More Practice Flashcards
What is the name of the mountain range North of Portalegre on Spanish border in Alentejo?
Serra de Sao Mamede
What is the term for Grappa in Georgia? (or Marc)
Chacha
What Syrian Winery is consulted by Stephane Derenencourt?
Domaine de Bargylus
Where is General Alvear
South Mendoza
Average elevation of Argentina Vineyards
900m above sea level
At Colomé in Salta, how high are the vines?
3000 m above sea level
What are the two most prominent producers in Cafayete?
Bodegas Etchart (Brought michel Rolland to Argentina)
Bodega San Pedro de Yacochuya (Arnoldo Echart)
Worlds largest producer of Coffee
Brazil
Two primary species of Coffee
Arabica
Canephora (Robusta)
Coffee Robusta is native to this country
Uganda
Totally Caffeine free coffee plant
Coffee charrieriana
Coffee Arabica grows best at this elevation and this temperature range
59-75° F (15-24° C) and grows best at altitudes of 3000 to 6000 ft.
Preferred method of decaffenation
The Swiss Water Method
In Coffee, what is pyrolysis
“First Crack”
400-420 degrees F
Where is Tafí?
North Region Argentina
Tucuman
Where is Pomán?
Catamarca IG
Annual Rainfall in Mendoza
8.8 inches
Where is Sarmiento?
San Juan
(Includes Valle de Pedernal district)
In Switzerland, what is the synonym for Savagnin
Heida or
Paien
Buri, Zitelle, and Sauvint?
Miani (friuli)
In what DAC will you find Pfaffenberg, Kögl
Kremstal
Soil Type of Erden
Red Slate
What year was the Treaty of Rome (Establishing Italy as part of EEC) DOC law passed in Italy ?
1963
PDO of Somlo, Badascony and Sopron?
Dunántúl
Daphne, Koutsi and Leonti grape variety?
Agiortiko, (Nemea)
Style of Wine in Macon-Lugny Saint-Pierre
Chardonnay, white
What are bottisches in Alsace ?
Grape bins for picking
Soil of Premieres Cotes of Vouvray
Perruches (decomposed yellow clay tuffeau)
Aublis valley floor
How did Cream stout get its name?
legend that brewers blended otherwise dry, bitter Stout with milk in order to market it as a more nutritious type of beer
RS for Bordeaux Ste Croix du Mont
45 g/l
What is the orientation of La Moutonne
North-South
Soils of Bandol
Limestone, Sandy Marl, Sandstone
What does AMW mean on a bottle of Marlborough wine?
Appellation Marlborough Wine
What has the least oxidative effect on wine: tonnais, pipas or balceiros?
Balceiros
What is the country of production for Soju
Korea
What is the spatlese range for German Pradikat wein
76-95 oeschle
Poorest vintage of Northern Rhone 2000 to present
2008
What does Roble mean in Argentina
Aged in oak barrel, no specified amount of time
Base spirit in tia maria and kahlua
Rum
Two white grapes of Bierzo
Godello, Dona Blanca
Per the IVDP, what are categorias especias?
Anything not “Normalidade”
(Rubies, tawnies, white ports)
Vintage Port, Crusted Port, Colheita, Late Bottled Vintage
Mountain range of Bucelas
Serra de Montejunto
Mountain range of encostas d’aire
candeeiros-mountains
Champagne Vintages from 2016-2022
2016 best
2017, 2020 difficult
2021 cold and wet low yield
2022 ample crop, quality unknown
Ruster Ausbruch grapes have this characteristic
Botrytis grapes
Prosecco with highest min abv
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG
Spumante Superiore “Rive” 11.5%
Spumante Superiore “Cartizze” 11.5%
Friuli Colli Orientali DOC Varietal wines must be this %
85%
What is a “press cut” in winemaking
Winemakers monitor the juice in the press to determine when tannins change, become more bitter, etc. They can then determine which cuts they want to separate and blend back
Single Rioja Estate located in Castilla Y Leon
Hacienda el Ternero
Name of Mountain range in South West Port Phillip Zone
Otway Ranges
