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Question 1:
What is the origin of Riesling?
Before 1972
Rhine, Germany
Congrier
Alagoas state

Question 2: A map of Kintzheim in ________ from 1348 contains the text zu dem Russelinge, but it is not certain that this reference is to the grape variety.
StrasbourgAlsaceAlsace-LorraineFrance

Question 3: [31] Riesling was the most planted white grape in Australia until the early 1990s when ________ greatly increased in popularity.
WineChardonnayCabernet SauvignonChilean wine

Question 4: [10] Most likely, the genetic differences between white and red Riesling are minuscule, as is the case for the difference between Pinot noir and ________.
Muscat (grape and wine)ChardonnayGewürztraminerPinot gris

Question 5: In 1838 William Macarthur planted Riesling vines near Penrith in ________.
New South WalesAustraliaVictoria (Australia)Queensland

Question 6: Gray Riesling is actually Trousseau Gris, a white mutant of the Bastardo ________ grape.
Port wineFortified wineMadeira winePortuguese wine

Question 7: In addition to Muscat, Gewürztraminer and ________, Riesling is one of the acceptable varieties whose planting is allowed in Alsace's grand cru sites.
ChardonnayPinot grisPinot noirSauvignon blanc

Question 8: The most expensive wines made from Riesling are late harvest ________, produced by letting the grapes hang on the vines well past normal picking time.
Ice wineStraw wineDessert wineFortified wine

Question 9: The modern spelling Riesling was first documented in 1552 when it was mentioned in Hieronymus Bock's Latin ________.
HerbalHerbalismBotanyTraditional medicine

Question 10: Riesling is on record as being planted in the Alsace region by 1477 when its quality was praised by the ________.
Francis I, Holy Roman EmperorLouis the YoungerLothair II of LotharingiaList of rulers of Lorraine
















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