Label Reading Flashcards
Which of these items is not required on a US wine label
A logo
What are the only two generic wines recognize by US law
Vermouth and Sake
Because the generic semi generic and varietal names can be used by any winery wine producer may opt to register a proprietary name is a trademark for its exclusive use. T or f
T
According to federal law when I single grape variety is listed on a bottle what percentage of the wine must come from the variety listed?
75%
Where must a wines bottling data be stamped
On wine cases
If a vintage date appears on the label what percentage of the wine with in the bottle must’ve been harvested and crushed in that year
95
If the wines actual alcohol content is over 14% what percentage above or below their actual amount is allowed to be printed on the label
1% either way
Which of the following label terms tells the consumer that the producer listed I have maximum control of the product in the bottle from vine to wine
Grown Produced and Bottles by
For a wine to be labeled estate bottled what conditions must be met
Vineyard owned by a winery, within a single ava in which the winery itself is located
Which of these terms is legally defined
Produced by
Wine must be labeled contains sulfites if it contains at least a minimum of how many parts per million of sulfer compound
10 parts per million
What item would appear only on an imported bottle of wine being sold in the US
Imported by
If a vintage is listed on an Australian bottle of wine then 85% of the wine must be from that year true or false
True
What are the Australian appellations called
Geographical Indications
If a New Zealand wine has two or more varietals listed on the label what is the combined total of those varietals
75%
The higher Designations and the EU labeling system are more specific about the geographic origin of the grapes t or f
T
Wine labeled IGT is from what country
Italy
French geographic designations can dictate what specific growing and winemaking practices
All the above
Which grapes planted
How the grapes are hervested
Winemaking techniques
What category of Italian wine is considered an affordable wine that can be made from grapes grown anywhere in the country
VDT
Vino da Tavola
What is the term for an Italian wine the receives extended aging before release
Riserva
What category of Italian wine has the strictest limits on yield in the longest minimum of aging requirements
DOCG
What is delineatex set of German vineyards that are similar enough to be grouped together called
A grossiage
An einzellage may be divided among multiple owners true or false
T
What is the must weight of a must with a specific gravity of 1.068
68 degrees oechsle
A qbA wine may not be chaptalizex
F
In ascending order from lowest to highest degree of ripeness what are the pradikat levels
kabinett Spatlese Auslese Beerenauslese Elswein Trocken
What is noble mixture
Edelzwicker
Which category of French wine accounts for about half of all the wine produced in France
Appelation d origine controlee
