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German pradikatswein levels in ascending order?

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Kabinett, spatlese, auslese, beerenauslese, eiswein, trockenbeerenauslese

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Main grape variety for rosé wines?

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Grenache

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Asti wine: what is the colour, style and aroma?

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Lemon, sweet and light bodied, aroma is pronounced and floral

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Flavour of Carmenere?

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Spicy and herbaceous

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Flavour of Zinfandel?

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Black fruit, prune and liquorice

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Flavour of Pinot noir?

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Strawberry, raspberry, farmyard

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Flavour of Brunello di Montalcino?

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Plum, Earth, tomato, tea

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Flavour of Chateauneuf du Pape?

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Red fruit, black pepper, leather

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Aroma of Sauv Blanc?

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Gooseberry and grass

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Aroma of Chardonnay?

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Citrus fruit, butter cream when oaked

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Aroma of Riesling?

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Honey, petrol

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Aroma of Pinot noir?

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Strawberry, raspberry, poo

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Aroma of Shiraz?

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Black pepper

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Aroma of Cabernet Sauvignon?

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Blackcurrant, mint

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Aroma of merlot?

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Plum, black fruit, chocolate

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Aroma of Grenache?

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Leather, high alcohol, thin skin (not much colour)

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Aroma of torrontes?

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Floral, green fruit

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Aroma of Sangiovese?

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Cherry, high acidity

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Aroma of Riesling/Gewurtztraminer?

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Lychee, rose water

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Key region: valdepenas. Where is it?

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Spain

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Key region: muscadet. Which specific region in France, what grape, what colour and is it dry or sweet?

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Loire valley, melon Blanc, dry white

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Key region: Eden valley. Where and what wine type?

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Australia, Riesling

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Key region: Baden. Where and what type of wine. What’s notable about the wine?

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Germany, perfumed Pinot noir

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Characteristics of American oak?

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Imparts more flavour, stronger, vanilla and coconut

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Characteristics of french oak?

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Subtle, toast and nutty

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25
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Characteristics of small new oak barrels?

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Impart most flavour

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Characteristics of oak essence?

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Cheap way to infuse oak

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Grapevines need… (Six things)

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Good drainage (most important), co2, water, warmth, sunlight, nutrients

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Can machine harvesting produce good quality grapes?

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Yes

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Would a higher yield (more bunches) produce a better or worse quality fruit than lower yield?

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More dilute.

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30
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Where on the tongue do we detect sweetness?

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Tip of tongue

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31
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How do we detect tannins when tasting?

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Dry gums, taste of bitterness

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32
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Climate in a landmass?

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Hotter summers, cooler winters

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Climate near an ocean?

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Tends to be moderate temperature

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What does a cool climate mean for the wine?

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More acidity, less alcohol, not as rich

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What does a hot climate mean for the wine?

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Less acidity, more alcohol, richer

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During a season, do acids decrease/increase? Do sugars increase/decrease?

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Acids decrease. Sugars increase

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Blending. What goes with cab sav?

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Merlot (esp in Bordeaux, hawkes bay NZ and Maipo valley in chile)

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Blending. What goes with Syrah?

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Grenache (eg. Southern Rhone - Chateauneuf du pape)

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Blending. What goes with Semillion?

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Sauv Blanc (eg Sauternes)

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There are four different ways to make sweet wine.

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Sun dry the grapes.
Stop fermentation early.
Botrytis.
Iced grapes.

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Name four full bodied long lived wines

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Brunello di montalcino, Barolo, cru classe Bordeaux, barossa Shiraz

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Name three white burgundies (Chardonnays)

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Meursault, Montrachet, Pouilly fuisse

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What are ideal tasting conditions (three)

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Good natural light.
No odours (smoking/perfume).
White background.

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Where do they use gyropalettes?

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Champagne

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Where do the lightest and most elegant Rieslings come from?

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Mosel, Germany

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Sherry. When is it fortified?

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At the end of fermentation

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47
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Sherry. Dry or sweet?

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Always dry unless cream or artificial sweetener is added.

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Sherry. Name the two main styles and brief characteristics.

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Fino pale (blanket of flor protects). 
Oloroso (oxidised, no flor, brown colours)
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Name all four styles of sherry.

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Fino - pale, manzanilla - pale, amontillado - deep amber, oloroso - brown

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50
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Port. When is it fermented?

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Halfway through fermentation with spirit

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51
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Is port sweet or dry?

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Always sweet

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52
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What are the two main styles of port and characteristics?

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Tawny (aged in a barrel for 10/20/30/40 years). Pale and tawny in colour.
Vintage, purple, long lines, may need to put down.

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53
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How many units are eliminated in one hour?

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1

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54
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I unit is how many mg of alcohol?

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10mg

55
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What would denote a fault?

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Corked (smells of cardboard, musty).

Oxidised (dull, stale, sherry)

56
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What does this mean on a label? Moelleux

A

Medium sweet (french)

57
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What does this mean on a label? Sec

A

Dry (french)

58
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What does this mean on a label? Halbtrocken

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Medium dry (German)

59
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What does this mean on a label? Trocken

A

Dry (German)

60
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Spain oak ageing in order of increasing age

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Crianza, reserva, gran reserva

61
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Where would you find a wine made sur lie?

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Muscadet (melon Blanc grape)

62
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Ageing classifications for tequila in increasing age

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Plata (silver), reposado (aged 2 months), anejo (aged 1 year+)

63
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What happens if you add press wine to new made wine?

A

Increase tannin content

64
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Classic food match: Sauternes

A

Fois gras

65
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Classic food match: port

A

Stilton

66
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Classic food match: fino

A

Olives

67
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Classic food match: Malbec

A

Rare steak

68
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Which country is this appellation? IGT

A

Italy

69
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Which country is this appellation? Vino de la terra

A

Spain

70
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Which country is this appellation? AC

A

France

71
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Which country is this appellation? Vino rosso

A

Italy

72
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Which country is this appellation? Vino blanco

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Spain

73
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Which country is this appellation? Vin de pays

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France

74
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Which country is this appellation? Pradikatswein

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Germany

75
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What’s a similar wine to: meursault

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Montrachet

76
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What’s a similar wine to: pommard

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Gevrey chambertin or Nuits Saint georges

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What’s a similar wine to: Sancerre

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Pouilly fume

78
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What’s a similar wine to: Saint emillion

A

Pomerol

79
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Pouilly fuisse: what region and what grape

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Macon, burgundy. Chardonnay.

80
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What grape? Bordeaux ac

A

Merlot

81
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What grape? Chablis ac

A

Chardonnay

82
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What grape? Paulliac and Margaux ac

A

Cabernet with some merlot

83
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What grape? Vouvray

A

Chenin Blanc

84
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What grape? Muscadet

A

Melon Blanc

85
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What grape? Hermitage & cote rotie

A

Syrah

86
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What grape? Chateauneuf du pape

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Grenache, syrah, Mourvèdre

87
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What is the style of Trebbiano

A

Dry white wine

88
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What is the style of fino sherry

A

Bone dry fortified from palomino grapes

89
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What is the style of Beaujolais

A

Light fruity red, gamay grapes

90
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What is the style of verdicchio

A

Dry crisp Italian white

91
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What is the style of tokaji

A

Lusciously sweet wine from botrytis, Hungary

92
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What is flor?

A

Yeast that determines style of sherry. Made in the solera system.

93
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Three examples of traditional method sparking wines?

A

Champagne (France).
Cremant (France).
Cava (Spain).

94
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Two examples of tank method sparkling wines

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Asti (sweet, Italy), Prosecco (dry, Italy).

Sekt (Germany).

95
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Whereabouts do you find cognac and Armagnac?

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Cognac - North of Bordeaux.

Armagnac - south of Bordeaux.

96
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What are the ascending ageing limits of cognac?

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VS, VSOP, XO

97
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Whereabouts would you find: bolgheri

A

Tuscany

98
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Whereabouts would you find: gimbletts gravels

A

Hawkes bay, NZ

99
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Whereabouts would you find: valdepenas

A

Spain

100
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Whereabouts would you find: gisborne

A

NZ

101
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Whereabouts would you find: rais baixas

A

Spain

102
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Whereabouts would you find: priorat

A

Spain

103
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Whereabouts would you find: La Mancha

A

Spain

104
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Whereabouts would you find fume Blanc

A

California

105
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Base material for: cognac

A

Grapes

106
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Base material for: scotch whisky (and what is minimum ageing)

A

Barley. 3 year.

107
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Base material for: bourbon

A

Grain (mostly mature)

108
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Base material for: rum

A

Molasses

109
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Base material for: tequila

A

Agave (plata is pure. Anejo is aged)

110
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Base material for: vodka

A

Any fermentable material, eg potato

111
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Base material for: gin

A

White spirit (flavoured with botanicals)

112
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Fermentation temp and time for: White

A

12-22 degrees, 2-4 weeks maceration

113
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Fermentation temp and time for: red

A

20-32 degrees, 1-2 weeks maceration

114
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Fermentation temp time for: rosé

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12-22 degrees, skin contact for 12-36 hours

115
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To what does a light wine refer?

A

8-15% alcohol (except Douro where light wines are actually full bodied reds)

116
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What is the style of white Rioja?

A

Full bodied, nutty and oaky. Like burgundy (one of the few whites that is oaked).

117
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What is the style of a generic Bordeaux AC?

A

Merlot. Medium bodied with tannins. Often drunk young.

118
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What affects costs for the producer in the vineyard? (Four things)

A

Land prices.
Labour.
Yield size.
Yield selection.

119
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What affects costs for the producer of the winery? (Four things)

A

Equipment.
Barrels.
Storage time.
Storage space.

120
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What is punching down and pumping over?

A

Colour extraction and tannin in the fermentation process.

121
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What is the difference between climate and weather?

A

Climate: over thousands of years (eg maritime). Weather: what happens this year.

122
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At what degrees latitude are most of the world’s vineyards located?

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30-50 degrees north and 30-50 degrees south.

123
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Whereabouts (region) is the term cru bourgeois used?

A

Bordeaux only.

124
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What is the cheaper method of imparting flavour into gin and what’s it called?

A

Essence. Cold compounding.

125
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What is a superior method of flavouring gin?

A

London dry gin (soaking the botanical, usually juniper)

126
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What process makes a wine vegan or not

A

Fining

127
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What is chaptalisation?

A

Process of increasing the alcohol

128
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Name regions of North Rhone (three)

A

Cote rotie
Crozes-hermitage
Hermitage

129
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Name regions of southern Rhone

A

Cotes du Rhone (+villages)

Chateauneuf du pape

130
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What’s is Ribera del duero

A

DO of Spain

131
Q

Muscat grape is in… (Three)

A

Beaumes de venise
Moscatel de Valencia
Rutherglen

132
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Which country has wines of the Origin Scheme?

A

South Africa

133
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Asti - how is the production different?

A

Not made from wine, made from

134
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Sherry - what grape?

A

Palamino

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