1 Cristal
2 dont know, but south of San Fran for sure and Tuscany?
3 Trick question? Greg Norman, who has wines with his name on, but doesnt own a winery
4 Bacchus
5 American, or Californian maybe
bonus = no idea, but surely i should get 0.33 points as there are only 3 answers

1. Louis Roderer - Cristal
2. Paso Robles & Santa Barbra, Bordeaux
3. Olivia Newton John
4. Dionysus
5. American? I do know that Hartford Family Wines and Iron Horse have been used
Bonus: Hmmm … I’ll go with Aramis

@scroll … I think Rodolphe is taking it easy on us this time. His last quiz on Italy had all of us stumped. By the way, we didn’t see your answers!

1. The answer, of course, is Cristal
http://www.snooth.com/search/cristal

Jay-Z’s favorite tipple is now the even more expensive “Ace of Spades”
http://www.snooth.com/search/armand+de+brignac

I wonder whether Beyoncé prefers it too?

1 point to Dan, Philip, John and Mark

2. I had asked for a valley in the Sideways question – the Santa Ynez Valley. Santa Barbara gets only ½ credit. As for Max Skinner, his inheritance was in Provence, or, specifically, in the Luberon, although I am not sure that is ever specified in the movie. This totally unheralded wine-flick was shot in the Luberon and provides good insight into why our very own Philip left the high finance world of London.

¾ point to Dan, ¼ point to Mark & John

3. Perhaps Robert Redford is too busy with Sundance? We are waiting for him to show the world the vinous potential of Utah’s Wasatch range!

Greg Norman – With partners Beringer Blass, Greg’s created one of Australia’s biggest names
http://www.snooth.com/search/greg+norman

Francis Ford Coppola – Transformed Gustave Niebaum’s property into one of the best!
http://www.snooth.com/search/niebaum+coppola

Mario Andretti – His racing skill has yet to rub off in Napa.
http://www.snooth.com/search/andretti

Ernie Els – What else can you sink your money into in South Africa?
http://www.snooth.com/search/ernie+els

Olivia Newton John has Koala Blue – a newish Australian brand
http://www.snooth.com/search/koala+blue

1 point to Dan

4. Dionysus or Dionysos was the Greek god of wine and intoxication. In Rome, he was known as Bacchus.

1 point to John and Dan, ½ to Mark and Philip.

5. In the late 1960s, LBJ declared that all wines served at the White House must be American. Subsequent Presidents have yet to modify this (although Nixon is famous for drinking French Champagne while everyone else at the state dinner had bubbly from California).

Philip - serving only California wine would be unfair to the wines of the great state of North Dakota, don’t you think?

1 point to Dan, Philip, Mark & John

Bonus. A quick Snooth search reveals that the Australian winery is indeed named Aramis, Porthos is the name of a retailer in San Rafael, CA and poor Athos shares his name with an autonomous monastic state in Greece… which may or may not produce wine.
http://www.snooth.com/search/aramis

1 point to Dan and John

So the final scores are:
5 ¾ points – Dan stomps all over this “easier” quiz.
4 ¼ points – John running in second…again!
2 ¾ points – Mark shows off his newfound knowledge
2 ½ points – Philip is downgraded from “hold” to “sell” after failing to meet expectations.
-1,543,261 points - Sroll for complaining that it was easy, yet not submitting answers!

Maybe Sroll can make up the deficit on the next (harder?) one?

The man was posed a negatively loaded question and gave a bemused answer, constrained in the print interview to solicit controversy. If someone judges the Rouzaud statements to be racist, let it at least be based on facts.

Readers interested in reading more about this (and reading the correct quote), should look at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5056744.stm