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1
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What is vin de liqueur?

A

a french wine that is fortified with brandy to fermenting grape must to arrest the fermentation

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2
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What is Mistelle method?

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Style of fortified wine where a neutral spirit is added to an unfermented grape must

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3
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What is a fortified wine?

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A wine with the addition NGS to arrest fermentation leaving behind RS

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4
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Where is Ratafia found?
Where is Pineau De Charenets?
Where is Floc de Gascgone found?

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Champagne
Cognac
Armagnac

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5
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What is the “Lei de Tergo?”

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A decree restricting a houses sale of total inventory to 1/3 of their total production

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6
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What is the IVDP and what does it stand for

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Instituto dos vinhos do Duero e Porto

A government run law that requires houses to maintain the lei de tergo law and control the integrity of the productions.

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7
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What is the beneficio authorization?

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The maximum amount of wine that may be fortified in a given year.

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8
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What are the main red grapes of portugal?

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Touriga Nacional, Tinta roriz

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What are some of the main white grapes of porto?

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Gouveio, Malvasia Fina

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What is the “burning water” and what do they call it?

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Aguardente, is a nuetral grape spirit at 77% that is used to fortify port

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11
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LBV port generally sees how many years in oak casks and how many vintages are in the blend?

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4-6 in and is from a single vintage and because of the extended oak aging it shows some light amber characteristics of tawny port

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12
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What does envelhecido em Garrafa mean if printed on a port label?

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An additional minimum aging of 3 years in the bottle

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13
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When a port reaches 30 - 40 years of ageing and becomes in an oxidative state it is called what?

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Rancio

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14
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What is the difference between a ruby port and a ruby reserve port?

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The reserve port generally denotes more complexity

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15
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What is the main difference between Tawny and Ruby port?

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Tawny port generally spend much more time in oak with oxidative qualities and Ruby port spend little time in barrel before it begins is ageing in bottle.

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16
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What are the top declared port vintages between 1990 and 2015

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1991, 1994, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015

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17
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Who produces Quinta de Cavadinha?
Who produces Quinta de Vargellas?
Who produces Quinta do Bomfin?

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Warre’s
Taylor’s
Dow’s

18
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What is the difference between a LBV and a vintage port

A

The amount of time seen in barrel, 4-6 for LBV and 1-2 for Vintage

19
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Why is it said that LBV port is sometimes the closest style to Tawny port

A

LBV port spends much more time in oak and generally will not improve with bottle age.

20
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What are the differences between Colheita and Tawny Reserve port?

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Colheita is vintage dated whereas Reserve is a Blend.

They both see min. 7 yrs.

21
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What does a Tawny port with indication of age mean?

A

Nothing to do with age but instead how old it tastes determined by IVDP.

22
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What are the poios?

A

Steep terraces made from Basalt stones found on the island

23
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What is the IVBAM?

A

Embroidery and handicraft institut of madeira

The governing institution that regulate harvest and productions methods

24
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Who is the largest producer and exporter of Madeira?

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Henriques and Henriques

SECOND: Madeira Wine Company

25
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What is the climate of madeira? and its canal system?

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Sub tropical using Levadas

26
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What is the most widely planted grape in Madeira?

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Tinta Negra

27
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If the Madeira is vintage and varietal specific what will the percentage be?

A

100%

28
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Name the four grapes from sweetest to driest?

A

Malmsey (malvasia), Boal ( Bual), Verdelho, Sercial

29
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Which Grapes are harvested last in Madeira

A

Sercial and Verdelho

30
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Explains the two different style of Estufagem ageing and what Canteiro is?

A

Estufagem is heating in tanks by coil for 2-3 months, rest90
Armazen de calor (Still estufagem)
Heated by a warm room

Canteiro- oak casks, Put in the attic to warm for 2 years, 3 years before bottles

31
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What are Colheita Madeiras, and the requirements before bottling?

A

A single vintage Madeira
Vintage of min85%
aged 5 years before bottling

32
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What is the best style of vintage maderia?

A

Aged Conteira method in oak cask for a minimum of 20 years

Frasqueira

33
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How are madeiras wines different from other fortified wines?

A

Exposure to extreme temperatures

34
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Would a Madeira labeled, reserve, special reserve, or extra reserve have a vintage?

A

no

35
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How much wine can be pulled each year in the Solera system in Madeira?

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10%

36
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Pineau des Charentes is a VdL from where?

A

Champagne, France.

37
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Explain the aging requirments for Pineau des Charentes.

A

Old is a minimum of 5 years in barrel

Very Old & Extra Old a minimum of 10 years in barrel

38
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Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, and Colombard are the main varieties in this white French Vin de Liqeuer

A

Pineau des Charentes AOP in Champagne

39
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When was Pineau Des Charentes established as an AOC

A

1945, revised in 2011

40
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The minimum and maximum alcohol range for a Pineau de Charentes is?

A

16-22% abv

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