Merry Christmas!
We hope you had a lovely time with your family and friends and you’re enjoying this blissful time when no one knows what day it is or what we’re supposed to be doing.
Other than this, that is…
Here it is!
What you’ve been waiting for all year…
The Somerled Blog Annual Christmas Quiz!
Post your answers in the comments or send them to me via email and you could be in the running for a fabulous prize (still to be agreed upon and signed off by Lucy! But I promise it will be fabulous!)
1. What variety is Rob’s newest wine?
a) Sangiovese
b) Lagrein
c) Nebbiolo
d) Nero d’Avola
2. On the Somerled Wine Days calendar, which “day” commemorates Lucy’s birthday (which, by the way, I missed mentioning this year – sorry Lucy!)?
a) Somerled Pinot Noir and McDonald’s Quarter Pounder (with extra onion) Day
b) Somerled Shiraz and Beef Pie Day
c) Somerled Chardonnay and Stirling Chicken & Chips Day
d) Somerled Fumé Blanc and Battered SA Whiting, Chips & Tartare, Hold The Dill Day
3. What is our “current” vintage of Shiraz?
a) 2010
b) 2016
c) 2021
d) 2022
4. What does OTBN stand for?
a) Online trading and banking network
b) Octopuses Trying Breakdancing Moves
c) Open THAT Bottle Night
d) Outer-space Time-Travel Broadcast Network
5. What is our 2023 Rose made from?
a) Pinot Noir
b) Tempranillo
c) Shiraz
d) Cabernet Sauvignon
6. According to Rabobank’s Wine Quarterly Q3 2023 report what is the size of Australia’s over-supply of wine?
a) we don’t have an over supply
b) 500,000 litres
c) 2 billion litres
d) A couple of dozen bottles
7. A vineyard in WA is using which animal to help control snails?
a) Sheep
b) Dogs
c) Ducks
d) Rats
8. A group of furious French winemakers protested cheap Spanish wine imports by hurling dozens of crates of Spanish sparkling wine off a lorry at the French/Spanish border back in October.
True or false?
Submit your answers before next week’s blog and you’ll go into the draw for that wonderful prize (you know it will involve wine, so of course it’s going to be wonderful!).
The winner be be announced next week.
Until then…
Happy New Year!
May it be filled with all the great things you deserve – love, happiness and of course, Somerled wine!