Components Of Wine

Question 1

True or False: Sweetness in wine is derived from residual sugar.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What effect do high acid wines have in your mouth?

Answer 2

Make your mouth water

Question 3

Where do the tannins in wine come from?

Answer 3

Grape skins
Grape seeds
Wood barrels

Question 4

What effect do high tannin wines have in your mouth?

Answer 4

Make your mouth dry

Question 5

True or False: The higher the alcohol content the better the quality of the wine.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What does Malolactic Fermentation do?

Answer 6

Turns malic acids into lactic acids

Question 7

Chaptalization is done to elevate what in wine?

Answer 7

Alcohol

Question 8

Cool climate wines are generally ___ ?

Answer 8

Lower in alcohol and higher in acidity

Question 9

Which wines pair best with spicy foods?

Answer 9

Off Dry or Sweet wines

Question 10

True or False: Ethanol alcohol is one of the byproducts of the fermentation of grape sugars.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What are the 5 components of wine?

Answer 11

Acid
Alcohol
Sugar
Tannins
Body

Question 12

What does it mean when a wine is “balanced”?

Answer 12

The fruit, acidity, sugar, and alcohol are aligned