Basics: A Beginner's Guide To Wine

 

 
 

Wine Quiz C - Level 3:

 

1. A restaurant sells a bottle of wine for $45 off its wine list. Traditionally, how much should that same bottle cost in a retail store?
   
a. $9.99
b. $6.99
c. $24.99
d. $30.00
e. $15.00

 
2. "Green Harvesting" refers to:
   
a. Making sure the entire process, from planting to picking, is done using organic farming methods so as to minimize soil depletion.
b. Picking by hand rather than with machines that use hydrocarbon fuels.
c. Picking some of the grapes before they are ripe so as to decrease the yield of the vineyard and improve the quality of what's left to fully ripen.
d. A new grape picker/vinyard worker in his first season, who will pick fewer grapes than someone with more experience.

 
3. A Jeroboam is a bottle that holds:
   
a. Three liters.
b. Two gallons.
c. One and 1/2 gallons.
d. The same as three regular bottles.

 
4. When one says "This Wine has a nice Backbone", one is referring to:
   
a. The amount of acidity in the wine.
b. The ability of the wine to stand up to any dish from poached sea bass to spare ribs.
c. The fact that the wine has strong, earthy flavors.
d. The deep, almost mystical purple color.

 
5. California's North Coast AVA includes the counties of:
   
a. Napa & Sonoma.
b. Mendocino & Lake.
c. Monterey and Santa Cruz.
d. A and B.
e. B and C.

 
 
 
   
 
 
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