Champagne

Question 1

Name the five districts of Champagne

Answer 1

Montagne the Reims
Vallee de la Marne
Cote des Blancs
Cote de Sezanne
Cote de Bars (Aube)

Question 2

How many villages have Grand Cru status in Champagne?

Answer 2

17

Question 3

What is blocage and deblocage?

Answer 3

Reserve and Release of wine stocks for use in future vintages

Question 4

What is liqueur de tirage?

What does it consist of?

Answer 4

Addition to wine that ignites a second fermentation.

It consists of still wine, yeast, sugar and fining agents

Question 5

Who are the producers of these Prestige Cuvees?

Dom Perignon
Cristal
Grande Siecle
Fleur de Champagne
Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill
La Grande Dame

Answer 5

Moet Chandon
Louis Roederer
Laurent Perrier
Perrier Jouet
Pol Roger
Veuve Clicquot