Sparkling Wine Production

Question 1

Added to the cuvée in order to initiate the second fermentation

Answer 1

Liqueur de triage

Question 2

Turning the bottles and gently shaking them in order to get the dead yeast cells
collected near the cap

Answer 2

Rumage

Question 3

Time spent aging the wine on the yeast lees

Answer 3

Sur lie aging

Question 4

A rack used to hold bottles of wine during the riddling process

Answer 4

Pupitre

Question 5

The creation of the blended wine that will undergo a second fermentation and
be turned into a sparkling wine

Answer 5

Assemblage

Question 6

The second alcoholic fermentation

Answer 6

Prise de mousse

Question 7

The process wherein the yeast cells begin to decompose and release their flavors

Answer 7

Autolysis

Question 8

An addition added just after disgorging a bottle of sparkling wine; also
known as the dosage

Answer 8

Liqueur Expedition

Question 9

The process in which the bottle is opened and the yeast extracted

Answer 9

Degorgement

Question 10

Another name for the Charmat method of sparkling wine production

Answer 10

Cuvee close