Even though September is half gone, you still have time to celebrate
California's wine industry at festivities up
and down the Golden
State. Use your keyboard
to take this roadtrip or find an event or tasting near you.
Photo courtesy Wine Institute of California
Just how much do you know about California's wine industry? Find out by
taking this quiz based on the latest (2011) statistics provided by The Wine Institute.
Check your answers below. For each incorrect answer, your assignment is to open and share a bottle of California wine from a producer or region new to you. For each correct answer, please do the same for any of your favorite California wines.
Check your answers below. For each incorrect answer, your assignment is to open and share a bottle of California wine from a producer or region new to you. For each correct answer, please do the same for any of your favorite California wines.
A perfect score of 100% gives you the go-ahead to purchase
or open a California
wine from your special-occasion or wish list.
Good luck and salute!
1) Who is the world's fourth-leading wine producer after France, Italy
and Spain?
2) True or False: California
accounts for 90% of all wine made in the United States.
3) How many tourists visit California's wine regions in a year?
a) 1
million
b) 5
million
c) 15
million
d) More
than 20 million
4) True or False: Over the past 20 years, the number of
bonded California
wineries has grown by more than 100%.
5) True or False: Most of California's 3,540 bonded wineries
are family owned.
6) What is the
economic impact of California's
wine industry on the state?
a) $557
million
b) $12.3
billion
c) $61.5
billion
d) $121.8
billion
7) Compared to other agricultural crops, where do California wine grapes
rank in terms of statewide importance by value?
a) #1
b) In the
top three
c) #5
d) Not in
the top ten
8) True or False: California
grows more than 110 different varieties of grapes.
9) Of California's
58 counties, how many grow wine grapes?
a) Less
than 20
b) About
half, or 26
c) Most of
them, or 48
d) All 58
10) California wine
accounts for what percent of all wine sold in the United States?
a) 90%
b) 75%
c) 60%
d) 50%
Answers:
1. California (also
accepted: United States)
2. True
3. d
4. True
5. True
6. c (Note: Answer d
is the national economic impact of California's
wine industry.)
7. b
8. True
9. c
10. c (Note: All wine sold in the U.S. includes imported bottles.)
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Let us know what you're drinking as we raise our glasses to California
wine, the pride of our Golden
State.
