15 days to go Flashcards
in what AVA would you find the Bien Nacido Vineyard?
Santa Maria AVA
Spieglau Glassware is from what country?
Germany
How many 4oz glasses can be poured from a 375mL bottle?
3
What is meant by a vineyard planted ‘En Foule?’
No rows or spacing, literally ‘in a crowd’
What about AxR1 allowed it to be susceptible to Phylloxera?
It had vinifera as its parentage
What is velcorin?
anti-microbial that is used to sterilize wine- dimethyl dicarbonate if you want to be a geek
how does a smudge pot help control frost?
Convection warms cold air pockets
Where is Pritchard Hill?
East side of Napa benches above Rutherford
what four countries make up Austria’s eastern border?
Czech, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia
What DOCs are available to a producer in Montalcino producing a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon?
Sant’Animo DOC
What is the main grape of the Goumenissa PDO
xinomavro
Where is the Guenoc Valley AVA?
Lake AVA, Lake County
what is a bidule?
plastic cap in the neck of a champagne bottle that is expelled during riddling
Calistoga AVA is adjacent to what Sonoma AVA?
Knights Valley
What body of water forms the Eastern coast of Bulgaria and Romania?
the black sea
what are the aging requirements for amarone della valpolicella riserva?
4 years from nov 1st
what is the acceptable range of residual sugar for a champagne labelled Demi sec?
32-50g/l
what is the German word for Rosé wine?
rotling
Name 5 Islands for scotch production
Arran, Jura, Skye, Orkney, Islay, Mull
what is the minimum RS for Port?
17.5g/l
What is the northernmost cru of Barolo?
Verduno
On what river would you find the AOC’s of Quincy and Reuilly?
The Cher
what is the grape of pouilly-sur-loire?
chasselas
In Alsace GC Zotzenberg, how much silvaner must be in the bottle to label GC Zotzenberg Silvaner?
100%
What two Bourgogne Grand Cru appellations can use additional geographic denominations?
Chablis Grand Cru and Corton
Can Meursault AOC declassify its red wine to Cote de Beaune Villages? 2: Can Meursault declassify it’s white wine to cote de Beaune villages?
1:Yes 2:no
where is the Grosse Läge of Gräfenberg
Kiedrich, Rheingau
Explain the VDP term Ortswein 2: Name an Ortswein in the Rheingau
village lots of choices- any village really, schloss vollrads is super classic
Name 2 of the 4 vineyards excluded from the 1971 German wine law
schloss Vollrads, Forster Kirchenstuck, Forster freundstuck, bernkastler doktor
