How Deep is your Wine Knowledge?

Wine expertise builds on extensive wine knowledge acquired by studying wine styles, wine regions, and the science of growing grapes and making wine.

The more you learn about wine, the more you taste different wines, the more you developed expertise.

Are you ready to test your wine knowledge?

Here is a questionnaire used by Koenig and collaborators [1]. They used it to group people based on their wine expertise for a research on wine aroma language.

It includes 22 questions and 14 questions are wine knowledge related.

Your answers are anonymous and once you submit them, you get immediate access to the expected answers.

And you can see what others have answered too!

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Have you been trained in wine studies or wine tasting?

YES NO

Have you had or do you have professional experience in the wine field?

YES NO

Have you participated or do you participate in a wine club?

YES NO

Do you read books or magazines on wine?

YES NO

I don’t understand much about wine

Totally Agree 2 3 Neither agree or disagree 5 6 Totally Disagree

I am confident in my knowledge of wine

Totally Agree 2 3 Neither agree or disagree 5 6 Totally Disagree

Among my friends, I am the wine expert

Totally Agree 2 3 Neither agree or disagree 5 6 Totally Disagree

I know less about wine than others do

Totally Agree 2 3 Neither agree or disagree 5 6 Totally Disagree

Which color are Chardonnay grapes?

Red White Don't know

Which color are Syrah grapes?

Red White Don't know

Which color are Merlot grapes?

Red White Don't know

Which color are Chambourcin grapes?

Red White Don't know

Which color are Riesling grapes?

Red White Don't know

Which color are Gewurztraminer grapes?

Red White Don't know

Which color are Grenache grapes?

Red White Don't know

Which of the following grape varieties are the most used in the world?

Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon Gamay and Chardonnay Don't know

Which of the following grapes are mostly used for AOC wine from Bordeaux?

Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir Chardonnay and Sémillon Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot Cabernet and Pinot Noir Don't know

Which of the following grapes are used for Champagne?

Riesling and Chardonnay Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Grenache and Sémillon Don't know

What is the color of the pulp of the Pinot Noir grape?

Red Pink White Yellow Purple Don't know

Which of the following aromas characterizes Cabernet Sauvignon?

Violet. raspberry. pepper. spices. leatherther Red berries. pepper. green. dark chocolate. tobacco Cherry. plums. spices Green pepper. strawberry. raspberry. blackcurrant. bramble. wood Don't know

Which of the following aromas characterizes Chardonnay?

Apple. citrus fruits. pineapple. toffee. mineral. butter Green apple. quince. passionfruit. oil. toast Lychee. ginger. cardamom. rose Hawthorn. green lemon. apricot. musk Don't know

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Published January 13, 2021

Reference

L. Koenig, C. Coulon-Leroy, R. Symoneaux, V. Cariou, E. Vigneau, Influence of expertise on semantic categorization of wine odors, Food Quality and Preference, Volume 83, 2020, 103923.