Prelude to Wine

Question 1

What are the 3 flavors in wine?

Answer 1

sweet, sour, bitter

Question 2

What are 3 sources that can affect a wine’s taste?

Answer 2

Grapes, fermentation, and maturation

Question 3

Which varietal makes the most wine?

Answer 3

Vitis Vinifera

Question 4

Name 3 grapes high in tannin.

Answer 4

Nebbiolo, cab sauv, syrah

Question 5

What is terrior

Answer 5

all factors affecting wines. Soil, geography, sunlight, weather, climate, surrounding plant life, other

Question 6

What is Brix?

Answer 6

measure of sugar in grapes

Question 7

What is Phylloxera?

Answer 7

a grape louse that can kill the vine

Question 8

What is Noble Rot?

Answer 8

Botrytis cinera. Mold that pierces grape skins allowing water to evaporate

Question 9

Sugar + ____=_____+CO2

Answer 9

Yeast, Alcohol

Question 10

The %s of ABV in sparkling, table, and fortified wine?

Answer 10

Sparkling: 8-12%
Table wine: 8-15%
Fortified: 17-22%

Question 11

What is must?

Answer 11

mixture of skins and juice

Question 12

How do red grapes make white wine?

Answer 12

winemakers remove the skins from the pulp

Question 13

What is maceration?

Answer 13

soaking skins to extract aromas, tannins and color

Question 14

What is chaptalization?

Answer 14

the process of adding sugar to the must so the yeast generates more alcohol

Question 15

Name at least 2 factors that affect whether a wine will age well?

Answer 15

grape, vintage, geography, technique, storage

Question 16

What is a corked wine?

Answer 16

when TCA from the cork has spoiled a wine

Question 17

Why do vintners use sulfur dioxide in the winemaking process?

Answer 17

as an antioxidant, preservative, and disinfectant to prevent unwanted oxidation and inhibit the action of bacteria and wine yeast

Question 18

What is vertical tasting?

Answer 18

comparing wines from different vintages

Question 19

The difference between aroma and bouquet

Answer 19

aroma: smell of the grapes in the wine
bouquet: the total smell of the wine (usually found in older wines)