Oh no !

All done.

I have emailed you lot my answers....said GK about his quiz.

I never got that email. So, i'm out of the QO loop. This is blatant discrimination against the Welsh. And also blatant discrimination against people who talk complete bollocks.

Every forum needs a complete bollocks talking Welshman. We make the rest of you sound almost intelligent.

Never forget that !

Also, Oddbins have discontinued Dashwood MSB. Dashwood is no more. It is a deceased wine. Twas to be my SB of 2010.

Also again, Shezza has no tasting note up for JE 09. Lazy arsed saxon plonker...sort yourself out.

Good grief !

What do you need? QQ3? Tim A? or the Yorkshire Post Xmas Quiz?

Will email immediately.

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Tim A.

There was a question about which Marlborough winery was not French owned.

It looks, on second reading, as if you want Tim's quiz. It needs to be in by 6th, so you need to get a move on, and it has to be on a post card.

Here are the questions. I like this one better than the YP quiz because there are several that you know already, so you feel clever. The YP quiz is mainly tricky and so getting a prize means more than just being picked out of a large pile of correct answers. Similarly, Decanter is just for those pig-headed enough to keep on going, as the answers are all easily available.

1 How much wine would you find in an Impériale?

a) Four litres

b) Six litres

c) Eight litres


2 What does Xynomavro mean in Greek?

a) Great with meze

b) Soft and fruity

c) Acidic and black


3 Which is the largest of these three Burgundian Grands Crus?

a) Clos de Vougeot

b) Le Montrachet

c) Le Musigny


4 Why would a winemaker use a spinning cone?

a) To get fit

b) To kill nematodes

c) To reduce the alcohol content in his wine

5 Spot the odd one out

a) Barbaresco

b) La Morra

c) Serralunga d'Alba


6 Which of these Australian regions

is famous for its

Shiraz?

a) Margaret River

b) The Yarra Valley

c) The Barossa Valley


7 What is the name of the crossing invented in 1948 by Dr HP Olmo?

a) Ruby ruby

b) Ruby Cabernet

c) Olmo's revenge


8 Which South American country specialises in

Tannat?

a) Bolivia

b) Brazil

c) Uruguay


9 Supreme, Noma and Diam are all types of what?

a) Corks

b) Grape varieties

c) Barrels


10 What is PX short for?

a) Pancho Ximénez

b) Pedro Ximénez

c) Palomino Ximénez


11 What is the official Californian term for a Bordeaux blend?

a) Heritage

b) French Paradox

c) Meritage


12 To which grape variety is Crljenak related?

a) Zibibbo

b) Zinfandel

c) Zweigelt

13 The Billionaire's Vinegar is about a cache of wine that allegedly belonged to which US president?

a) Jimmy Carter

b) Abraham Lincoln

c) Thomas Jefferson


14 If you use yarrow, camomile, cow's horns and a stag's bladder in your vineyards, are you…

a) Recovering from a very heavy night out

b) A follower of biodynamism

c) An organic wine grower


15 What is Brunello

di Montalcino

made from?

a) Sangiovese

b) Montalcino

c) Montepulciano


16 What is the name of the white soil of the

Sherry region?

a) Flor

b) Almacenista

c) Albariza


17 What is Sam Neill's New Zealand wine called?

a) Dead Calm

b) Two Paddocks

c) Perfect Strangers

18 Which is normally the most acidic?

a) Barbera d'Alba

b) McLaren Vale Shiraz

c) Rioja Reserva


19 In which country would you find Clos des Agaises, Genoels-Elderen and Domaine du Chenoy?

a) Luxembourg

b) France

c) Belgium


20 Which is the most northerly of these three Médoc châteaux?

a) Pontet-Canet

b) Beychevelle

c) Margaux


21 How many hectares of vineyards are there in Virginia?

a) 100

b) 1,000

c) 10,000


22 Where does The Chocolate Block come from?

a) South Africa

b) Switzerland

c) Austria


23 Which is Chile's largest winery?

a) Santa Rita

b) De Martino

c) Concha y Toro


24 How much wine does a pièce hold?

a) 225 litres

b) 228 litres

c) 500 litres


25 What does Grosses Gewächs mean?

a) Large vineyard

b) First growth

c) High in alcohol


26 Mendoza accounts for what percentage of Argentina's wine production?

a) 30%

b) 50%

c) 70%


27 Which of the following Kiwi wineries is not French-owned?

a) Cloudy Bay

b) Peregrine

c) Montana


28 What are 115, 667 and 777?

a) Code names for British secret agents

b) Three motorways in Burgundy

c) Clones of Pinot Noir


29 Which is normally the most alcoholic form of Valpolicella?

a) Amarone

b) Ripasso

c) Recioto


30 Who said: "I am only a beer teetotaller, not a Champagne teetotaller"?

a) George Bernard Shaw

b) Oscar Wilde

c) Morrissey

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Ta

This is the sort of immediate, dressing-gowned, service that larger, more glitzy, websites are unable to provide.

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And you never say verdant

Marvellous !

Hello Goose,

You've finally made it back, after a decade has passed, you've been in the wilderness, you Welsh *** That stands for GIT.....well now you know. However, mostly sheep have kept him away from here - he says

Poor boy is Not Happy, Awghh dear - You should have looged in and got a dose of rubbish tasting notes, Yeah that would have cheered you up, something to get your teeth into, and hthen enjoy a proper moan.

You - who had a big birthday party - never said nought much about your birthday cases.

BTW - dK flavour after some hours from opening, does not seem to hold as well as JE. I shall have to check this again this evening. I need to tell ya if the flavour runs away, cos otherwise, ya need to crack it and consume - a bit like Marston's Pedigree or Flowers if ya like dry hopping bouquet (that is real beer you know)

Happy Twenty Ten to you mate.

Tell me about CB2009 so I know what to expect when I'm spending too much.

2009 MSB is All To Play For

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dK?

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Thanks for the answers Mel , I need to tidy-up this week. Got loads to get done.

Happy Twenty Ten to you. The noughts are over.

We're going to have to get used to this Twenty Ten business, sounds more like a pirate radio station - I dunno.

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Mel - dK it is noted somewhere in this obscure web site Err...a web site, that talks about wine...allegedly

dK's is something you wear ? Nah, it is him, whose gotta a new label, Now he swans around Malborough pinching grapes - Nice work if ya can get it, sounds like a decent lifestyle, does that.

You wish you hadn't ......

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Goose is p*****d orf 'cos the footy in g*d's city was cancelled.

Damn, forgot to send my postcard off.

I've had more important things on my mind, do I prefer the M&S Operetta to Ferrero Rocher?

Top Gear was good - saw it on video - saved for me.

James fixes all the busted engineering - the others are worse than useless.

Now the most unreliable 4 wdv in the whole world, is the most reliable in the whole world - and what's more...... it's British

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If u r sirius (a star that is) I would stick to Toyota.