E: 15/01 Win A Trip To Stunning Tuscany (Quiz 30 Questions)

okane_ga_nai

https://foodanddrink.yorkshirepost.co.uk/drink/glass-distinction/
The winner and a companion will fly to the beautiful region of Tuscany where they will spend time exploring vineyards and tasting wines.
For 3 runners up there are copies of the outstanding wine book of the year, The World Atlas of Wine, 8thEdition, by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson.
All correct entries will go into Grapevine’s giant ice bucket and the winner will be chosen at random. There is no cash alternative to any of the prizes.
Send to:
Chris Bond,
Yorkshire Post Magazine,
No. 1 Leeds,
26 Whitehall Road,
Leeds
LS12 1BE
to arrive no later than Wednesday 15 January 2020.

zippy67

I will start but can't manage any more at the moment.

1) When was Banfi Italy founded?
b) 1978

2) What is the name of the family who founded Banfi and still own it?
c) Mariani

3) Banfi in Italy is one of the largest wine estate in Europe. How many acres does the whole estate occupy?
d) 7100

4) Around how many people visit the grounds of Castello Banfi each year?
c) 60,000

5) Banfi is located in two different famous Italian wine regions. Which ones?
b) Tuscany/Piedmont

6) Which grape is used to make Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino D.O.C.G.?

a) Sangiovese

7) The emblem of Banfi is the castle. What its historical name is?

b) Poggio alle Mura

8) What is the Horizon project at Banfi?
c) Research and implementation of new winemaking techniques

9) What is the name of the mythical creature that lives in Okanagan Lake?
Ogopogo or Naitaka

10) Spot the odd one out

d) Kathleen Inman of Inman Family Wines

11) James Halliday named Vanya ‘Winemaker of the Year’. What is the name of her dog?
Solly

Monkey_Chinchilla

12) Starting with the smallest arrange these vineyard measurements in order of size:

c) Are 100 square metres
b) Ouvr!e 420 square metres
d) Acre 4046.856 square metres
a) Hectare 10000 square metres

Monkey_Chinchilla

13) You are making a wine using a ripasso technique. What are you doing?

d) Refermenting Valpolicella wine on Amarone skins

Monkey_Chinchilla

14) You have a glass of nigorizake. What colour is t?

b) Cloudy white

Monkey_Chinchilla

15) What connects a vineyard in Tasmania, a village in Dorset and a farmworker called George Loveless.

The Tolpuddle Martyrs

D_M_E

17: Distance between Aalto and Alto estates

7530 miles

19. British vineyard in top 50

Ridgeview

D_M_E

18
a) Antao Vaz, Portugal
b) Dornfelder, Germany
c) Viorica, Moldova
d) Oselata, Italy

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20. ISS wine, 12 bottles

21. A bizarre building in the middle of a vineyard

22.
a) Battle of Bosworth, Mclaren Vale
b) Voyager, Margaret River
c) Payten and Jones, Yarra Valley
d) Ochota Barrels, Adelaide Hills
e) Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsular

23. UNESCO listed, St. Emilion

24. Voile w2hile aging, Vin Jaune

25. Teinturier grape, Red Skins, red flesh

26. Chateu de Beune, Bouchard Pere et Fils

27. Symingto family new estate, Quinta da Fonte Souto

28. Oldest Champagne wine, Gosset

29. Double gold winner, Spier 21 Gables Chenin Blanc 2018

30. Cost of getting to space,

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THINK this is 6 Magnums of Screaming Eagle 1992 CHECK CHECK

Leaves the Alsace villages don't have time right now to look.

pate-ci0

16) Arrange these Alsace wine villages from North to South (my co-ordinates in brackets, please check):

d) Ribeauville (48.1947° N)
b) Bennwihr (48.1450° N)
a) Ammerschwihr (48.1256° N)
e) Turckheim (48.0873° N)
c) Eguisheim (48.0433° N)