It is Wednesday again and it is time for another installment of Wine Trivia Wednesday. Before we get to this week’s quiz, we need to get to the answers from last week. We are out on the West “Coast” this week so the theme was California based:
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If the label says ‘California’ what percentage of the wine has to come from the state?
75%85%95%- 100%
- Approximately what percentage of all American AVAs are located in California?
30%- 50%
70%90%
- Approximately what percentage of U.S. produced wine sales are California wines?
45%55%- 65%
75%
- Today, there are over 50,000 acres planted to Merlot. How many were planted to the variety in 1960?
- 2
202002000
We only had two responders to last week’s quiz, so they are both winners in my book! Both aFrankAngle and the armchairsommelier took a stab, with the latter taking home the honors.
On to this week’s quiz. Since we are still basking in the California sun, I thought I would stick with questions from the glorious state:
- True or false: California wine production has a greater economic impact in the state than the film industry.
- Approximately what percentage of the total land area of Napa County is planted to the vine?
- 5%
- 10%
- 15%
- 20%
- Who planted the first vines in the Napa Valley and in what year?
- Who is the largest private owner of vineyards in the Napa Valley?
- Super duper bonus question: Who’s cave is this (Hint: it is a Pinot/Chardonnay producer in Sonoma)?
Have fun with the quiz–answers next week!
the drunken cyclist 
1. True
2. 10%
3. John Patchett, 1854
4. Beckstoffer
Bonus: Freeman
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Great answers Anatoli!
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Google? We don’t need no stinkin’ Google…
1 – False
2 – 15%
3 – Johnny Appleseed 18-something
4 – Mondavi
Bonus – If I can read that inscription correctly, I’d say Freeman
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So you won’t Google (admirable), but you will blow up the photo?
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You mean it’s admirable to be too lazy to Google?
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Well, when you put it that way….
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1.True
2. 10%
3. George Yount in 18something
4. Herman Cain … 9-9-9 label
Bonus: Kunde
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Thanks for playing Frank–you got one that the others haven’t!
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YES!!!! Figured my obscure tidbit about Herman Cain would sneak through.
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Um. That was not the one to which I was referring….
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