Trivia Contest: Five Things You Likely Did Not Know About the Rhone Rangers

Photo from Steve Edmunds Lifetime Achievement Award event
From left to right: Patrick Comiskey, Randall Grahm* (second from the left), Bob Lindquist*, Bill Easton*, Steve Edmunds*,
Adam Tolmach, John Buechsenstein, and Frederic Cline*  
* indicates Lifetime Achievement Award winner

I came home from Trivia Night at a local club I belong to right after all the Rhone Rangers festivities and this was the result. Enjoy!

1. Three of the Rhone Rangers lifetime achievement award winning winemakers sold wine in retail shops before becoming winemakers. Who were they?

2. True or False: The “Estrella” clone brought to Paso Robles by Gary Eberle was from a French vineyard and was “imported” illegally by two U.C. Davis professors whose identities were not revealed until after their deaths. 

3. Not one but two wine retailers in California helped the first Rhone winemakers from the US "discover" Rhones. Who were they? 

4. How many years did it take to get the first Vaccarese vine imported into California? 

5. How much Syrah is planted in Washington compared to California? 

Answers - click here. 

(Note: All of the winemakers featured use organically grown grapes or have certified organic vineyards.)