wine quiz

Sweet wines are bottled with higher sugar levels than table wines. How do winemakers achieve this?

The fungus Botrytis cinerea shrivels grapes, leaving a juice with high sugar concentration. Which variety does NOT benefit from the onset of botrytis?

In Germany's wine classification, wines made from botrytized grapes with the highest sugar levels at harvest are designated trockenbeerenauslese. What is the translation of this?

A sweet, low-alcohol, slightly sparkling (frizzante) wine from Northwestern Italy inspired the fastest-growing wine style in the U.S. in the past two years. What is it?

Literally in a class of its own, this estate is the only Premier Cru Superieur in the famous dessert wine region of Sauternes in Bordeaux.

Ice wine, or eiswein, is made from grapes that have frozen on the vine or, where it is permitted, been mechanically frozen after harvest to concentrate sugars in the grape. Where is it made?

It takes years to ferment and in some vintages packs an incredible 900 grams per liter of residual sugar. What is this sweetest of sweet wines, from Hungary?

The usually botrytized dessert wines of Vouvray, Chaume and Quarts-de-Chaume in France's Loire Valley are made from which grape?

Some fortified wines, like Port, are sweet because fermentation is halted before all the grape sugars can be converted to alcohol. How do winemakers achieve this?

Islands became centers of production for sweet, typically fortified wines, because ships often needed to stop for supplies. Which of these is NOT a sweet wine associated with an island?