Wine Flashcards
What foods are popularly paired with red wine?
- red meats
- tomato based pasta sauces
- gamey turkey
- pork
What temperature is red wine served at?
room temperature, 65°
Name some common types
of red wine.
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Shiraz
What foods are popularly paired with white wine?
lighter tasting dishes
- fish
- poultry
- vegetarian dishes
- white pasta sauces
What temperature are both rose and white wine served?
chilled
Name some common types of white wine.
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Grigio
- Riesling
What are fortified wines?
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
Name 3 common types
of fortified wines.
- Sherry
- Port
- Madeira
What is an aromatized wine?
wine based alcoholic beverages flavored with herbs and spices
e.g. vermouth
Name some common wine regions in France.
- Bordeaux
- Alsace
- Champagne
- Savoy
- Bourgogne
Define the following term:
aroma
particular scent of the grape
in the wine
Define the following term:
body
density or consistency of a wine
referred to as full-, medium-, or light-bodied
Define the following term:
bouquet
aroma of a fermented wine
first indicator of a wine’s quality during a testing
Define the following term:
decant
to pour bottled wine carefully into a larger vessel
- allows a wine to breathe
- filters any sediment
- usually refers to red wine
Define the following term:
dry
describes wine with little to no sweetness
- sugars have been almost totally fermented
- dry wines served before sweet wines
Define the following term:
fruity
wine whose character has developed from fully ripened grapes
Define the following term:
mise en bouteille
a wine bottled at the property where the grapes are grown
- French term means ‘put in bottle’
- usually refers to vintages
Define the following term:
room temperature
temperature that red wines are usually served
Define the following term:
sediment
residue that can accumulate in the bottle during the aging process
- not considered a negative property
- can be filtered through decanting
Define the following term:
sweet
presence of residual sugar
(when all of the grape sugar is not completely converted to alcohol)
Define the following term:
vintage
indicates the year in which the grapes were grown and wine was made
