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What is a top French sparkling wine made from chardonnay and pinot noir, and is typically dry with high acidity and aromas of green fruits, lemons, and bread notes?

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Champagne

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What is a dry, medium-bodied French white wine made from sauvignon blanc, and is typically unoaked with high acidity and green fruit and herbaceous aromas?

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Sancerre

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What is a dry, light-bodied French white wine made from chardonnay, which is often unoaked with high acidity and has green fruit and lemon aromas?

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Chablis

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What is a white wine made from chardonnay in the Burgundy/Bourgogne area of France, is either oaked or unoaked, and dry, medium bodied with ripe fruit flavors?

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(White) Burgundy

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What is a dry, light-bodied red wine made with pinot noir from the Burgundy/Bourgogne area of France, and will often have low tannins and high acidity with red fruit and oak flavors?

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(Red) Burgundy

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What are mostly red wines with high acidity and tannins, dry and medium- to full-bodied with aromas of black fruits and oak? Typically a blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot, and produced in the Bordeaux region of France?

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Bordeaux Rouge

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What is a light-bodied sparkling white wine from Italy with green fruit and floral aromas, and can be either dry or medium sweetness?

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Prosecco

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What is a dry, sparkling wine from Spain with flavors of green fruit and citrus?

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Cava

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What is a California rosé that is unoaked, low alcohol with a medium level of sweetness and red fruit flavors?

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White zinfandel

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What is a dry, light-bodied red wine from France, unoaked with fresh red fruit flavors and low tannins?

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Beaujolais

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What is a dry, medium-bodied red wine from the Rhône Valley in France, with red fruit and pepper flavors, oaked or unoaked?

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Côtes du Rhône

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Dry, medium-bodied red wine from Central Italy, with high tannins and acidity, red fruit flavors and clove aromas from oak.

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Chianti

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What is a dry, medium- to full-bodied red wine from northern Spain, with red fruit and vanilla flavors?

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Rioja

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What is a dry, full-bodied, high-alcohol red wine from the Rhône Valley in France, with red fruit and clove flavors?

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Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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What is a sweet white wine from Bordeaux, generally full bodied with stone fruit, honey and vanilla flavors, and high acidity to balance it out?

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Sauternes

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What is a fortified white wine from Spain?

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Sherry

17
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What is a fortified wine from Portugal with elevated sweetness and high alcohol, typically red fruit aromas, full-bodied with high tannins and black fruit flavors?

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Port