Questions for Class Six:
The Red Wines of California

 

1. Are Americans drinking more red wine or white wine?

2. Are there more red grapes or white grapes planted in California?

3. What are the three most planted red grapes in California?

4. What does the word reserve mean on a California wine label?

5. In which French wine region would you find Cabernet Sauvignon?

6. Name two common aromas associated with the Cabernet Sauvignon grape.

7. What is the most planted red grape in the Napa Valley?

8. In which two French wine regions would you find Pinot Noir?

9. Which county in California has the most plantings of Pinot Noir?

10. What grape in California has a similar DNA to the Italian grape Primitivo?

11. In which French wine region would you find Syrah?

12. In what counties are most of the Syrah grapes planted?

13. What was the most planted red grape in California in 1970?

14. What is a Meritage wine?

15. Name two Meritage wines.