Wine info Flashcards
What four things do you need to repeat back to a guest when presenting a bottle of wine?
Wine producer
Grape
Vintage
Appellation
What are the primary white and red grapes of Burgundy?
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
What are the five primary red grapes of Bordeaux
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc Malbec Petit Verdot
What are the two primary white grapes of Bordeaux?
Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc
In reference to wine blend, what does GSM stand for?
A blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mouvedre.
What is the primary red grape a Bejoulais? What is the appellation of our BTG Bejoulais?
Gamay
What is a Priorat? What grape do they primarily use to make the Priorat we pour BTG?
Catalonia, Spain.
Garnacha
How do the bubbles get into sparkling wine?
By adding yeast and sugar to the still wine, starting a secondary fermentation.
What does the term “non-vintage” mean?
That the bottle is a blend of wines from several different years
Why are most champagnes made by blending numerous wines from different vintages?
To ensure a consistent house style from year-to-year, to provide more complexity to the final wine, and to ensure that houses still have a quality product to sell in a weaker vintages.
What term is used for sparkling wines from French regions other than Champagne, such as Alsace or Loire?
Crémant
What is the white grape used in Sancerre?
Sauvignon Blanc
Where in France would you typically find white wines made from Chardonnay?
Burgundy
What is a “Cru” Beaujolais?
The highest category of classification in Bejoulais
Which fruit is typically associated with Pinot Noir?
Cherry
Where is the Brassfield Pinot Noir from?
Lake County, CA
What are the primary red grapes used in Bourdeaux?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc
Winds from Long Island are often similar to which old world wine region?
Bordeaux
Where is the Rhone Valley?
Southern France
What is the primary red grape in the southern Rhone?
Grenache
What are the white grapes of Rhone?
Viognier, Grenache Blanc, and Roussanne
What is the only red grape used in the northern Rhône Valley?
Syrah
