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- The Culture of Wine Quiz
1. Wine in Music
What did Jay-Z swear off after the winery’s managing director Frederic Rouzaud told The Economist magazine that he was unimpressed that the expensive beverage has become popular in rap circles. Rouzaud said, "[Its] unwelcome attention. What can we do? We can't forbid people from buying it. I'm sure Dom Perignon or Krug would be delighted to have their business."
2. Wine in Film
In the 2004 movie "Sideways" Miles and Jack embark on a road trip through the wine country of what valley?
In the 2006 film, "A Good Year," Londoner Max Skinner inherits his uncle’s estate in what European wine region?
3. Celebrity Wine
Which celebrity does not own a winery?
Greg Norman
Francis Ford Coppola
Mario Andretti
Ernie Els
Olivia Newton John
Robert Redford
4. Wine & Religion
Wine was such an important part of life in ancient Greece that they had a god of wine. What was his name?
5. The Politics of Wine
The White House has a bowling alley and nu-cu-lar bunker, but it doesn’t have a wine cellar! So much for showing off some Old Vine Zinfandel or well-aged Napa Cabernet the next time Sarkozy or Putin shows up unannounced.
Although JFK and Jackie O loved their Bordeaux and Nixon craved Champagne, in today's White House all wines served must be _________ ?
Bonus Question – Wine in Literature
Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers are named Athos, Athos, Porthos and Aramis – which Musketeer shares his name with a winery in Mclaren Vale?
Rodolphe Boulanger is President of The Wine Messenger, an online wine retailer focussed on small grower wines. Rodolphe is also currently a diploma student at the WSET in London.
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3027 - Reply by Philip, May 1, 2008.
No one going to make a start on this one? I feel like I can do ok on this. Either 3.5 or 4.5 and I would fail on the bonus question
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- Reply by Dan, May 1, 2008.
1. Cristal
2a. Santa Barbara
2b. Luberon
3. Robert Redford
4. Dionysus
5. American
B. Aramis
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- Reply by Tobias Ø, May 2, 2008.
Re the first question, it should be occasionally be mentioned that the Rouzaud (mis)quote “[Its] unwelcome attention.." that initiated Jay-Z's outrage was never said, but a subheading by The Economist's journalist that snuck itself citations often enough to become "the public's truth". It is quite scary how this is possible..
The man was posed a negatively loaded question and gave a bemused answer, constrained in the print interview to solicit controversy. If someone judges the Rouzaud statements to be racist, let it at least be based on facts.
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- Reply by Rodolphe, May 2, 2008.
@Tobias - good catch. I think few people (besides Jay-Z) construed these comments as rascist. The question is about the wine and the silly boycott.
Readers interested in reading more about this (and reading the correct quote), should look at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5056744.stm
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3027
- Reply by Philip, May 2, 2008.
If by monday no one's started i'm writing my answers in here
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3027
- Reply by Philip, May 2, 2008.
oh, i realized i'd missed Dan's attempt:. OK, well without peeking at Dans:
1 Cristal
2 dont know, but south of San Fran for sure and Tuscany?
3 Trick question? Greg Norman, who has wines with his name on, but doesnt own a winery
4 Bacchus
5 American, or Californian maybe
bonus = no idea, but surely i should get 0.33 points as there are only 3 answers
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820 - Reply by HondaJohn, May 3, 2008.
I think I can do a bit better on this quiz than the last one. And this time I wasn't even tempted to use the internet to look up answers. Although, I have guessed on a couple of answers.
1. Louis Roderer - Cristal
2. Paso Robles & Santa Barbra, Bordeaux
3. Olivia Newton John
4. Dionysus
5. American? I do know that Hartford Family Wines and Iron Horse have been used
Bonus: Hmmm ... I'll go with Aramis
@scroll ... I think Rodolphe is taking it easy on us this time. His last quiz on Italy had all of us stumped. By the way, we didn't see your answers! ;-)
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1245 - Reply by mark, May 8, 2008.
1. Cristal
2. Santa Barbara, Burgundy
3. Olivia Newton John
4. Bacchus
5. American
Bonus. Athos?
