Part one Flashcards
The pulp in grapes provide a) sugar b) tannins c) acid d) colour
A , D A&C A&D
Tannin is wine comes from where?
Grapes skins 🍇 The grape pulp Fermentation Maturation
What does a vine NOT require in order to grow grapes?
Sunlight Carbon dioxide Oxygen🍇 Warmth
The main factors affecting warmth are?
Climate and CO2 Nutrients and soil Weather and soil Climate and weather 🍇
Too much water in grapes causes what?
Concentrated flavours More alcohol Diluted flavours and sugars🍇 More sugars
Put the key stages of grape formation in the right order?
Fruit set, flowering, veraision Flowering, fruit set, veraision🍇 Veraision, fruit set, flowering
Late harvest wine grapes would be considered?
Extra ripe🍇 Ripe Grapes for red wine making only Unripe
As a grape ripens?
Sugar increase acid increase Sugar decrease acid increase Sugar increase acid decrease🍇
Under ripe grapes will have softer tannins
True False 🍇
Ripe berries are likely to produce what type of aromas in white wine?
Green fruit Red fruit Stone fruit and tropical fruit aromas 🍇
Under ripe berries are likely to produce what type of flavours in red wine?
Bitter tannin and vegetal notes 🍇 Higher alcohol and low acidity High alcohol and black fruit
What is more likely to be true of warmer climates wine 1) high alcohol and less acidity 2) fuller body and more tannin 3)less alcohol and more acidity 4)lighter body and less tannin
3&4 123&4 1 only 1&2🍇
Between which latitudes (north and south) would you find more wine making regions
10-20 degrees 30-50 degrees🍇 40-60 degrees
The direction in which a slope faces is known as what?
Latitude Longitude Aspect🍇 Slope
What happens as altitude increases?
Temperature drop🍇 Temperature stay the same Temperature increases
