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Which appellation of France bans flying saucers from taking off, landing and flying over the vineyards?

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CDP (passed 1950’s)

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What is the regional IGP for CDP? Departmental?

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Mediterranee IGP; Vaucluse IGP

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Name a Cote du Rhone from 100% Syrah

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Chx Fonsalette Cuvee Syrah (Rayas)

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True or false: you can have a 100% Grenache Gigondas

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False (SH or Mourvedre must be present)

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What are the wine styles of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise?

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Sweet VDN W / Ro / R

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Name the fortified AOCs of the Rhone Valley

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Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOC, Rasteau AOC

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What style of wine is Rasteau Dore?

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VDN (Ambre)

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Which mountain is known as the “Giant of Provence”?

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Mount Ventoux

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In what year is phylloxera discovered? In what AOC?

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1863; Lirac

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Name the white wine only AOC of the Southern Rhone

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Clairette de Bellegard AOC

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What is the western-most AOC of the Rhone Valley?

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Costieres de Nimes AOC

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What is the southern-most AOC of the Rhone Valley?

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Costieres de Nimes AOC - Wester & Southern-most

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What is the northern-most AOC of the Southern Rhone?

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Grignan-les-Adhemars AOC

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Gaul once referred to what area? Who inhabited it?

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Western Europe inhabited by Celtic tribes

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Hommage a Jean Perrin is based on what grape? 1st vintage?

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Mourvedre; 1989

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Name 2 producers of Chateauneuf that do not produce a “special cuvee”

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Rayas & Clos des Papes

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What styles are permitted under Cotes du Rhone AOC? Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC?

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White, Rose, Red (for both) ***exception: Cotes du Rhone Villages w/ listed village require diff styles

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Name 1 white & 1 red grape that is permitted under CDR AOC & CDR Villages AOC but not permitted in CDP AOC

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W: Viognier, Marsanne; R: Carignan, Marselan (CS x Grenache)

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Name 3 village that can append its name to CDR Villages AOC & permitted styles for each

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Chasclun: Ro / R; Laudun, Sablet, Séguret, Visan (W / Ro / R)

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What styles are permitted for the following villages under Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC? Massif d’Uchaux, Saint-Andéol, Signargues, Plan de Dieu, Puyméras, Gadagne, Sainte-Cécile, Suze-la-Rousse and Vaison-la-Romaine

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Red only (all other villages, except for Chasclun, can produce W / Ro / R)

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Coldest appellation of the Southern Rhone

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Ventoux AOC (only region that experiences snow)

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Red-only AOCs of Southern Rhone

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Vinsobres AOC & Beaumes de Venise AOC

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Which AOC was created in 2012 from an IGP

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Duche Duzes (prev IGP)

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What viticultural hazard is Grenache particularly susceptible to? Why?

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Coulure (b/c buds early); Mistral protects vs this (but 2017 Grenache hit by coulure so most blends have low %s of Grenache)

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Name 3 viticultural practices mandated for CDP
Hand Harvest, rapé, no irrigation, goblet; ***flash pasteurization permitted
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What are the maximum yields for CDP with & without the rapé?
a) 42 hl/ha b) 35 hl/ha (w/ rapé discarded)
27
Guyot is only permitted for which CDP varietal?
Syrah (goblet / double cordon for the others)
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What is vin de goutte?
Free run juice
29
Grapes of Rayas Blanc
Clairette & Gren Bl (50 / 50)
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Second wine of Rayas
Pignan CDP (means pine tree); ***not La Piliade CdR!
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Name 2 100% Grenache CDPs
Clos St Jean "Sanctus Sanctorium", Rayas, Domaine de Marcoux VV
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Grape of Beaucastel Blanc / Blanc VV
Roussanne; 100% for VV
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Family behind Beaucastel
Perrin
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Why is the Mistral more of a defining feature of the S Rhone vs Northern Rhone?
Wind gains speed as it travels down Rhone Valley so higher speeds as it reaches the S
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Name 3 producers who use all 18 grapes permitted in CDP
Beaucastel, Pegau "Cuvée da Capo" (70% Gren + others), Mont Redon; ***Clos des Papes uses "virtually" all 18
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1st year CDP producers start making special cuvées
1989
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What is Vieux Telegraphe's Gigondas winery called?
Les Pallières "Les Racines"
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What are the only 2 vintages ever produced of Cuvee Special?
1990 & 1998 (Henri Bonneau)
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Who produces "Cuvee Mon Aieuil" & "Rsv des Deux Freres"?
Pierre Usseglio
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Who produces "Cuvee Laurence" & "Cuvee Inspiration"?
D du Pegau
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D du Pegau's prestige cuvee; years of production?
Cuvee da Capo; 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2015 / 2016
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Guigal's CDP estate
Chx de Nalys
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Name 2 traditional & 2 modern estates of CDP
Trad: Charvin, ... Modern: D de la Janasse
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When does Gigondas b/c AOC?
1971
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G/S of Beaumes de Venise AOC
R ONLY (Grenache / Syrah must make up majority of blend)
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How many grapes permitted for CDP AOP?
18 (offical now!)
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When was the 1st estate-bottled CDP?
1785 (Nerthe)
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What AOP joins Provence, S Rhone & Languedoc geographically?
Costieres du Nimes AOP
49
D Gramenon bottles under what AOC?
Vinsobres AOC
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What 2 AOCs of the S Rhone famously prohibit the use of Carignan?
CDP & Gigondas
51
Rasteau grenat & tuilé must be made from what % of Grenache?
min 75% Grenache (vs in Rivesaltes - Grenate: 100% & Tuilé "Gren must be present")
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Which grape varieties of CDP must be trained au carré?
Au Carré (goblet); Grenache, Mourvedre
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3 viti reqs for CDP
a) Hand Harvest, b) Rapé (2% grapes must be discarded), c) Au Carré (goblet for Grenache / Mourvèdre) d) no irrigation (during GS)
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2 vinification reqs for CDP
a) W & R musts blended prior to vinification (R) b) no chaptalization (R) ***Flash Pasteurization permitted
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What 3 Rhone varieties are not permitted in CDP?
No Carignan, Marsanne, Vermentino
56
What are gallets?
Quartzite pebbles of glacial origin
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Vines are 1st planted in Southern Rhone by who & when? Northern Rhone?
a) Greeks in 600 BC b) Romans in 1st Ce CE
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Who moves the papal court to Avignan & in what year? Who plants 1st vines @ papal summer palace?
a) Pape Clement V 1309 b) P John XII 1378
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When is the CDP appellation established?
1933 (ratified in1936)
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Min abv for CdR AOC, CdR-Villages AOC & CDR-Villages AOC + Geo Designation
a) 11% b) 12% c) 12.5%
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Most recent CDR-Villages geo designation to gain AOC
Cairanne ('16)
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Aside from CDP, what AOC of Southern Rhone strictly prohibits Carignan?
Gigondas AOC
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