Somm1 Practice Questions Flashcards
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The Hawthorn strainer is used:
In conjunction with a mixing glass
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Nitrogen and carbon dioxide may be fed into casks of traditional cask conditioned beer to:
Prevent spoiling bacteria contacting the beer
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Coasters are used to:
Place wine bottles in on the table
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Muddlers are used to:
Stir drinks
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A shive is correctly described as the:
Round piece of hard wood or plastic used as a bung in the top of a cask
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Detergents should not be mixed together because they:
May give off poisonous fumes
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Glasses are frosted by:
Dipping the rim in egg white and sugar
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The most suitable temperature for a beer cellar to be kept at is:
55 degrees F
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What is correctly described as ullage?
Any out-of-condition wine which has to be returned to the supplier
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The main reason for grafting vies is to:
Counteract phylloxera
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Leaf roll virus is spread by:
Mealy bug
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What grape is important to the production of Hermitage?
Syrah
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The liquor obtained from fermenting the skins and pips left after pressing grapes is called:
Marc brandy
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Which alcohol is found in wine?
Ethanol
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Many sweet liqueur white wines are produced from which grape?
Muscat
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If the grape pips are crushed in the vinification process the wine will have a:
Bitter taste
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Wine made from the pressings of red grape skins after they have been removed from the fermenting must is:
Vin de Presse
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During the vinification process, at which percentage of alcohol will all the wild yeasts be killed?
4%
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What is the term for the process of stirring up the lees in the wine?
Battonage
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Cuvasion refers to:
Maceration of grape skins in the fermenting juice during red wine production
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An Anbaugebiet is:
A wine-growing area for Qualitatswein
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Dry white Italian wine will be indicated by the term:
Secco
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The presence of a purple rim to a red wine usually means the wine is:
1-3 years old
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Pelure d’oignon is a term used to describe:
Rose wine
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Bitterness is tasted:
In the back of the tongue
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Which of the following would indicate a sweet wine from Alsace?
Selection de grains nobles
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St Julien is:
A commune in the Medoc
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Fargues is a commune of
Sauternes
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Bouzeron is a wine-producing commune in:
Cote Chalonnais
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Solutre is a commune in
Maconnais
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Sancerre is produced in:
Central Vineyards
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In which district of the Loire would you find Quarts de Chaume?
Coteaux du Layon
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Is Bonnezeu a sweet wine?
Yes
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Blanquette de Limoux is famous for its:
Sparkling wine
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Vermentino di Gallura DOCG is produced in:
Sardinia
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That main grape used for the production of Orvieto is:
Trebbiano
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Soutomaior is a subregion of:
Rias-Biaxas
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The backsbeutel is the bottle used for wine from:
Franconia
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Commandarie is produced in:
Cyprus
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The Hunter zone is situated in:
New South Wales
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The Dundee Hills AVA is located in:
Oregon
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The Pinotage varietal was developed in:
South Africa
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Which term produces the carbon dioxide presenced in a bottle of champagne?
Liqeur de Tirage
