Wine Quiz Best of the Best: A Wine of the Year Quiz Nov 10, 2023 1 of 10 RIGHT! WRONG! The top wine of 2022 was a 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon made by Schrader Cellars, a leading winery within this West Coast region celebrated for rich, full-bodied reds: Columbia Valley Napa Valley Willamette Valley Tannin Valley With its 2016 St.-Julien, Château Léoville Barton achieved our highest honor in 2019. As Bordeaux fans likely know, this acclaimed wine is among 15 classified as: Second-growth Top-choice Praiseworthy pick Fine-first Which famed Iberian grape makes up most of CVNE’s Rioja Imperial Gran Reserva 2004, Wine of the Year for 2013? Touriga Nacional Bobal Tempranillo Albariño The 2014 Wine of the Year was Dow’s Vintage Port 2011, a fortified wine from Portugal that was aged for 18 months in large casks made from which wood? Cherry Oak Elm Balsa In 2021, the top honor went to the 2018 Napa Valley red from Dominus Estate, a California winery founded by Christian Moueix, who also co-owns and manages the famed Pétrus estate in this southern French region: Burgundy Alsace Bordeaux Normandy In 2018, the crown went to the 2015 vintage of Tenuta San Guido’s Sassicaia, a Cabernet-based red and one of the Italian wines sometimes known as: Kind Lombardies Outstanding Piedmonts Exciting Friulis Super Tuscans Bodegas Marqués de Murrieta’s Rioja Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 2010, Wine of the Year for 2020, comes from an outstanding vintage for Spain’s Rioja region. True or false? True False Which avian-named winery made the California Merlot Wine Spectator selected as Wine of the Year for 2017? The Little Penguin Screaming Eagle Duckhorn The Chook Before making wines—including the Lewis Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2013, Wine of the Year for 2016—Randy Lewis pursued what career? He raced cars He was a TV chef He owned a renowned steak house He flew jets Solve for X: In 2015, Peter Michael’s Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Au Paradis 2012 became the X Napa Valley Cabernet to be selected as Wine of the Year: Second First Eighth Fifth Next Results Your score is Retake this quiz
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