Oxford Comp (quiz-labeling) 4.13.2020 Flashcards
“En rama” is used to market a ___________ or __________ that is only very lightly clarified before being bottled and sold?
Fino or Manzanilla Sherry
“Strohwein” is the German-language equivalent to what type of wine?
“Vin de Paille”
The term ___________ was registered in 2012 to replace what they call Sherry in Australia
“Apera”
Vin de Glaciers is a traditional product of what region in Switzerland?
Valais
Topaque was previously known as ________ _______
Liqueur Tokay
French term “vin de paille” refers to what?
straw wine (typically a sweet white wine)
What is the German word used for “producer bottling” and is applicable to all the finest wines of Germany? (how do you say it?)
“Erzeugerabfüllung” (Etz-woy-gah-ab-foo-loong)
True or False: As in France, “Erzeugerabfüllung” may be used by co-operatives to describe blends of wines from many different member-producers over whose viticultural techniques the bottler may or may not exercise significant control.
True
___________ and ____________ are terms that are officially defined in slightly more restrictive terms and are nowadays seldom used.
Gutsabfüllung and Schlossabfüllung
What is the unfermented dessert ‘wines’ in South Africa, the cape’s version of mistelle produced by adding alcohol before fermentation to grape juice, called? (Is it made from white or red grapes?)
Jerepigo (made from both grapes)
True or False: Jerepigo is generally made from Muscadel (also known as Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains)
true
Jerepigo was initially about 17% alcohol, now many are now moving to _____%
15% (often with intense, ripe & Muscat flavors)
True or False: Jerepigo wines are selling more nowadays
False (once popular in South Africa, now sold in ever-declining volumes)
What is “garrafeira”?
word used by winemakers, wine bottlers and wine collectors in Portugal
“Garrafeira” once was widely used on wine labels to denote that it has been aged for at least ____ months before sale, including at least _____ months in bottle.
30 months; 12 months in bottle
White and rosé garrafeira wines must be aged for at least ____ months, including ____ months in bottle to qualify.
12 months; 6 months in bottle
Traditionally most garrafeiras were blends of wines from different parts of the country, labeled with the name of the _________ who bottled them.
merchant (under legislation introduced in the early 1990s, all garrafeiras must display their region of origin.)
What’s “Ratafia”?
an old, usually domestically produced wine-based apértif made in the French countryside by drying grapes to a raisin-like state and then moistening and fermenting them in the spring.