Module 6 - Other White Grape Varieties and White Wines, Sweet and Spirits

Question 1

Name 3 ways flavors are added to Spirits

Answer 1

Maceration, Re-distillation, and Essences

Question 2

What is a name for unfermented grape juice?

Answer 2

Sussreserve

Question 3

How long must Scotch whisky be aged

Answer 3

Minimum of 3 years

Question 4

What is Cognace

Answer 4

An oak aged grape brandy from a delimited region in Bordeaux

Question 5

What color best matches a Tokaji?

Answer 5

Medium amber

Question 6

Sauternes, Tokaji, and Beerenauslese are produced with grapes affected with what?

Answer 6

Botrytis or noble rot

Question 7

What are two main ways to interrupt fermentation?

Answer 7

Filter and Fortify

Question 8

Describe the acidity, body and alcohol of Voignier from the Northern Rhone

Answer 8

Low acid, Full body, High alcohol

Question 9

What method is used to make Muscat de Beaumes de Venise sweet?

Answer 9

Interrupting fermentation by fortification with grape alcohol

Question 10

What grape is often blended with Semillon in making Sauternes?

Answer 10

Sauvignon Blanc

Question 11

What are the results of lower strength distillation?

Answer 11

More impurities and flavor

Question 12

What are the results of higher strength distillation?

Answer 12

Lighter flavor and character

Question 13

Describe Cognac and Armegnanc

Answer 13

Grape based spirits aged in oak

Question 14

What makes Rutherglan Muscats sweet?

Answer 14

Interrupting the fermentation

Question 15

What is the best description of Muscadet?

Answer 15

High acid, un-oaked dry white wine

Question 16

What is the name of the mold that causes noble rot?

Answer 16

Botrytis cinerea

Question 17

When are flavors added to London Dry Gin?

Answer 17

Re-distillation

Question 18

What is the best description of a blended Scotch whisky?

Answer 18

A blend of malt and grain whisky

Question 19

Where must Cognac be made?

Answer 19

In Cognac

Question 20

What regions are known for the production of Chenin Blanc?

Answer 20

Touriane, Vouvray, and South Africa

Question 21

What grapes are used in the production of Sauternes AC?

Answer 21

Semillon and Sauv Blanc

Question 22

Which Spanish wine region is known for producing rose wines?

Answer 22

Navarra

Question 23

To make a dry white wine in Bordeaux, Smillon is blended with what variety?

Answer 23

Sauv Blanc

Question 24

Malt whisky is made using what?

Answer 24

Only malted barley

Question 25

What wine best matches this description, “intensely fruity, grape, peach, perfume, sweet, medium bodied, medium acidity?”

Answer 25

Muscat de Beaumes de Venise