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Sparkling Wine Trivia

Can you answer the trivia questions below?

  1. Who is Gloria Ferrer?

  2. What winery was the first sparkling wine house in Carneros?

  3. How many bubbles are there in a bottle of Gloria Ferrer?

  4. At what velocity will a cork escape a bottle of sparkling wine?

  5. How many pounds of pressure are in a bottle of sparkling wine?

  6. How many times must you turn the safety wire cage that secures the cork?

  7. How many grapes are there in one bottle of sparkling wine?

  8. How many bottles of sparkling wine does a vine produce per season?

  9. How many fermentations do Gloria Ferrer sparkling wines go through?

  10. Which of the following is the driest sparkling wine? A. Extra Dry B. Brut C. Sekt

  11. Who discovered sparkling wine by accident?

  12. What are the three traditional Champagne grapes?

  13. What does cuvée mean?

  14. Which sparkling wine bottle size is bigger? A. Jeroboam B. Methuselah C. Nebuchadnezzar?

  15. How many bottles a day does a riddler turn?

Answers

  1. Yes, she is a real person! José & Gloria Ferrer are the owners of the winery & live in Barcelona Spain.

  2. Gloria Ferrer Sparkling Wine Caves, of course.

  3. Over 44 million (says Wine & Spirits Magazine). We’ve never counted, but we encourage you to.

  4. 38-40mph (so proceed with caution).

  5. 90-110 lbs. per square inch (again, proceed with caution).

  6. Six & a half times. Why? Your guess is as good as ours.

  7. 1,150 grapes.

  8. 4 to 5 bottles.

  9. Two fermentations (which makes it a méthode champenoise).

  10. Brut is driest, then extra-dry, then sekt. Confusing, we know.

  11. Dom Pérignon, the Catholic monk.

  12. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir & Pinot Meunieur.

  13. A cuvée is a blend.

  14. Nebuchadnezzar (9L) > Methuselah (6L) > Jeroboam (3L).

  15. As many as 50,000 bottles a day (Amazing, isn’t it?).