Wine Quiz Wine Through the Ages: Another History Quiz Oct 17, 2025 1 of 11 RIGHT! WRONG! Which U.S. Founding Father famously loved wine, especially Bordeaux? (Hint: Bottles thought to have belonged to him became the subject of a years-long legal battle fought by the billionaire enophile Bill Koch.) James Madison Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin George Washington It’s thought that this distinctively aromatic style of wine developed in ancient Greece from people using pine sap to line and seal amphorae: Dornish Wine Falanghina Assyrtiko Retsina In 1972, a blanc de blanc from this California sparkling wine house was served by President Nixon during his “Toast to Peace” to mark his historic state visit to China: Domaine Chandon Schramsberg Roederer Estate Domaine Carneros In 2024, researchers at the Mayo Clinic confirmed that Ludwig van Beethoven—a noted wine lover—had extremely high concentrations of lead in his hair when he died. The toxic heavy metal probably contributed to his many health problems, including deafness. But how might he have been exposed to lead in the first place? Ivory piano keys were coated with lead to prevent yellowing. Sweet-tasting lead compounds were commonly added to cheap wine. People drank wine out of lead goblets. Both B and C One of the first wine writers, this Roman thinker meticulously detailed types of grapes, best practices in viticulture and winemaking, moderate drinking’s health effects and much more in his writings: Pliny the Elder Lucan Horace Cicero Wines from which of these regions tended to be made in a sweet style until the mid-19th century, when the dry style prominent today began to come into fashion? Barolo Napa Valley Champagne Both A and C Who was not one of the 19th-century pioneers of winegrowing in Napa Valley? George Yount Robert Mondavi Charles Krug John Patchett In Greek mythology, these figures are the female followers of Dionysus, the god of wine. They are often depicted in ancient art dancing in wine-inspired ecstasy: Graces Hesperides Maenads Muses In 1980, Missouri’s Augusta became the first officially recognized American Viticultural Area. What was the second? Finger Lakes Napa Valley Sonoma Valley Santa Cruz Mountains Every year, Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph sent Queen Victoria bottles of this sweet wine for her birthday: Trockenbeerenauslese Tokaji Vin Santo Sauternes In the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer repeatedly uses the phrase oînops póntos to describe the Mediterranean sea. What is its traditional English translation? Wine-drunk sea Wine-happy sea Wine-dark sea Wine-red sea Next Results Your score is Retake this quiz
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