The wine/trivia nexus

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Mark Lipton
In addition to chatting about wine on the Internet, I also compete in an online quiz league with a number of other long-time Jeopardy aspirants and champions. In this weeks competition, two wine-related questions arose:
[NB: if anyone reading this competes in OQL, stop reading now if you haven’t competed in this weeks matches]

1. The scale named for a German engineer that measures sucrose content in grape juice

2. The two grape varieties, one red and one white, used to make balsamic vinegar. The white is also used to make Cognac and Armagnac; the red makes a sweet sparkling wine.

I got one of the two in Q2 but missed Q1.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
The wine/trivia nexusIn addition to chatting about wine on the Internet, I also compete in an online quiz league with a number of other long-time Jeopardy aspirants and champions. In this weeks competition, two wine-related questions arose:
[NB: if anyone reading this competes in OQL, stop reading now if you haven’t competed in this weeks matches]

1. The scale named for a German engineer that measures sucrose content in grape juice

2. The two grape varieties, one red and one white, used to make balsamic vinegar. The white is also used to make Cognac and Armagnac; the red makes a sweet sparkling wine.

I got one of the two in Q2 but missed Q1.

Mark Lipton
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Oechsle.
 
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by MLipton:
The wine/trivia nexusIn addition to chatting about wine on the Internet, I also compete in an online quiz league with a number of other long-time Jeopardy aspirants and champions. In this weeks competition, two wine-related questions arose:
[NB: if anyone reading this competes in OQL, stop reading now if you haven’t competed in this weeks matches]

1. The scale named for a German engineer that measures sucrose content in grape juice

2. The two grape varieties, one red and one white, used to make balsamic vinegar. The white is also used to make Cognac and Armagnac; the red makes a sweet sparkling wine.

I got one of the two in Q2 but missed Q1.

Mark Lipton
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Oechsle.
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Exactly what I said, Claude, and it was wrong. The correct answer was Brix. Go figger. Named for Adolph Brix.

Mark Lipton
 
oeschle should also be correct.

from wikipedia:

"The Oechsle scale is a hydrometer scale measuring the density of grape must,[1] which is an indication of grape ripeness and sugar content used in wine-making. It is named for Ferdinand Oechsle (17741852) and it is widely used in the German, Swiss and Luxembourgish wine-making industries.
 
originally posted by robert ames:
oeschle should also be correct.

from wikipedia:

"The Oechsle scale is a hydrometer scale measuring the density of grape must,[1] which is an indication of grape ripeness and sugar content used in wine-making. It is named for Ferdinand Oechsle (17741852) and it is widely used in the German, Swiss and Luxembourgish wine-making industries.
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Yeah, I placed an appeal, but in the end it didn't affect the outcome of the match. Arguably, Oechsle wasn't an engineer. He was an inventor, though, so the case can certainly be made.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Cole Kendall:
I think the Balsamic question is wrong; per the rules I see (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32009R0583#d1e32-8-1) the allowed varieties include more grapes:

è necessario che il mosto sia ottenuto dai seguenti vitigni: Lambruschi, Sangiovese, Trebbiani, Albana, Ancellotta, Fortana, Montuni[.]
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It doesn't particularly surprise me that they didn't get it quite right. In their eyes, it was Lambrusco (my answer) and Trebbiano, which until that moment I didn't recall went into Cognac and Armagnac.

ETA: OK, I just checked. I actually guessed for fun that the other grape was Ugni Blanc. I now see that it's another name for Trebbiano.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by robert ames:
oeschle should also be correct.

from wikipedia:

"The Oechsle scale is a hydrometer scale measuring the density of grape must,[1] which is an indication of grape ripeness and sugar content used in wine-making. It is named for Ferdinand Oechsle (17741852) and it is widely used in the German, Swiss and Luxembourgish wine-making industries.
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Yeah, I placed an appeal, but in the end it didn't affect the outcome of the match. Arguably, Oechsle wasn't an engineer. He was an inventor, though, so the case can certainly be made.

Mark Lipton
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back in the day, i wonder how much difference and/or distinction there was between being an inventor and being an engineer.
 
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