Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz, you lushes oh vino-inspired peoples!
This week, we are combining the quiz with a giveaway, the giveaway item happening to also be the source of said quiz: the brand-spankin’-new edition of Kevin Zraly’s excellent (and long-running) Windows On The World Complete Wine Course (worth about $20; I received a review copy).
Here’s the skinny on how this will work:
- You post a comment on this here post with your guess for the correct answer to the quiz question on or before 11:59PM PT TODAY.
- Tomorrow (December 8th), I will post the official answer, and randomly select a winner from those who answered correctly in the comments. You need to have a mailing address in the continental U.S. (and have commented with the correct answer… duh…) to be eligible to win.
Ready? Let’s do this!
(According to Kevin Zraly’s Windows On The World Complete Wine Course), what was the most planted red grape (by acreage) in California in 1970?
Cheers – and good luck!
Zinfandel.
(And Zraly''s book will make it to one of my year end lists for Favorite Introductory Wine Book)
Thanks, Richard. Tough to bet against Kevin, he’s a wine bad-ass (& very nice guy… & damn tall, though to me mist people are ” tall” :-).
And the answer is Zinfandel.
Thanks, Jim. Good luck!
Going out on a limb here, but I'm going with Carignan(e).
ESR13 – bold choice! I’m a fan of that grape, though I seem to be in minority company on that lately. Cheers!
Zinfandel. My favorite varietal!
George – I do believe that you mean variety. Or varietal wine :-). We’ll let you slide this time!
Zinfandel, because of the popularity of White Zinfandel during that time.
Thanks, Meara!
Zinfandel
Thanks, Gary!
Zinfandel, but don't pick me, I actually have it already!
Thanks, Dusty. Well, if your answer is correct and if you win, I'm sure we could find something from the wine book sample pool for you…
Zinfandel!
Thanks, Amy!
I would guess Merlot
I'm going to guess old-school with Alicante Bouchet.
CA not my strong suit…as if I even had one.
PINOT!
PETER! :) Thanks.
Hey Joe, you weren’t old enough to be in California in 1970, but I was. So my answer would be Zinfandel. Amador County had an over abundance. So much so in fact that the Trinchero family had to invent a new wine, white Zinfandel. I suspect you secretly drink Sutter Home white Zin to accompany your gourmet dinners.
Les Hubbard
Les – you're on to me…! ;-)
Haven't read that book, but I'm going to go with one of the higher yield central valley grapes…let's go French Colombard (if I took two guesses, the other would be Chenin Blanc).
Thanks, Drew!
And Joe, I'm a Carignan fan too.
Drew – yeah, we need a support group I think… :)
Zinfandel – I think….
Thanks, Sabrina!
Is the Young, Unpaid Shelby allowed to guess Zinfandel? :)
Shelby… ah, ok, we'll let it slide! :)
Zin Zin Zinfandel =)~
:) Thanks, Dee!
I'm going with Zinfandel, because I don't own Zraly's book and I really want it!
Mary – :) thanks. Good luck!
I am going with Carignane (and that took me a while)….
Thanks, masi. Brave choice!
I have to be different and go for Cabernet Sauvignon.
Thanks, April.
I'll go with being a bit different as well and toss out MERLOT!
Thanks, Colin.
Thanks, everybody! The official answer is… Zinfandel!
The randomly selected winner is… Amy Larson Downing!
Thanks for playing along this week!