Wine Flashcards

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1
Q

What foods are popularly paired with red wine?

A
  • red meats
  • tomato based pasta sauces
  • gamey turkey
  • pork
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2
Q

What temperature is red wine served at?

A

room temperature, 65°

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3
Q

Name some common types
of red wine.

A
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz
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4
Q

What foods are popularly paired with white wine?

A

lighter tasting dishes

  • fish
  • poultry
  • vegetarian dishes
  • white pasta sauces
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5
Q

What temperature are both rose and white wine served?

A

chilled

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6
Q

Name some common types of white wine.

A
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Riesling
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7
Q

What are fortified wines?

A

distilled spirits are added to increase body and stop fermentation process

  • typically sweet
  • drier fortified wines used as apertifs
  • sweeter fortified wines used as dessert wines
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8
Q

Name 3 common types
of fortified wines.

A
  1. Sherry
  2. Port
  3. Madeira
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9
Q

What is an aromatized wine?

A

wine based alcoholic beverages flavored with herbs and spices

e.g. vermouth

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10
Q

Name some common wine regions in France.

A
  • Bordeaux
  • Alsace
  • Champagne
  • Savoy
  • Bourgogne
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11
Q

Define the following term:

aroma

A

particular scent of the grape
in the wine

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12
Q

Define the following term:

body

A

density or consistency of a wine

referred to as full-, medium-, or light-bodied

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13
Q

Define the following term:

bouquet

A

aroma of a fermented wine

first indicator of a wine’s quality during a testing

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14
Q

Define the following term:

decant

A

to pour bottled wine carefully into a larger vessel

  • allows a wine to breathe
  • filters any sediment
  • usually refers to red wine
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15
Q

Define the following term:

dry

A

describes wine with little to no sweetness

  • sugars have been almost totally fermented
  • dry wines served before sweet wines
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16
Q

Define the following term:

fruity

A

wine whose character has developed from fully ripened grapes

17
Q

Define the following term:

mise en bouteille

A

a wine bottled at the property where the grapes are grown

  • French term means ‘put in bottle’
  • usually refers to vintages
18
Q

Define the following term:

room temperature

A

temperature that red wines are usually served

19
Q

Define the following term:

sediment

A

residue that can accumulate in the bottle during the aging process

  • not considered a negative property
  • can be filtered through decanting
20
Q

Define the following term:

sweet

A

presence of residual sugar
(when all of the grape sugar is not completely converted to alcohol)

21
Q

Define the following term:

vintage

A

indicates the year in which the grapes were grown and wine was made