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| Author: | meljones [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:45 pm ] |
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We're getting a bit behind with this. 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the Decanter Bollinger Wine Mastermind of the Decade. Answer the following 10 questions to be eligible to be entered into the prize draw to win a case of Bollinger RD 1996 or one of 10 Magnums of Bollinger Special Cuvee. Which company was set to become the ‘Coca-Cola of winemaking’? Gallo Constellation Diageo Penfolds Why were the Germans furious with Italy? An Italian winery produced bottles with Hitler, Mussolini and other dictators on the label The Italians upped duty on German wines on the basis they were ‘weak and insipid’ Silvio Berlusconi bought a vineyard in the Rheingau The Italians demanded German labels be ‘simplified’ ‘British trounce French’. At what? A university wine quiz English sparkling wine against Champagne Devon cider against Normandy cider British and French hang-gliding teams bringing Beaujolais Nouveau to Japan What caused the cream of the wine world to swig first growths from the bottle? The theft of nearly a million tasting glasses during the London Wine Trade Fair Experimentation with a new tasting technique called Bouteille Direct A catastrophic flood during En Primeur A tornado which destroyed the marquee at a party at Chateau Gaffeliere ‘I just used to follow along in her trail picking up the dead bodies.' Who was Jason Pahlmeyer talking about? Cult winemaker Heidi Barrett after a row about hang time Cult winemaker Ursula Hermacinski, after a row about green harvest Cult winemaker Beth Milliken, who claimed Napa prices were ‘too low’ Cult winemaker Helen Turley, who sued Don Bryant for breach of contract Why did US House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert call for a ban on French wine? He was concerned about drop in domestic consumption of American wines He was outraged at French opposition to the US-led Iraq invasion He claimed French wine was too low in alcohol to satisfy American tastes He claimed French wine was adulterated with cheap South American imported must The global wine industry was declared this year to be worth more than… The cosmetics industry The music industry The illegal drugs industry The motor industry How Lyon Mag get into trouble? It accused Beaujolais of being ‘vin de merde’ and was successfully sued It accused Brunello producers of adulterating their wine It accused Wine Spectator of handing out fake restaurant awards It accused Robert Parker of having no sense of humour What did a group of French bon-viveurs petition the Pope for? To have Bordeaux declared an official Vatican wine To have the have Sauternes declared official communion wine To have the Gluttony removed from the Seven Deadly Sins To have Michel Rolland canonized Whose famed cellar was closed this year? Supersonic airliner Concorde's The Garrick Club's Chateau de Beaune's Jacques Chirac's |
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