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Wine Quiz
Wine Quiz
1. What is the top-selling varietal wine in the U.S.?
2. Who made the state’s first wines in California?
3. Owls, falcons, bats, chickens, sheep, goats and dogs are among several creatures that are used as a low-impact natural methods to help control pests and cultivate vineyards by many California winegrowers. True or false?
4. What do Olympic gold medal ice skater Peggy Fleming, racecar driver Randy Lewis and “The Bachelor” reality star Andrew Firestone all have in common?
5. Red grapes have red juice and white grapes have clear juice when both are first crushed during harvest. True or false?
6. California produces 90 percent of all U.S. wine. True or false?
7. In what wine region did the hit movie, “Sideways,” take place?
ANSWERS
1. Chardonnay, which holds about a 19% share of wine sales in U.S. food stores.
2. Franciscan monks made the state’s first wines to celebrate Mass. Padre Junípero Serra planted vines at Mission San Diego in 1769, the first in a chain of 21 missions stretching from San Diego to Sonoma.
3. True. Owls, bats, falcons and chickens hunt down and prey on vineyard pests, and specially trained dogs sniff out pheronomes of Vine Mealy bug pests that damage vines. Sheep and goats mow grasses in the vineyards.
4. They are among several celebrities that co-own wineries in California.
5. False. The juice of all grapes is clear. Holding the color-laden red skins together with the clear juice after crushing creates the color of the wine.
6. True. And two out of every three bottles consumed by Americans is a California wine.
7. Santa Barbara County, California
1. What is the top-selling varietal wine in the U.S.?
2. Who made the state’s first wines in California?
3. Owls, falcons, bats, chickens, sheep, goats and dogs are among several creatures that are used as a low-impact natural methods to help control pests and cultivate vineyards by many California winegrowers. True or false?
4. What do Olympic gold medal ice skater Peggy Fleming, racecar driver Randy Lewis and “The Bachelor” reality star Andrew Firestone all have in common?
5. Red grapes have red juice and white grapes have clear juice when both are first crushed during harvest. True or false?
6. California produces 90 percent of all U.S. wine. True or false?
7. In what wine region did the hit movie, “Sideways,” take place?
ANSWERS
1. Chardonnay, which holds about a 19% share of wine sales in U.S. food stores.
2. Franciscan monks made the state’s first wines to celebrate Mass. Padre Junípero Serra planted vines at Mission San Diego in 1769, the first in a chain of 21 missions stretching from San Diego to Sonoma.
3. True. Owls, bats, falcons and chickens hunt down and prey on vineyard pests, and specially trained dogs sniff out pheronomes of Vine Mealy bug pests that damage vines. Sheep and goats mow grasses in the vineyards.
4. They are among several celebrities that co-own wineries in California.
5. False. The juice of all grapes is clear. Holding the color-laden red skins together with the clear juice after crushing creates the color of the wine.
6. True. And two out of every three bottles consumed by Americans is a California wine.
7. Santa Barbara County, California