Wine quiz

Ask.com put the most-asked wine questions on its site to Tom Wark, a wine publicist and blogger. Can you answer all of them?

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  • 1. How many calories are in a glass of wine?

    • A. 65 calories

    • B. 127 calories

    • C. 180 calories

  • 2. How do I make wine?

    • A. Grapes or other fruits are crushed and combined with yeast, sugar and water. The fruit ferments and creates wine.

    • B. Grapes are crushed and combined with sugar, and then fermented.

    • C. Fermented grapes are mixed with barley and sugar and left to age in casks.

  • 3. What is port wine?

    • A. A wine made with grapes from overseas.

    • B. A wine made with fruit other than grapes.

    • C. A fortified, sweet red wine that originated in the Douro Valley of Portugal.

  • 4. How many bottles of wine are in a case?

    • A. 12 750-milliliter bottles

    • B. 24 one-liter bottles

    • C. 12 one-liter bottles

  • 5. What is Marsala wine?

    • A. A fortified wine named for the Sicilian city of Marsala.

    • B. A white wine that is served with dessert.

    • C. A wine made with Marsala grapes.

  • 6. What wine goes best with chicken?

    • A. Generally, a red wine.

    • B. Generally, a white wine.

    • C. Generally, a rose wine.

  • 7. Who is the god of wine?

    • A. Pan

    • B. Bacchus

    • C. Zeus

  • 8. How long does wine last once opened?

    • A. Wine is good for about a day after opening if it is recorked. White wine should be refrigerated.

    • B. Wine is good for about a week after opening if it is recorked. White wine should be refrigerated.

    • C. Wine is good for about four days after opening if it is recorked. White wine should be refrigerated.

  • 9. How do I remove red wine spills from carpet?

    • A. Blot, wet, blot, baking soda, vacuum

    • B. Blot, hydrogen peroxide

    • C. Baking soda, vacuum

  • 10. What is the best way to open a bottle of wine?

    • A. Screw corkscrew through foil and pull cork out.

    • B. Remove foil, screw corkscrew through cork, pull cork out.

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