Wine law Flashcards
What year was the INAO created?
1935 created to delimit and enforce France’s wine laws
What is the Griffe Law?
French law passed in 1889 defining wine as the product of the fermentation of fresh grapes and outlining acceptable winemaking practices and additives—sugar for chaptalization, fining agents, etc
Which Chateau-neuf-du-Pape producer helped guide a syndicate of producers to set the stage for AOC laws from 1923-1926?
Baron le Roy- Chateau Fortia
Define encepagement
In the vineyard a grower must plant only permitted varieties
Define Assemblage
requirement sets the permitted varietal composition for the final wine blend
Who is Joseph Capus?
He was a French agriculturalist and expert on grape vines. He would help create the INAO.
What is Law 930 in Italy?
The law 930 dated 12 February 1963 introduced for the first time in Italy an appellation of controlled origin and set a difference between “table wines” and quality wines.
What were the first Italian regions to recieve DOCG status?
Appeared in 1980
Brunello di Montalcino
Vino Nobile de Montepulciano
Barolo
Barbaresco
Cahiers des charges in italian?
Disiplinare du produzione
How are maximum yields defined in the disciplinare du produzione?
Maximum yields are defined in tons per hectare of fruit and in hectoliters per hectare of wine.
What is Goria’s law?
Law 164- Introduced in 1992
This overhauled existing regulations and added a new tier to the Italian quality hierarchy: Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT).
What is Anreicherung?
chapitalization
When did Mississippi allow the state to sell alcohol?
1966
When did Kansas allow for the sale of alcohol on premises?
1987
What does the FAA stand for?
Federal Alcohol Administration
