of the region (also growing crops such as wheat and sunflowers).

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True

The term Kabinett (of Cabinet until 1971) was first documented in use at Schloss Vollrads in the Rheingau in 1716. The term is derived from Cabinetkeller ("cabinet cellar") to describe especially elegant vintages of wines meant to be aged in small, secret rooms (Cabinets) for future consumption.

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True

The Glera, Garganega, and Pinot Grigio varieties make up about half of all grape plantings in the Veneto. While only constituting three percent of the region's plantings, Cabernet Franc is among the top ten most widely planted fine wine grapes in the Veneto.

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Morro Bay District

As of October 2014, Paso Robles has 11 sub-AVAs, including Templeton Gap District and Paso Robles Willow Creek District. The nearby Morro Bay area does not fall within any of the 11 sub-AVAs of Paso Robles.

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