Test the Wine Wizard: Argentina Wine Quiz
Take the wine challenge and test your knowledge. The Wizard offers questions on wine serving, wine components and wine tasting. The answers are provided at the end of the segment.
- The hallmark grape variety of Argentina is:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cabernet Franc
- Merlot
- Malbec
- Petit Verdot
- The region of Argentina known for its Malbec is:
- Buenas Aires
- Mendoza
- Rio Negra
- San Juan
- Cordoba
- The Malbec grape:
- Is native to Argentina
- Originated in France
- Transported over from Chile
- Produces a wine called Malbeco
- Is never blended with other grape varieties
- Which statement is false about Argentina?
- It is the fifth largest wine country in the world
- It imports 50% of its water over from Chile
- Catena and Achaval Ferrer are two premier wineries
- It’s vineyards are irrigation dependent
- It contains some of the highest altitude vineyard in the world
- Which of the following grapes varieties is not grown in Argentina?:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Chardonnay
- Merlot
- Carmenere
- Zinfandel
- The overall climate of Mendoza is:
- Continental-semidesert
- Semi-tropical
- Tropical
- Desert
- Maritime
- Aside from Argentina, Malbec is grown in:
- Australia
- France
- Chile
- California
- All of the above
- True of False: The Malbec grape is a blending grape in Bordeaux wine?
- True
- False
- The best description of a Malbec wine is:
- Light and crisp with floral hints
- Boysenberry and Blueberry fruits, soft tannins, some minerality
- Honey, vanilla and fig elements wrapped a toasty oak
- Cherry, vanilla and pipe tobacco
- Plum, cherry, and blackberry; some leather, cedar and oak with a flash of heat on the finish
- The white grape characteristic of Argentina which produces a wine by the same name is called:
- Torrontes
- Bonarda
- Cinsault
- Carmenere
- Semillon
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