Brief History and Type of Wines Flashcards
What is wine-making?
A process of fermenting juices of ripe grapes
What are the chemical reactions in process?
- Yeast converts natural sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide ( C02)
- CO2 either escapes into the air or is trapped in wine bottles to produce sparkling wine and Champagne.
What are the combination of wine elements?
- Producer
- Vintage
- Varietal
What is a producer?
An establishment of where wine is made. (typically, wines are made of diff combinations grapes from diff vineyard)
What is vintage?
The year which the grapes are harvest (picked) and the staring of wine-making process.
What is varietal?
Type of wine grapes used.
What are the diff type of table wines?
- Red
- White
- Rose
Define table wine?
Term to identify wines with alcohol content that doesn’t exceed 15% by volume
Define still wine?
Wine which doesn’t contain bubbles.
3 characteristic of red wines?
- hearty, full-bodied and typically dry ( wine lacks sweetness)
What is the color of red wine?
Color range from:
Deep crimson red -> purple -> reddish-orange -> rust.
(Colors depends on type of grapes and the age of wine)
What are the temperature of red wine when it served?
Typically served at temperature of 15 degree Celsius - 22 degree Celsius.
( red wine typically aren’t refrigerated)
What’s the flavors range of white wine?
Ranging from very dry to very sweet.
What’s the color range of white wines?
Color range from:
pale straw -> bright yellow -> gold
Which type of white wines are usually served as dessert?
The sweetest white wines.
What’s the temperature of white wine when served?
Temperature range between 10 - 15 degree Celsius.
What/ how rose wines are made of?
It is made from red grapes. ( However, the juice is extracted from the grape skin earlier, thus leaving a palish color liquid.)
What’s the color of rose wine?
Color range:
Pale red -> pink -> salmon
( rose wine are a.k.a blush wines)
What sort of taste do you get from rose wine?
- Light, fruity taste ( similar to white )
rose wine are not fermented long hence residual sugar resides
What can we referred sparkling wine as?
” Champagne “
Only wines from Champagne region of France can be called as Champagne
What’s the 3 types of sparkling wine?
- It comes in red, white, and blush.
Define fortified wines?
- Wines which contain extra alcohol/ brandy.
What’s the alcohol % of fortified wines?
Alcohol % between 17-19%
What’s the legal alcohol limit of the fortified wines?
24%
Define aperitifs? ( category of fortified wine)
- Aperitif (Latin: to open).
- Also known as aromatized as they’re flavored with herbs and spices.
When is aperitif fortified wine drank?
- They are sip/ consume before dinner. ( To stimulate appetite and digestion)
When’s dessert wines consume?
- its consume at end of meals.
What’s the flavor and intensity of dessert wines?
- They’re rich, sweat and heavy
- Norm imbibed (consume, drank) in small quantities)
What’s late harvest wine made of?
- made of over ripen grapes on vines for max sugar content.
Are dessert wines fortified?
- No. however they’re listed in the dessert-wine category.
What’s sake?
- Beverage made from rice.
List of 3 sake categories.
- Hojonzo ,Junmai, Futsu-shu
What is honjozo?
A premium sake with additional alcohol added to enriched it with smoother taste.
What’s Junmai?
Its pure sake and classified according to the % level of rice hull removed in the polishing process.
What’s futsu-shu?
Known as ‘house wine’ which is inexpensive sake.
Define Sochu and names called in Japan, Korea, China.
- It means burned liquor.
Japan - shochu
Korea - soju
China - shaojiu
What’s Shochu made of?
It can be made of rice, barley, soba, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, tapioca and chestnuts.
