Last time I took the advanced, there were so many questions on RIVERS that I thought I was in a nautical navigation test.
I'm going to name a river, you answer what wine region its in, and ask us another river.
OK, here we go:
Isle?
Dordogne, France, tributary of the Dordogne River?
Serein???
Serein is in Chablis.
Ngaruoruro?
Chinon
Bodrog?
Tokaji.
To clear up the answer to my previous post, for the Ngaruroro River, we were looking for the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand.
Main River?
Tributary of Rhine. Franken.
Agly River? And two more named_____ are important in this area?
Germany, goes through Franconia and also the site of Hocheim am Main in the Rheingau.
Struma?
Roussillon, and that would be Tech and Canterrane.
Struma again?
starts in Bulgaria, empties into Greece
Ruamahanga River?
North Island of New Zealand, bisects Wellington.
Okanagan?
British Columbia
Siurana?
Wow....Had to look up that one.
Lets try Biobio
Priorat was the Siurana
Biobio is in southern Chile, if it weren't for Otago, it would be the worlds most southern wine region.
Drome
Drome tributary of the Rhône River in SE France
Palouse?
Great exercise! Is there a good comprehensive rivers list somewhere?
I wish! I haven' t found one though. It would be a valuable document if anyone were to ever put one together.
Had to look up Palouse - SE Washington state by the Idaho border, a tributary of the Snake, with some awe-inspiring views:
www.flickr.com/.../160207750
Snake River tributary, Washington State
Mondego
sneaky. Its known as the River Dao, which gives the wine region it's name.
one, two, three, four, wheres that river ISONZO (everybody get up and get down)
Fruili
Guadalquivir?
Actually, NO. its collio (reminds me of Coolio, hence the lyrics.)
Cadiz,Spain
river Sava
wow, goes along the Croatian border, eventually connecting with the Danube.
Dora Baltea?
lol....
Valle d'Aosta
Kamp?
Austra, Kamptal
Tisza?
Tokaj, Hungary
Murrumbidgee?
Riverina; New South Wales
Minho?
Minho, Portugese border with Spain
Touws?
Klein Karoo and Worchester South Africa
Layon?
Coteaux du Layon in Anjou, the Loire Valley
Savuto?
Here is a list of the Rivers that we have used so far.
Isle - Dordogne, France
Serein - Chablis
Ngaruroro - Hawkes Bay
Sil - Ribeira Sacra
Lot - Cahors
Ebro - Rioja
Wairau - Marlborough
Ain - SW France, Jura/Savoie
Po/Tanaro - Alba/Asti
Vienne - Chinon
Bodrog - Tokaji
Main - Rhine(Franken)
Agly - Roussillon
Struma - Bulgaria/Greece
Ruamahanga - Wellington NZ
Okanagan -British Columbia
Siurana - Priorat
Biobio - Chile
Drome - Rhone/SE France
Palouse - Washington State
Mondego - Dao
Isonzo - Fruili
Guadalquivir - Cadiz Spain
Sava - Croatia
Dora Baltea - Valle d’Aosta
Kamp - Kamptal
Tisza - Tokaj
Murrumbidgee - Riverina - NSW
Minho - Portugese border of Spain
Touws - Klein Karoo/Worchester
Layon - Anjou
Savuto - Calabria
Savuto is in Calabria
Murray River?