FRENCH WINE SCHOLAR EXAMINATION
SET 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● Which wine region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Answer:
Middle Loire
● Where does the Loire rank in size amongst French wine regions?
Answer: largest
● Where does the Loire rank amongst French sparkling regions?
Answer: 2nd, after Champagne
● Where does the Loire rank in AOC produciton amongst French wine
regions? Answer: 3rd, after Bordeaux and Rhone
● Where did Joan of Arc meet the future King Charles VII? Answer:
Chinon
● How were the Dutch interested in the Loire for wine? Answer: wanted
white cultivars for their brandewjin
● What Loire grapes were used for the Dutch brandewijn? Answer:
Muscadet & Folle Blanche
, ● Where was the Loire in the timing of Phylloxera? Answer: one of that
last hit, one of the last to recover
● What is the first AOC of the Loire? Answer: Quincy in 1936
● Approximately, how many AOCs are in the Loire? Answer: 70
● What 2 bodies of water affect the Loire? Answer: Loire River &
Atlantic Ocean (Gulf Stream)
● What is the name of the Lower Loire? Answer: Pays Nantais
● What is the climate of Pays Nantais? Answer: maritime
● What is the name of the Middle Loire? Answer: Anjou/Saumur and
Tourain
● What is the climate of the Anjou/Saumur & Touraine region? Answer:
maritime climate with continental influences
● What is the climate of the Upper Loire? Answer: continental
SET 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● Which wine region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Answer:
Middle Loire
● Where does the Loire rank in size amongst French wine regions?
Answer: largest
● Where does the Loire rank amongst French sparkling regions?
Answer: 2nd, after Champagne
● Where does the Loire rank in AOC produciton amongst French wine
regions? Answer: 3rd, after Bordeaux and Rhone
● Where did Joan of Arc meet the future King Charles VII? Answer:
Chinon
● How were the Dutch interested in the Loire for wine? Answer: wanted
white cultivars for their brandewjin
● What Loire grapes were used for the Dutch brandewijn? Answer:
Muscadet & Folle Blanche
, ● Where was the Loire in the timing of Phylloxera? Answer: one of that
last hit, one of the last to recover
● What is the first AOC of the Loire? Answer: Quincy in 1936
● Approximately, how many AOCs are in the Loire? Answer: 70
● What 2 bodies of water affect the Loire? Answer: Loire River &
Atlantic Ocean (Gulf Stream)
● What is the name of the Lower Loire? Answer: Pays Nantais
● What is the climate of Pays Nantais? Answer: maritime
● What is the name of the Middle Loire? Answer: Anjou/Saumur and
Tourain
● What is the climate of the Anjou/Saumur & Touraine region? Answer:
maritime climate with continental influences
● What is the climate of the Upper Loire? Answer: continental