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Our Christmas Quiz

The wine round

Wine from which Bordeaux château was served at the wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine & Henry II?
Why is Corton-Charlemagne said to only be planted with white grapes?
Cherries, roses and tar are characteristic notes of which red grape?
Which style of Sherry is served with ice cream in Málaga, Spain?
Which red grape is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault?

Campari, gin and sweet red Vermouth are the ingredients in which cocktail?
Which spirit was given to sailors as a “daily tot” in the British Navy until 1970?
In Normandy, a “cafe calva” is made up of which two ingredients?
“Medicinal, smoky and oily, with notes of iodine, seaweed and heather” – which whisky-producing region are these tasting adjectives particularly associated with?
Wormwood, anise and fennel are the key ingredients in which spirit?

Which 1974 song by the band Queen quotes the line “She keeps Moët et Chandon /in her pretty cabinet / ‘Let them eat cake’ she says / just like Marie Antoinette”?
What are the three ingredients that make up Nancy Sinatra’s “Summer Wine”?
What are they drinking on ice in the Hotel California?
“Sugar Rum Cherry” by Duke Ellington is a jazz variation of which festive favourite?
“A bottle of white, a bottle of red, perhaps we’ll get a bottle of rose instead” is the opening line of which 1977 Billy Joel song?

Which actor portrayed the legendary wine critic, Steven Spurrier, in Bottle Shock (2009)?
A disorderly punter stumbles into the Penrith Tea Rooms and demands “the finest wines available to humanity” in which 1987 film?
Which wine does Paul Giamatti’s character refuse to drink in the 2004 film Sideways?
Which drink does Jack Torrance order at the hotel bar in The Shining (1980)?
Which drink is invented and named by James Bond in Casino Royale (2006)?

Meaning “little rascal” in the local dialect, the white grape Arneis comes from which Italian winemaking region?
In the Graves classification of 1959, how many Bordeaux chateaux are classified for both red and white wine?
In 2023, France, Italy and Spain were the largest wine producers in the world by volume. Which country was in fourth place?
Which spirit is made with a solid-state distillation and has 12 different flavour categories?
What type of still must Scotch malt whisky legally be distilled in?

Name three luxury commodities that the Widow Bourne sold from her shop at No.3 St James’s Street in 1698.
What is the symbol that hangs on our sign outside the Old Shop?
Which of these figures does not feature in our historic ledgers?
Lord Byron | Beau Brummell | Oscar Wilde | Napoleon III

To the nearest year, what is the vintage of the oldest bottle of wine in our cellars?