Wine Service Tips Flashcards
What angle should you hold a sparkling bottle of wine when opening
45%
Let loose, a Champagne cork can fly across the room at what speed
65 mph
Sparkling wines should be served at what temp
43-50 degrees
If red wine is too warm the predominant flavor becomes
Alcohol
What is the purpose of decanting a wine
Release it’s aromas and flavors per oxidation
Young robust red wines are specifically decanted to
Soften and mellow tannins
Complex wines with moderate aging are decanted to
Allow bouquet to open
How do you decant fully aged and mature wines
carefully and consume immediately
What do you do with wine bottles that have sediment, prior to serving them
Stand upright for one hour
Biodynamic wines such as those produced by Olivier Zind Humbrecht may improve with decanting by
Reducing their reductive nature
What is the ideal temp of a wine cellar
50-60 degrees
What is the ideal level of humidity in the wine cellar
65-75 degrees
Wine bottles are stored on their side in order that the cork
Does not dry out
When pairing food and wine match intensity with intensity and high acid foods with high acid wines, sweet foods with sweet wines. Sweetness diminishes what
Heat in spicy foods and bitterness.
Spicy foods can be paired with
High acid off dry wine such as an off dry Chenin or Riesling
