Grab Bag CWE Questions Flashcards
TA makes up what proportion (range) of a wine’s volume?
.5-.75%
What’s the basic purpose for Green Harvest?
Concentrate remaining fruit.
Obtain ideal leaf to fruit ratio
What religious order is credited with planting and building Clos de Vougeout
Cistercians
Which French Scientist discovered Chilean “Merlot” was actually Carmenere?
Jean-Michel Boursiquot
How many gallons in a barrique?
59
Which Portugese wine company is credited with Mateus Rosé
Sogrape
Max Schubert was the original winemaker for what famous wine?
Penfold’s Grange
Name a region affected by the Humboldt Current?
Casablanca Valley
Which grape is sometimes referred to as Harriague?
Tannat
What type of soil is Tuff?
Volcanic
Where are Stoller and Domaine Serene located?
Dundee Hills
What term refers to exceptionally well aged Portugese DOC wine?
Garrafeira
Quincy and Reuilly are located next to what tributary of the Loire River?
Cher
Where is Mount Konocti?
Lake County
What is the metamorphic form of shale?
Slate
Where are Europe’s highest altitude vineyards?
Tenerife
What is the Calmont Vineyard famous for?
Steepest vineyard in the world
(Bremmer Calmont, Mosel, 60% gradient)
What geographic feature impacts Pfalz?
Haardt Mountain Range Rain Shadow
The Farm Winery Act affects what State?
What year?
What did it enact?
New York, 1976, Winery ability to sell direct to consumer/restaurants.
What is Rotling?
German rosé blend of white and red grapes
Vines require an average of how many inches/mm of water?
20-30 inches
51-76 mm
Don Jose Raventos is associated with what winery?
What style of wine?
Where?
What Year
Cordoníu Winery
traditional method sparkling
Penedes
1872
What occurs at the same time as Veraison?
Cane Ripening
The Barossa Old Vine Charter states an “old vine” must be a minimum of _____ years old.
How about an ancestor vine?
35
125 (ancestor)
The Abel clone of PN in New Zealand is referred to as
Gumboot
Smallest Beaujolais Cru.
How many acres?
Chenas
700
Wiener Gemischter Satz produces what type of wine?
White Field Blends
Clisson, Gorget and Le Pallet are subzones of what wine region?
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Pouilly Fuisse is considered superior to the rest of Maconnais because…..
Higher percentage limestone soil
Name the 1 Hawaiian AVA
Ulupalakua
What is “topaque”?
Australian term used in place of Tokay
What should be removed from wine to reduce cloudiness?
Unstable Colloids
What’s the French name for Charbono?
Deuce Noir
What is Gamay de Bouuze?
Teinturier Gamay
What are the highest rated vineyards of Tokaji
“Pro Mensa Caesarius Primus”
- Mezes Maly
- Csarfas
Name the only DO of Brazil
Vale dos Vinhedos
What region is home to VINHO, old vine group of Carignan Producers?
Maule Valley
What forms an ester?
Acid + Alcohol
Vin de Paille?
Straw Wine, usually sweet
In the context of Sherry, what is sobretable?
The base wine, after fortification, before entering solera
Kerner is a cross of what 2 grapes?
Trollinger x Riesling
What is Rieslaner?
Riesling X Sylvaner
Where is the Peconic Bay
Long Island
Name a wine region where Basalt is prevalent?
What is it?
Oregon
Cooled Lava.
Leading white grape of Oregon?
PG
What is Jules Gayot known for?
Cane Pruning
Name 3 subzones of Bardolino.
La Rocca
Montebaldo
Sommacampagna
Describe “cold soak”
Chilling the must, in contact with skins, to delay ferment. Also can increase color and soften tannins
Describe Gneiss
Dense, Coarse, metamorphic rock with bands of feldspar and quartz
In a well-known quote, Jan van Riebeeck announced “Today…wine was pressed for the first time from Cape grapes.” What year was this?
1659
Sec EU Sweetness Champagne
17-32 g/l
Demi-Sec EU Sweetness Champagne
32-50 g/l
What is the Asti method?
Single fermentation occuring in non-pressurized tank. Must is chilled after reaching desired alcohol and yeast is removed. Then Transferred to bottle. So yes, some similarities to Ancestrale Method
Ramandolo DOCG grape?
Style?
Verduzzo
Sweet
What is “Apera”?
legal term, 2012, for Sherry in Australia.
Who founded Inglenook?
Gustave Niebaum
How do you get higher TDN in Riesling?
More sunlight.
What is the Baron Le Roy famous for?
In 1923, he pushed for legally defining the grapes that would be allowed to be used in the newly-
regulated wines of Châteaueuf-du-Pape
Who was T.V. Munson?
Identified best American rootstocks to graft to Vinifera.
Who promoted enrichment of must with sugar/concentrate?
Jean-Antoine Chaptal
What is Transpiration?
Plant cools itself by releasing water from under leaves
The town of Sant Sadurní d’Anoia is best-known for the production of which of the following wines?
Cava
Describe Terra Rosa soil (other than the iron rich part)
Loam or Clay over a Limestone base
Which of the following is best known as an American oenologist whose work at UC Davis helped to restore the wine-related technical knowledge lost due to prohibition?
Maynard Amerine
What grape dominates Rosé d’Anjou?
Grolleau
To what does the German term “Erzeugerabfüllung” refer?
“Producer Bottling” which I guess is different than “Estate Bottled”
Even under the best of circumstances, up to _____________ of a vine’s flowers will fail to “set”.
85%
Who is Christopher Merrett?
First person to make bottle fermented sparkling on purpose.
What phenol is associated with Smoke Taint?
Guiacol
What is the AXR1 root stock famous for?
UC Davis declared it to be phylloxera resistant, but in the 1980s it succumbed to a (supposed)
new biotype of phylloxera
The term Hock—in reference to the town of Hochheim—has historically been used to refer to wines from which of the following regions?
Rheingau
French term for pumping over?
Remontage
Which grape is named after a term meaning “dye” (in reference to its dark red color)?
Saperavi
Which of the following wine regions is NOT located along the Duero River?
A. Jumilla
B. Rueda
C. Tierra del Vino de Zamora
D. Toro
Jumilla
Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning Agoston Haraszthy?
A. He is known as the “father of Chilean wine.” (Correct)
B. He established Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma County.
C. He traveled extensively, bringing thousands of vine cuttings from Europe to California.
D. He migrated to Nicaragua, where it is believed that he was eaten by a crocodile.
Not known as father to Chilean Wine.
Which of the following statements best describes the wines of Barca Velha?
High quality dry whites from Douro Valley
Produced by Casa Ferreririnha
only 18 vintages from 1952-2021
Graham’s Six Grapes and Warre’s Warrior are well-known brands representing which of the following styles of wine?
Reserve Port
What is Carmenere referred to as in China?
Cabernet Gernischt
In October of 2020, the village of Nyons was added to the list of villages eligible to append their name to which of the following appellations?
Cote du Rhone Villages
The first plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa Valley were most likely planted around 1880, in the still-famous _______________ Vineyard.
1880
Which of the following is true, according to the labeling standards of the VDP?
A. The term Grosse Lage is required, but Ortswein is optional.
B. The term Grosse Lage is required, but Erste Lage is optional.
C. The term Grosse Lage is optional, but Ortswein is required.
D. The term Gutswein is equivalent to a Premier Cru.
A.
Patras PDO uses this varietal
Roditis
What style of wine was approved in Rioja in 2018?
Vino Espumoso de Calidad de Rioja DOCa
Oloroso Sherry is often fortified to __________________ in order to prevent the growth of flor yeast.
17.5%
Which of the following is true concerning the Riverina wine region?
A. It is the largest of Australia’s wine regions, in terms of total geographic size
B. It is the only wine region located in Australia’s Northern Territory
C. It is the smallest wine region of Argentina
D. It is located in Central Victoria (in Australia)
A.
Name a Right Bank Producer known for Cabernet Sauvignon making up a significant portion of their Grand Vin.
Chateau Figeac
Usually between 30-50% but they are not dogmatic about it.
Name 2 St. Emilion and 1 Pomerol Producer known for using higher than normal proportions of Cabernet Franc
Cheval Blanc
Ausone
Chateau Lafleur (2014 = 58 CF + 42 Merlot)
Lafleur also uses much less new oak than others ~30%
Synonym for Cab Franc on the Right Bank
Bouchet
Where did Le Pin get its name?
Lone Pine tree on the estate
Name 2 Pomerol producers that tend to use 100% Merlot
Petrus
Le Pin
Which of the following AOCs are adjacent?
A. Lirac and Tavel
B. Luberon and Vinsobres
C. Vacqueyras and Fitou
D. Condrieu and Gigondas
A.
Of the following, which are approved for the production of vin doux naturel in the Southern Rhône?
A. Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise and Rasteau
B. Rasteau and Maury
C. Muscat de Rivesaltes and Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
D. Banyuls and Rasteau
A.
What does Coteaux d’Ancenis AOC specialize in?
100% Gamay
What is the majority grape of Blanquette de Limoux?
Mauzac
What area is covered by the Comté Tolosan IGP?
Southwest
Which of the following areas is included in the Ile de Beauté IGP?
A. Corsica
B. Macvin du Jura
C. Finistère
D. Côtes-d’Armor
A.
What types of wine are approved with the Graves Supérieures AOC?
Sweet Whites! Only!
What region is best known for its Muscat de Nöel?
Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC
What types of wine are approved for production under the Bordeaux Supérieur AOC?
A. Dry reds and whites with a minimum of 1.7% R.S.
B. Dry red, dry white, and rosé
C. Dry red, sweet white, and sparkling
D. Dry red and dry white only
A.
Which of the following properly lists the AVAs of California’s Central Coast AVA in geographic order, starting in the north?
A. Santa Lucia Highlands, Arroyo Seco, San Bernabe
B. Hames Valley, Santa Clara Valley, Clements Hills
C. San Lucas, Livermore Valley, Benmore Valley
D. High Valley, York Mountain, San Benito
A.
Who was the founder of the 1st Napa Valley winery?
What year?
Charles Krug
1861
Which of the following is true concerning California’s Lake County?
A. Chardonnay is the most widely planted grape variety.
B. The area contains a number of AVAs, including Guenoc Valley and Santa Ynez.
C. The average elevation of the vineyards is 1,500 feet (460 m) to 3,000 feet (915 m) above sea level.
D. It is located at the foot of the Sierra Mountains, about 20 miles south of Los Angeles.
C.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the wines of Washington State?
A. Washington’s vineyards are almost equally divided between white and red varieties.
B. Pinot Noir is the leading red grape of Washington State.
C. Nearly half of Washington State’s vineyards are planted on the western side of the Cascade Mountains.
D. Yakima Valley is the largest AVA in Washington State, and contains nearly all of the state’s other appellations.
A.
Which of the following is true concerning the Lodi AVA?
A. Diurnal temperature shifts can be as much as 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
B. The Lodi AVA was approved in 2018.
C. It is located in one of the coolest areas of California’s Central Coast AVA.
D. It contains just over 20,000 acres (8,090 ha) of vineyards.
A.
