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Exploring the World of Grapes: A Quiz on Varieties and Characteristics

Test your knowledge about grapes, their varieties, and their significance in agriculture and cuisine with this engaging quiz.

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1 Anthocyanins tend to be the main polyphenolics in purple grapes whereas flavan-3-ols (e.g., ________) are the more abundant phenolic in white varieties.

2 Decreased activity of ________, a systemic hormone causing blood vessel constriction that would elevate blood pressure.

3 The domestication of purple grapes originated in what is now southern ________.

4 ________, one of the earliest domesticated microorganisms, occurs naturally on the skins of grapes, leading to the innovation of alcoholic drinks such as wine.

5 Wines produced from ________ grapes may contain more than 40 mg/L, an exceptional phenolic content.

6 Native to the Southeastern United States from ________ to the Gulf of Mexico.

7 Later, the growing of grapes spread to ________, North Africa, and eventually North America.

8 Most grapes come from cultivars of ________, the European grapevine native to the Mediterranean and Central Asia.

9 Commercially cultivated grapes can usually be classified as either table or wine grapes, based on their intended method of consumption: eaten raw (table grapes) or used to make ________ (wine grapes).

10 According to the ________ (FAO), 75,866 square kilometres of the world are dedicated to grapes.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Rhone Rangers, winemakers who promote the use of grapes from the Rhône Valley in France, were a driving force behind Syrah's increased popularity among Californian wines.
  • the Müller-Thurgau hybrid grape is a 19th century cross between the Riesling and Chasselas.
  • the International Grape Genome Program in Adelaide, Australia discovered that white grapes only exist today due to a rare genetic mutation that took place thousands of years ago.
  • the French physician and agronomist Jules Guyot revolutionized the training of grape vines, and the Guyot-system is extensively used throughout vineyards in Europe.
  • the compound pterostilbene, which is found in blueberries and grapes, is thought to help prevent cancer, cognitive decline, and diabetes.
  • when Champoux Vineyard was first planted in Washington State, the aim was to produce grapes that rivaled the First Growth Bordeaux estate Chateau Lafite.
  • the skin of the Austrian white wine grape Zierfandler turns red just before it is ready to harvest.
  • in the process of carbonic maceration, which is used to produce Beaujolais wine, fermentation takes place inside the individual grape berry.
  • after the fall of Napoleon in France, some 200 Bonapartists fled to the United States and attempted to establish an agricultural settlement to grow wine grapes and olive trees in the Alabama wilderness.
  • Saint-Bris is the only appellation out of 150 in the French wine region of Burgundy where the wines may contain the grape variety Sauvignon blanc.
  • Nielluccio, Sciacarello and Vermentino are the three leading grape varieties for making Corsica wine.
  • global warming has had a positive effect on the Tasmanian wine industry allowing it to grow grapes more successfully than what would otherwise be possible.
  • Salt is an ancient agricultural town in west-central Jordan, famous for the quality of its grape harvest, and therefore speculated to be the root for the English word sultana.
  • Sonoma Mountain produces Sonoma Valley premium wine grapes as high as 1700 feet in elevation and was a significant influence on the works of author Jack London before the Wine Country became famous.
  • Frankliniella tritici, known as Eastern flower thrips, is an insect that damages crops in the United States of America, including strawberries, grapes, beans and asparagus.
  • Vietnamese winemakers are trying to cultivate grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon on land that till recently was still covered with landmines from the Vietnam War.
  • French geography professor Henri Enjalbert theorized that Albania, the Ionian islands and southern Dalmatia were the only European regions with grapevines following the last Ice Age.
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