Wine Flashcards
Fermented grapes?
Wine
Smaller than table grapes, they have seeds, and much sweeter
Wine grapes
Made with one grape variety.
Single-varietal wine
Mde by mixing several wine together
Wine blend
Where grapes grows best.
Temperate climate.
Where wine taste more tart.
Cooler Climates.
Regions where wine taste more ripe.
Warmer Climates
Standard bottle size and servings
750 ml contains 5 servings
Standard wine pour
5 oz (150ml)
3 examples how wine is labeled
by variety, by region, by name
5 characteristic that help define the profile of wine
sweetness, acidity, tannin, alcohol and body
Alcohol added to wine called?
Fortifying.
Serving temp of Sparkling or Light wine
Ice-cold 38-45F
Full white temp; aromatic wine temp
Cold 45-55F
Light red, Medium red & Full red Temp
Cellar Temp 55-60F
Wine flavors comes from?
Grapes, Fermentation, Maturation and Aging
Major wine grapes used in winemaking?
Vitis Vinefera and Vitis Labrusca.
Formula for fermentation?
Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol + Carbon Dioxide
2 most common Sparkling winemaking methods?
tank “charmat” method & traditional method
Cava’s category, method, origin, grapes, flavors?
Sparkling wine, traditional method, Spain, Grapes: macabeo, xarello, parellada. Flavors: lime, yellow apple, pear.
Champagne, category, method, origin, grapes, flavors?
Sparkling wine, traditional method, Champagne, France, Grapes: chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot meunier. Flavors: apple, raspberry, peach.
what is blanc de blancs, blanc de noirs, rose, vintage and special cuvee?
blanc de blanc (100% chardonnay wines)
blanc de noirs ( p.noir and p.meunier )
rose ( rose’ wines w/ red fruitflavors )
vintage ( aged champagne wines )
Lambrusco category, method, origin, grapes?
Sparkling wine, tank method, Place: emilia romagna and lombardy, italy, Grapes: 13 indigenous wine grapes. Flavors: strawberry, cherry, blackberry.
Prosecco category, method, origin, flavors?
sparkling wine, tank method, veneto and fruili, italy. Flavor: venetto, pear, apricot.
