Weekly Wine Quiz: Windows On The World Complete Wine Course Giveaway Edition!

Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz, ~~you lushes~~ oh vino-inspired peoples!

This week, we are combining the quiz with a giveaway, the giveaway item happening to also be the source of said quiz: the brand-spankin’-new edition of Kevin Zraly’s excellent (and long-running) Windows On The World Complete Wine Course (worth about $20; I received a review copy).

Here’s the skinny on how this will work:

You post a comment on this here post with your guess for the correct answer to the quiz question on or before 11:59PM PT TODAY.
Tomorrow (December 8th), I will post the official answer, and randomly select a winner from those who answered correctly in the comments. You need to have a mailing address in the continental U.S. (and have commented with the correct answer… duh…) to be eligible to win.

Ready? Let’s do this!

(According to Kevin Zraly’s Windows On The World Complete Wine Course), what was the most planted red grape (by acreage) in California in 1970?

Cheers – and good luck!

Comments

passionatefoodie

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 9:06

Zinfandel.

(And Zraly''s book will make it to one of my year end lists for Favorite Introductory Wine Book)

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:05

Thanks, Richard. Tough to bet against Kevin, he’s a wine bad-ass (& very nice guy… & damn tall, though to me mist people are ” tall” :-).

JIm

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 9:09

And the answer is Zinfandel.

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:06

Thanks, Jim. Good luck!

ESR13

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 9:21

Going out on a limb here, but I'm going with Carignan(e).

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:06

ESR13 – bold choice! I’m a fan of that grape, though I seem to be in minority company on that lately. Cheers!

George Sliney

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 9:51

Zinfandel. My favorite varietal!

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:07

George – I do believe that you mean variety. Or varietal wine :-). We’ll let you slide this time!

MearaOnTheWall

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 9:53

Zinfandel, because of the popularity of White Zinfandel during that time.

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:07

Thanks, Meara!

Gary

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 9:54

Zinfandel

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:07

Thanks, Gary!

Dusty

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 10:56

Zinfandel, but don't pick me, I actually have it already!

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:05

Thanks, Dusty. Well, if your answer is correct and if you win, I'm sure we could find something from the wine book sample pool for you…

Amy Larson Downing

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:31

Zinfandel!

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 12:27

Thanks, Amy!

Leonard Land

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 11:43

I would guess Merlot

Todd - VT Wine Media

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 12:00

I'm going to guess old-school with Alicante Bouchet.
CA not my strong suit…as if I even had one.

Peter

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 12:07

PINOT!

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 12:28

PETER! :) Thanks.

Les Hubbard

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 12:08

Hey Joe, you weren’t old enough to be in California in 1970, but I was. So my answer would be Zinfandel. Amador County had an over abundance. So much so in fact that the Trinchero family had to invent a new wine, white Zinfandel. I suspect you secretly drink Sutter Home white Zin to accompany your gourmet dinners.

1WineDude

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 12:29

Les – you're on to me…! ;-)

Drew Matich

Friday, 7 December, 2012 at 13:03

Haven't read that book, but I'm going to go with one of the higher yield central valley grapes…let's go French Colombard (if I took two guesses, the other would be Chenin Blanc).