Quiz Time - Submit Answers by 5 PM, Friday September 3, 2010

to Vintageconnections@comcast.net

Correctly answer 10 of 10 questions and we'll enter your name into a drawing for ONE FREE SEAT at either

USA vs France Wine Tasting (Bottle Shock Revisited) on September 18
or
Mom's House Wine Dinner on October 23.
(details available soon)

Vintage Connections' judgments and determinations are final.

"Correct" answers are those included in our Fun Facts. Some of these facts may be debatable but these "facts" are the source of the correct answers for this quiz.

This is an "Open Blog" quiz.
To easily review past Fun Facts in our blogs, browse through past posts in this blog or go to our wine blog
Grapevine  in the Pottstown Mercury.


Please support our work to benefit the
American Wine Society Educational Foundation (click here for more info)
by attending the

USA vs. France Blind Tasting and Silent Auction (Bottle Shock Revisited)
Click here for more information and registration form.
September 18, 6:30 - 10 PM
at the Perkiomen Valley Library
290 Second Street, Schwenksville, PA


See the list of  Silent Auction Items donated to this event in our previous blog posting.
Additional items are expected.

Please support Mom's House's work with single moms and their kids.
Click here for more information about Mom's House. Additional information about the Wine Dinner will be provided soon.


The Quiz!!

1. The pressure in a bottle of Champagne is about ____ pounds per square inch.

2. It takes an average of _____ grapes to make one bottle of wine (this varies depending on decisions made by the wine maker and other factors).

3. __________ is one of the most planted grapes in the world with over 400,000 acres world-wide. It is also planted in more wine regions than any other grape.

4. Pennsylvania did not break the "Guinness Book of World Records" record for number of people simultaneously doing a wine toast. That record is still held by the UK where __________ people toasted at over 400 pubs.

5. There are an estimated _______ million bubbles in a bottle of champagne. Bubbles were viewed by early winemakers as an undesirable defect.

6. _________ and ________ are the parent grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon.

7. The largest cork tree in the world (on record) is in Portugal. It averages over 1 ton of raw cork per harvest, enough to cork ____________ bottles of wine.

8. Claret is another name (usually) for a (red) _____________.

9. Many countries and appellations, including most in the USA, allow up to ___% of a different wine to be blended into a varietal without indicating so on the label. Often, you can find this information in a specific wine's technical data on the winery's website, but not always. (The allowed percentages vary by region and sometimes by grape. The "correct" answer is based on information we provided in our Fun Facts.)

10. The corkscrew was invented when wine was just starting to be stored in bottles rather than terra cotta amphoras and then oak barrels. Once a narrow-necked bottle was created, wine could finally be safely stored for longer periods with the help of a cork. The earliest known patent for the corkscrew was in England in ______.  



That's it.  Email your answers to Vintageconnections@comcast.net by 5 PM, Friday September 3.
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