Food & Drink - Wine
Across
- 2. Production of wine dates back to 6,000 BC in which country? (7)
- 4. Which Celtic people are thought to have developed the first wine barrels? (5)
- 6. Which grapes are used to make Chablis? (10)
- 8. Christian rite where wine is a fundamental element of the ceremony (9)
- 11. Near which German city was the oldest preserved wine bottle discovered in 1867? (6)
- 13. – Sauvignon, the world’s most extensively cultivated grape variety (8)
- 14. In which Middle Eastern country are the first wine glasses said to have originated? (5)
- 15. Spanish drink consisting of red wine and Coke (9)
- 16. Which country is the world’s largest producer of Chardonnay grapes? (6)
- 19. Sauvignon -, New Zealand’s hallmark grape (5)
- 21. Which Australian wine grape sometimes has a chocolate-like flavour? (6)
- 23. – di Ortona, Italian town that offers a free wine fountain (7)
Down
- 1. Which British King has an Aston Martin that runs of biofuel made from wine? (7)
- 3. – City, European country with the highest consumption of wine per capita? (7)
- 5. Which Greek philosopher said that ‘wine should only be consumed between the ages of 18 and 30’? (5)
- 7. Jan van -, creator of the first bottle of South African wine (8)
- 9. Which country has the oldest and largest wine cellar? (6)
- 10. Which grapes are used to make Barolo? (8)
- 12. Which wines triumphed over the French in the 1976 ‘Judgment of Paris’? (11)
- 15. Which white wine’s history dates back to the 13th century? (7)
- 17. What is the name of the juice primarily extracted from wine grapes? (4)
- 18. – World, classification of wines from Europe and the Middle East (3)
- 20. The Romans planted grapes in which North-eastern region of France? (9)
- 22. Which grape is identical to the grape known as Zinfandel? (9)