Q.1
Who was 'the original Champagne Charlie'?
Charles Heidsieck
Prince Charles
Q.2
A good rule of thumb for pairing dessert wine with food is that the wine should usually be …
Sweeter than the food
Warmer than food
Q.3
Many sweet wines are created with the help of Botrytis cinerea. What is it?
A humidity-loving fungus that causes grapes to shrivel and dehydrate, thus concentrating flavors, also known as "noble rot"
A nickname for the team of viticulturists that travel from vineyard to vineyard to whisper sweet nothings to grapes in order to boost their sugar confidence levels
Q.4
Which word might you use to describe a wine that seems unbalanced, overly sweet?
Cloying
Malty
Q.5
Sauternes is a revered, difficult-to-produce sweet wine made in Bordeaux. Which of these grapes cannot be used in the blend?
Malbec
Sauvignon Blanc
Q.6
Ice wine, or eiswein, is a sweet wine made from a variety of grapes—Riesling to Cabernet Franc and beyond—that is a specialty of colder wine countries like Canada and Germany. How is it made?
Winemakers let the grapes hang on the vine long after a traditional harvest, and only pick them once the weather gets cold enough that they freeze
By playing "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice throughout the duration of harvest
Q.7
Which of the following is a delicious, sommelier-approved wine-and-candy pairing?
Ice wine with Butterfingers
Jolly Rancher and GEWÜRZTRAMINER
Both