To celebrate our wine forum upgrade, I'm running a series of fun trivia contests! I'll be giving away a variety of things. This giveaway is for a copy of the book "The Merlot Murders" written by Ellen Crosby!



The legalese:
The first person to answer THREE trivia questions correctly will win the prize. This contest is open to anyone living in the US or UK who is aged 18 or older. Only posts that are unedited will be accepted as answers. Prize will be shipped to the winner at no cost to the winner. The prize will be the above described book. For complete rules, please visit http://www.wineintro.com/about/forum/contests.html

That URL also explains why you have to be 18 or older, and why I can only offer this to people in the US or UK.

Question 1 -

What kind of a tree is cork the bark of?

The Cork Tree

the cork oak tree, funny just read this in one of the Wine books in the tasting room.

Yes WeinMS - the name the tree is the Cork Oak! It grows in Europe and Africa. Congratulations, you get a point!

Isn't it neat that they make corks by cutting out circular plugs of bark?

Question 2 - Many styles of wine bottle have an indentation in their bottom side. What is this indentation called?

Appropriate to the American football season, the dent is known as a "punt".

Brom - I'm so sorry, but our rules are here -

http://www.wineintro.com/about/forum/contests.html

They state -

"An individual who wins a prize must wait 90 days before becoming eligible to win another prize."

Since you just won a book, I'm afraid you need to wait a little wine before winning another one!

In the meantime don't forget to send me a private message (PM) with your address so I can send you out your prize!

So we have a fresh question 2, here it is!

Question 2(b) - What is the name of the location where the wedding was held, where Jesus first publicly turned water into wine?

Oh no, Lisa, you misunderstand. I don't want to win another prize, I want to make it harder for you by spreading out the winning answers among several participants.

Already paid off - the answer to your new question is rather more obscure than "What grape is used in Alsace Riesling?"

Can't have you getting a winner with only 5 questions.

Many don't know this, but in those lost and unrecorded years between his youth and maturity, Jesus Christ was quite the popular party guest. He first turned water into wine when he was 14, at the bar mitzvah of his boyhood chum, Moshe "Zits" Greenbaum, who years later ended up as Joseph of Arimethea's accountant.

LOLOL you are tooooo funny Brom

I think that I am confused, Brom. Are you still answering questuions. or are you posting another question, Lisa?

In answer to your second question, weinMs, yes Lisa is still asking questions although not currently as there is an unanswered question already asked.

In answer to your first question weinms, see above paragraph and this paragraph.

Now that you have asked questions (which is really Lisa's realm in a contest), join me in answering some. It's fun and easy. Watch:

"What is the name of the location where the wedding was held, where Jesus first publicly turned water into wine?"

It was the Son's of Rome Hall, over by the All-You-Can-Eat place on the corner of Bethlehem and Akkad.

He he he

yes the question on the table right now is this one:

Question 2(b) - What is the name of the location where the wedding was held, where Jesus first publicly turned water into wine?

OK maybe this question was a bit too confusing for people! Let me try a different question.

New question 2(b) -

What color is the physical grape (i.e. a solid grape you hold in your hand) that is used to make the wine "white zinfandel"?

* white
* pink
* red

red!

Jilly is right! So we have:

WeinMS - 1 point
Jilly - 1 point

Question 3!

Are Shiraz and Syrah made from the same grape, or a different grape?

Same!

You are exactly right, jonfitzsimon - Shiraz and Syrah are the exact same wine grapes, just given different names!

WeinMS - 1 point
Jilly - 1 point
jonfitzsimon - 1 point

Question 4!

What do most countries expect the volume of a standard wine bottle to hold?

* 375ml
* 750ml
* 1.5 liters

750ml

I want to go back and answer the "confusing" question about the location where Jesus did his first recorded miracle - turning water into wine.
John 2:1 Cana of Galilee

This is getting exciting.

LOL volley1 you're right, and since nobody else had answered that one, I'll give you a point for it!

Luvscab2 also gets a point for answering the current question!

So we have:

WeinMS - 1 point
Jilly - 1 point
jonfitzsimon - 1 point
luvscab2 - 1 point
volley1 - 1 point

Question 5!

What raw material is mead made from?

* grapes
* honey
* wheat
* dates

Honey

Cork tree name is Quercus suber
Zinfandel grapes are red
Wedding was at Cana
Honey in mead

Syrah and Shiraz are the same
750ml is standard bottle size

Peter - I'm afraid the previous questions were already answered, so only Question 5 was live right now pyounger answered it correctly before you did, so they get the point!

WeinMS - 1 point
Jilly - 1 point
jonfitzsimon - 1 point
luvscab2 - 1 point
volley1 - 1 point
pyounger - 1 point

Question 6 -

What grape is found in Beaujolais Nouveau?

* Chardonnay
* Gamay
* Shiraz
* Riesling

Gamay

Agree Gamay

Wow we've got a chase on for this one! wineismypassion is right!

WeinMS - 1 point
Jilly - 1 point
jonfitzsimon - 1 point
luvscab2 - 1 point
volley1 - 1 point
pyounger - 1 point
wineismypassion - 1 point

Question 7 -

Icewine is one of my favorite wine types. What is one of the main characteristics of an ice wine?

* It's served in ice cups
* It's served at 32F
* It's made from grapes picked when they're frozen
* It has little diamonds in it (sort of like Goldshlager and gold flakes)

It's made from grapes picked when they're frozen!

Jilly is exactly right! Congrats Jilly!

WeinMS - 1 point
Jilly - 2 points
jonfitzsimon - 1 point
luvscab2 - 1 point
volley1 - 1 point
pyounger - 1 point
wineismypassion - 1 point

Question 8 -

Which do winemakers sometimes add to wines - sulfates or sulfites?

That would be sulfites.

Sulfites

Jilly was the first one to answer, and she's right! She has 3 points, so she gets the book! Congratulations!

Jilly - email me your current home address and I'll get that out to you!

I'll start a new contest running shortly!

Done, and yay! I love mysteries!!!

This was a pretty thrilling contest.

Sulfites

Whoops didn't go to the next page before I answered......

lol we'll have another one shortly!