Kevin Zraly Wine Course Intro

Question 1

what is maceration?

Answer 1

Soaking of must of black grapes to extract aromas, tannins and color from the skins.

Question 2

What is chaptalization?

Answer 2

Adding sugar to wine before fermentation.

Question 3

what is tannin?

Answer 3

natural preservative that comes from skins, pits and stems of the grapes.

Question 4

3 high tannin grapes?

Answer 4

nebbiolo, cabernet sauvignon, syrah/shiraz

Question 5

5 high acid grapes

Answer 5

riesling, chenin blanc, nebbiollo, sangiovese, pinot noir

Question 6

the lighter the color of wines means more acidity, true or false?

Answer 6

true.

Question 7

vintage means?

Answer 7

the year the grapes harvested.

Question 8

2010 vintage was a great vintage in every major wine region on earth, trueor false?

Answer 8

true.

Question 9

vinification means?

Answer 9

winemaking

Question 10

vitification means?

Answer 10

grape culturing

Question 11

Split bottle ratio & volume?

Answer 11

1/4 187.5ml

Question 12

half bottle ratio & volume?

Answer 12

1/2 375 ml.

Question 13

standard bottle & ratio?

Answer 13

1 750ml.

Question 14

magnum bottle ratio & volume?

Answer 14

2 btl 1.5 L

Question 15

Jeroboam bottle ratio and volume?

Answer 15

4 btl 3L

Question 16

Rehoboam bottle ratio and volume?

Answer 16

6 btl 4.5L

Question 17

Salmanazar bottle ratio & volume?

Answer 17

12 btl & 9L

Question 18

Balthazar bottle ratio and volume?

Answer 18

16 btl and 12L

Question 19

Nebuchadnezzar bottle ratio and volume?

Answer 19

20 btl 15L

Question 20

Melchior bottle ratio and volume?

Answer 20

24 btl and 18L

Question 21

how many bottles a standard 225 L barrel of wine contains?

Answer 21

240 btls