The Big Questions

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CRUCIAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR TIME...

Whether interrogating Winemakers or trying to ascertain what time dinner will be, WineDown does not shy from asking the big questions. So, here are a few for your earnest consideration.

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TUESDAY TRIVIA with WINEDOWN


1. Where did Australia's first grapevines actually come from?

a. Portsmouth

b. Burgundy

c. Cape Town

d. Bunnings

2. Who – or what – is Barossa Pearl?

a. A fossilized pearl discovered in the famous Steingarten vineyard

b. A lightly sparkling white wine made famous by Orlando in the 1950s and 60s

c. Nuriootpa’s first – and arguably most famous – Drag Queen

3. To what was Seppelt Chief Winemaker, Clare Dry, referring to when she said “We’ll be chilling ‘em and killing ‘em today”?

a. Stopping the ferment of the Drumborg Riesling by cooling, then killing off any remaining yeast cells

b. Humanely euthanising cane toads in the vineyard

4. Is Port:

a. The opposite of Starboard?

b. The thing Banana Benders pack their togs in when they go on holidays?

c. The luscious, cockle-warming, toffee-and-fruitcake fortified wine from the Douro Valley in Portugal?

5. How many Geographic Indications (officially recognised wine regions) are there in Tasmania?

(1 pt for each correctly named)

6. Wolf Blass Chief Winemaker, Chris Hatcher, grew up...

a. In a commune in Mullumbimby – the son of pioneering counter-culturalists

b. In Adelaide, the city of churches – the son of devoutly teetotal Methodists

c. On the Fairstar – the son of shipboard entertainers

7. Who – or what – gets whacked with a rubber stick at Vintage?

a. Fruit Flies

b. Grapevines

c. The work experience kid

8. Who would find a machine-learning leaf morpho-colorimetry platform that utilizes fractal dimension and near-infrared spectroscopy parameters useful?

a. No-one

b. A viticulturist

c. Dr Evil

9. As a teenager, what did Coldstream Hills Chief Winemaker, Andrew Fleming, almost blow up?

a. His Dad’s shed

b. His Dad’s ute

c. His Dad’s mate

d. His Dad

10. What is Blackstrap?

a. A powerful and astringent fortified red wine, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries

b. A protective undergarment worn by winery personnel during vintage

WHO AM I?

I was born in Friedrichswalde, SA in 1876, and died in 1961 (5 pts)

My father was a successful wine merchant, who launched the Quelltaler brand (4 pts)

My famous Ye Olde Crusty Cellars operated in Sydney from 1931 until 1971 (3pts)

I became Australia’s foremost Riesling producer, and today my name is synonymous with premium Australian Riesling (2 pts)

With the given names of Hermann Paul Leopold, I am better known as Leo (1pt)

My initials are L.B. and if you haven’t got me yet, you never will (-5pts)

I am Leo...?

THE ANSWERS

1) C – Cape Town

2) B – A lightly sparkling white wine, popular in the 50s and 60s

3) A – Stopping the ferment

4) YES

5) One only: Tasmania

6) B – Hatch grew up in Adelaide

7) B – Grapevines. C would be illegal

8) B – A viticulturist, and possibly also Dr Evil

9) A – His Dad’s shed

10) Only A, as far as we know

11) BURING!

HOW’D YOU GO?

15 Crikey! Trophy Level Trivia Head!

10+ Rolled Gold Wine Nerd

5+ Next time, maybe do the quiz before opening the wine

Fewer than 5 Quizzes are stupid anyway