Wine and Cheese Quiz 1

Multiple Choice Quiz from Wason, Betty. Giving a Cheese and Wine Tasting Party. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1975.

 

1.Liederkranz cheese was created by

• Bismarck
• Metternich, the Austrian statesman and gourmet
• A Minnesota farmer
• A New York delicatessen man

2. The first people to put up wine in glass bottles were

• Monks in medieval France
• The Romans
• British vintners in Portugal
• French immigrants in California during the Gold Rush days

3. When the vintage year is given on a wine label, it means

• The wine is superior
• That was the year the wine was bottled
• The wine is made entirely of grapes harvested that year
• The bottle should not be opened for ten years after that date

4. A varietal wine

• Is made with a variety of grapes
• Is always an American wine
• Will go well with many different dishes
• Is named for the principal grape variety with which it is made

5. Most red wines should be served at room temperature because

• They will have clearer color
• Their bouquet can be better appreciated
• They taste better with hot food
• It’s a traditional custom

6. The phrase “mountain wine” on a label most often means

• The grapes come from a high mountain slope
• It’sa  premium wine
• The opposite of a valley wine
• The vintner judges it to be somewhat better than his generic or jug wines

7. The reason for storing wine bottles on their sides is

• To keep the cork moist
• To save storage space
• Because the wine ages better this way
• Because the bottles look so nice in a wine rack

8. The reason some cheeses are softer than others is because

• The milk was fresher
• An enzyme in the cheese prevented it from getting hard
• Less of the whey was extracted from the curd
• The cheese was ripened in a warm place

9. Monterey jack gets its name from

• A famous gambler known by that name in early California
• Its origin in or near the town of Monterey, California
• The type of mold in which it is shaped
• Being the favorite cheese of a California gourmet known as Jack

10. The bubbles in champagne are due to

• The kind of cork used as a stopper
• The special variety of grapes used
• Added carbon dioxide
• A second fermentation after the wine is bottled

ANSWERS

1. D
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. D