##Below is excerpted from tests of the Contests.

BEST SOMMELIER ASIA-OCEANIE

QUESTIONS ANSWERS How can sparkling wine get carbonated? What does Recioto mean ? Where is it situated ?

Explain the following new crossings CROSSINGS Caladoc Chenel Marselan Gamaret

Name the 8 DAC regions of Austria What are the Crus Classé de Graves for White Wine in the classification of 1959?

Place the following DOCG in the right région DOCG Région Aglianico del Vulture Superieore Albana di Romagna Cannell ino di Frascati Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva Coll i di Conegliano Greco di Tufo Lison Pramaggiore Val di Cornia

For each of the following wine regions, indicate if it comes from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia or Slovakia Regions Country Eger Maribor Nicoresti Nitra (Nitr iansky) Plesivica Pleven Podluzi

State the 4 wards of Paarl, South Africa

For each of the following Argentinean sub-regions give the region Sub-Region Region Cafayate Famatina Valley Fiambala Valley Lujan/Maipu San Carlos San Patricio del Chanar Uco Valley Zonda Valley

Place the following Californian wines in their respective appellation Californian wines appellations Beringer Bancroft Ranch Merlot Flowers Chardonnay Melvil le Estate Syrah Navarro Gewurztraminer Ojai Bien Nacido Pinot Noir Peter Michael Les Pavots Phil ip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon Ridge Monte Bello Rochioli West Block Pinot Noir Shafer Hil lside Select

Place the following types of coffee in their respective country COFFEE COUNTRY AA Altura Kassandra Estate Blue Mountain Celebes Kalossi Cerrado Cerro d'Oro Kona Mandelhing Peaberry Yirgacheffe

Give the Rutherglen classif ication scale for their Sweet fort i f ied Muscat

Name the ingredients for each of the fol lowing cocktails Cocktail Ingredients Caipirinha Cosmopolitan Negroni Rusty Nail Side Card

Culatello is a specialty of Parma province in Italy, what would be the two ideals wines to match this "special Earth Pork Ham" evoking the regional tradit ion?�

WINE LIST CORRECTION Alta Vista Malbec Single Vineyard Alizarine Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina 2004

Koonunga Hil l Sémillon/Chardonnay – Rosemount – Austrália 2006

Falerno Del Mássico Vil la Mati lde - Basil icata - Ital ia 2004

Marqués de Murrieta Ygay Reserva – Ribera del Duero - España 2000

Riesling Lodge Hil l - Jim Barry – Adelaide Valley Australia 2003

Semi-final Blind Tasting

1- Riesling Leeuwen estate 2009 ART Serie Margaret River ( Australie)�2- Le Haut Medoc de Giscours. Haut-Medoc 2007 ( France)

Spirits:

Rhon Bacardi Apple�Tequila Jose Cervo ( Mexico)�Macallan Whisky 12 Years ( Ecosse)

Finale:

1- Riesling Trocken 2009 Nahe (Germany)�2- Chateau Fieuzal Pessac-Leognan 2004 ( France)�3- Marques de Caceres Rioja 2008 ( Spain)

Spirits

Bushmil ls 10 ans�Cachaca�Vodka absolut�Ice Apple Wine�Vin de fruits Korea Bokbunja Wine