Drinks-knowledge quiz
Wine — without the swirling.
Old World, New World, grapes you actually meet, why a wine smells of pencils — a pop quiz on what's in the glass.
Wine is a subject that grows scarier the more you read. Quizine's wine questions are aimed at the friendly middle ground: enough to read a wine list with confidence and enough to know roughly what's going on in a glass. We cover the grapes you actually meet — chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, pinot noir, syrah, tempranillo and the rest — the major Old World regions and their New World mirrors, why a wine smells of one thing rather than another, and how oak, age and temperature change the experience. Multiple choice, short explanations, no spitting required.
Three sample questions
Have a think, then tap to reveal the answer. The real quiz adapts in difficulty as you go.
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Champagne, the sparkling wine, must legally come from where?
Reveal answer
B. The Champagne region of north-east France
'Champagne' is a protected designation: only sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France, by the traditional method, can use the name. Sparkling wine made the same way elsewhere goes by other names — Crémant in other parts of France, Cava in Spain, Franciacorta in Italy.
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When wine pros describe a wine's 'body', they usually mean:
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B. Its weight and viscosity in the mouth
Body is the perceived weight and richness of the wine on the palate — a Mosel Riesling can be light-bodied, a Napa Cabernet full-bodied. It's driven by alcohol, residual sugar, glycerol, and dissolved solids, not by colour or age.
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Malolactic fermentation in winemaking is the conversion of:
Reveal answer
B. Malic acid into lactic acid by lactic-acid bacteria
Malolactic fermentation (MLF) is a secondary fermentation in which lactic-acid bacteria convert the sharper malic acid (apple-like) into the rounder lactic acid (milky). It softens acidity and can produce buttery, creamy notes — famously in oaked Chardonnay and most red wines. It is usually suppressed in crisp whites like Riesling.
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It is not. We try to use the kind of language a friendly waiter would use — useful, not performative. If a question uses a technical word, the explanation breaks it down.
How do the levels work?
Three levels of difficulty. You start at level one and the quiz nudges you up after a short run of correct answers; a couple of wrong ones drops you back down. The aim is to keep you on questions that are just hard enough to be interesting.
How long does a session take?
Five minutes is normal. Most people answer eight to twelve questions and come back the next day. The daily challenge is three questions on purpose — easy to keep up with.
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