Chapter 6 - Storage And Service

Question 1

Conditions for long term storage of wine ? (Temp, other factors)

Answer 1

Cool & constant, 10-15 degrees Celsius
No vibrations
Away from strong light
Wine w cork on side to ensure contact with the wine so it does t dry out and allow air into bottle

Question 2

How should an ice bucket be filled?

Answer 2

3/4 full with equal quantities of ice and water. Bottle should be fully surrounded by iced water. This allows thE water to transfer the heat from the bottle to melt the ice. Air acts as an insulator and bottle on ice alone will chill very slowly until some ice has melted.

Question 3

Temp for Med body/full bodied, oaked wine? Eg white burgundy, fumé blanc.

Answer 3

Lightly chilled, 10-13 degrees Celsius

Question 4

Temp for light/Med body white? Eg. Muscadet, Pinot Grigio, NZ sav Blanc, fino sherry

Answer 4

Chilled, 7-10 degrees

Question 5

Temp for sweet wines? E.g. Sauternes, sweet muscats

Answer 5

Well chilled, 6-8 degrees

Question 6

Temp for Sparkling wines?

Answer 6

Well chilled, 6-10 degrees

Question 7

Temp for light-bodied red? E.g. Beaujolais, Valpolicella

Answer 7

Lightly chilled 13 degrees

Question 8

Temp for Med/full bodied red? E.g. Red Bordeaux, red burgundy, Rioja, Australian Shiraz, chateauneuf-du-pape, Barolo,amarone della valpolicella, vintage port

Answer 8

Room temp, 15-18 degrees

Question 9

How many glasses will you get from a 750 ml bottle for each size of glass?
125 ml glasses?
175 ml glasses?
250 ml glasses?

Answer 9

6 x 125 ml
4 x 175 ml
3 x 250 ml

Question 10

Methods of preserving wine
Describe each of the following methods used to preserve open bottles of wine:
- vacuum system (what does it not work for?)
- blanket system

Answer 10

• vacuum: oxygen is removed from the bottle and the bottle is sealed. Not suitable for sparkling as the bubbles will still be lost.
• blanket: blanket the wine with a heavier gas than oxygen to form a protective layer between the wine and air.