Wine
What is the natural content for wine
12.5-13%
How long are red wines left in bottles for
15-20 years and up
What countries are some up and coming grape growers that are starting to produce good wine
Australia, South America, South Africa Near coast with hot and cool interaction
Where are some good growing regions for grapes in France
Bordeaux and Burgundy Champagne and Cognac
Are all of France's grapes 100% French
NO, Americans added some of our strong plants because of the blight (plant disease) in France
What is Dr. Smith's opinion as to where the best place is to grow wine
Napa Valley, California Pacific OCean
What is racking
Taking the wine and bottling it, but the wine is still maturing
What allows the chemical reaction to continue within the bottle
The cork allows little bits of air
What is Varietal
Type of grape from which wine comes from and its region These are normally the two things that wine is named after
Why were people starting to not order wine
Afraid to order the wrong thing
Where do Burgundy wines come from
Burgundy
Where in American is a good growing region
California, Napa Valley California, Sonoma New York-- close to great lakes
For sparkling wine what is left in and captured as opposed to normally just letting it escape out of the wine
Carbon dioxide
Rose or Blush is a category of what type of wine and how does it get its color
Category of Red wine, gets color from leaving the skins in for not too long
Where does Champagne have to come from in order for it to actually be called Champagne
Champagne, France
What did the wine community do to get wine sales up
Changed the rules to whatever you like to drink you can eat whatever with Encouraged people to try new things
What is fermentation
Chemical process in which yeast acts as a sugar to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide
Where in Italy is a good growing region
Chianti
How did the grapes used to be congealed versus how they are now?
Crushing of people standing on them Now huge crushers do it in mass qantity
Who said drinking sparking wine is like drinking the stars
Dom Pierre Pérignon
With white wine what is filtered out quite early
Everything
What makes a good wine producing region
Good Soil Near the Coast Mixture of hot days and cool nights Right balance of fog and humidity
Where does the color of red wine come from
Grape Skins
In Germany, how is Riesling made
Harvested after the first frost, the sugar goes into the grapes as a means of overdrive to try and save the plant Riesling is very sugary and a sweet white wine
What is unique about the white wine
It ages and matures faster than red wines
What are tannins used for in red wine
Making it taste dry
Who said "The coldest winter I ever spent was the summer in San Francisco "
Mark Twain
What type of grape does Merlot come from
Merlot grape
What parts of the grapes are left in for red wine
Pulp, skins, seeds, stems. EVERYTHING This is where the thick rich color comes from
What type of grapes is red wine made from
Red grapes, red has a wide color spectrum from purple to dark pink
What were the old rules for what you can eat wine with
Red with steak or game White-Poultry, fish and egg Sparkling wine-desert General rule of thumb: Red wine with heavier food
What are the four main types of wine
Red, Blush (Rose), White, or Sparkling Wines
Where in Germany is a good growing region
Reisling
What is Vintage
The year the grapes are picked or harvested
What are the 2 V's when talking about wine
Varietal and Vintage
What is spoiled wine
Vinegar
What are pairing parties
When you fill Dixie cups up with different types of wine and everyone brings a dish to see what pairs well
What type of grapes make white wines
White/green
What is wine
Wine is fermented juice of grapes
What is the Middle Eastern tail
Woman is depressed She drinks poison Poison is actually wine and she gets drunk Gives it to her husband and he falls in love with her again
Does the year have a lot to do with how good wine is and if so what contributes to it
YES, big deal and the weather
What reacts in the fermentation process to produce alcohol
Yeast and Sugar