E: 31/05 win a three-day food & wine trip to the southern rhone(Help)

elver_man

1) In what year was Gigondas upgraded to cru status?

1971 (Thanks Melli for confirmation)

2) Which of the six crus profiled in the guide is the largest, by vineyard area?

3) Can producers make a dry white wine and label it AC Beaumes-de-Venise?

No

4) What is the minimum percentage of Grenache allowed in AC Vinsobres reds?

50% (Thanks Melli)

5) In which cru is the commune of St Laurent des Arbres?

LIRAC (Thanks Melli)



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elver_man

The prize A three-day/two-night stay for two in the Rhône Valley, including:
Two return plane tickets from London to Marseille
Car hire for three days
Two nights in one of the hotels or B&Bs recommended in the supplement
A food-and-wine pairing dinner for two at a restaurant of your choice mentioned in the guide
A visit and tasting at your choice of two wineries profiled in the supplement

DATES OF TRAVEL MUST BE ARRANGED WITH INTER-RHÔNE, AND MUST BE BEFORE 31 DECEMBER 2009. THE PRIZE CANNOT BE EXCHANGED FOR A MONETARY ALTERNATIVE. DECANTER HOLDS NO RESPONSIBILTY FOR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THIS PRIZE. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRIZE: TRANSPORT TO AND FROM THE LONDON AIRPORT; DRINKS, MEALS AND VISITS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME; AND PETROL.

Melli

I'm trying... I agree that the answer to (1) is 1971 (from HERE)


4) 50% (from HERE)

5) Lirac (from HERE and HERE)

green1970

Without knowing the six crus from the magazine, we're struggling with question 2. From all the googling I've done though, I know that this would be a fab comp to win - I'm tempted to book a trip anyway. Sounds fab!

Thanks original poster - I'll have a look for the magazine tomorrow and see if I can find it anywhere.

Melli

When you find which of the six crus he's reviewing (if you just get a chance to nip into Smiths and write them down!), the hectares of all in the region can be found HERE

I'm figuring we've got hints to 4 of them in the questions so far (Lirac, Beaumes-de-Venise, Gigondas, Vinsobres), so it's a case of which other two are in the supplement.

Keep us posted green1970 - I'd love this one!

Olz

Faively (1.08 hectares)?????????????

nikkit72

anyone any closer to No2 Answer?

whitty999

sorry to bump again but did anyone find the answers for n02 pleaseeee

green1970

I'm sorry, I did go into WHSmith but they'd already got the next issue for sale, they didn't have the edition in question.

Sorry - I'd love to have gone for this one.

Just found this site which lists the Southern Crus, of which there are 6, the largest vineyard area seems to belong to Chateau Neuf du Pape - http://www.nicks.com.au/index.aspx?link_id=76.827

I'm going to take a chance with that answer I think.

izzy0608

I knew my big wine book might be useful one day.
These are the wine yards in the region with the size of hectars

Tavel 960
Vacqueyras 1300
Gigondas 1,240
Lirac 700
Beaumas De Venise 1,540
Chateau Neuf Du Pape 3,140
I can only guess that these are the Crus that are being commented on. I am going with The Chateau Neuf Du Pape.

green1970

Woohoo, have gone for that one - I can't think that they'd do a review of six Rhone crus without there being at least one Chateau Neuf du Pape in there. However, we know that Beaumes de Venise is likely to have been one of the other six as it was featured in another question so that one may be worth a gamble if anyone wants to enter for a friend.