4866 C Test 1
Describe the overall style of German wine
A balance of sweetness with acidity and low alcohol
Whats the grape variety for Vouvray wine?
Chenin Blanc
What are the main viticultural areas of California?
North Coast, North Central Coast, South Central Coast, San Joaquin Valley
What are the three tastes in wine?
Sweet, sour, and bitter
Cotes de Rhone
Syrah and Grenache
What percentage of German wines are white?
85%
How many winemaking regions does Germany have?
13 regions
How many AVAs does Oregon have?
17
When did phylloxera first destroy the vineyards of California?
1876
In what year did the Prohibition begin?
1920
When were the AOC laws first established?
1930
In what year did Prohibition end?
1933
How many acres are there in a hectare?
2.471 acres
What percentage of grapes planted in Germany are Riesling?
21%
How many gallows are there in a hectoliter?
26.42 gallons
Does Washington produce more red or more white?
50/50
What is the average range of alcohol in German wines?
8-10%
Whats there average alcohol range for German wines?
8-10%
IF a German wine lists a vintage on the label, what's the minimum percentage of that year in the wine?
85%
If a German wine has the name of a grape variety on a bale, whats the minimum percentage of that grape in the wine?
85%
What is an American Viticultural Area?
A specific grape growing area within a state or region recognized by and registered with the federal government
Name on different in style between a Riesling from Alsace and one from Germany
Alsace are dry and higher alcohol content; German has residual sugar
What do the letters A.V.A. stand for?
American Viticultural Area
Which region of Burgundy produces the red wine?
Beaujolais
Where do grapes grow?
Between 30 and 50 degrees north, and 30 and 50 degrees south
What is Noble Rot?
Boitrytis cinera, a mold that slowly pierces grape skins, allowing their water content to evaporate and giving the wine a more intense flavor
What are the top grapes planted in Napa?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot
Bordeaux
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, and Semillon
Name the top five states in wine production
California, Washington, New York, Oregon, Virginia
Which region of Burgundy produces only white wine?
Chablis
Name the main regions of Burgundy
Chablis, Cote Chalonnaise, Cote d'Or, Mconnais, Beaufolais
All the great white Burgundies are made from 100%
Chardonnay
Whats the most important white wine grape grown in California?
Chardonnay
What are the top grapes planted in Sonoma?
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon
Name three other major grapes frown in Washington?
Chardonnay, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Which Native American varieties of grapes from in New York
Concord, Catawba, and Delaware
Name two important shippers of Alsace wine
Domaine Dopff au Moulin, Trimbach, Hugel & Fils
Eiswein may be made by harvesting the grapes when fully ripe and then freezing them in commercial freezers.
False
Name the three main wine regions of New York
Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley, Long Island
What are the three classication levels of the chateaux in Sauternes?
Grand Premiere Cru, Priers Crus, Deuxiemes Crus
What is terroir?
How the somewhere's of particular region of vineyards tastes, including soil. geography, sunlight, water, climate, surrounding plant life, and other elements
Name the levels of ripeness of Pradikatswein
Kabinett, spatlese, auslese, beerenauselese, trockenbeerneauselese, eiswein
From which region in Burgundy does Poilly Fruisse come?
Maconnais
Approximately how many wineries are there in the US?
More than 6,000
What German grape crosses Riesling and CHassel's?
Muller THurgau
Name three grapes that have high tannin
Nebbiolo, Canernet Sauvignon, Syrah/Shiraz
In Burgundy, what does "estate bottle" wine mean?
Own of the vineyard makes, produces, and bottles the wine
What grape does Oregon grow most?
Pinot Noir
Burgundy
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
What wines are in Champagne?
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Name Germany's four most important wine regions
Rheinhesse, Rheingau, Mosel, Pfalz
What is the most planted grape in Alsace?
Riesling
Alsace
Riesling and Gewurtztraminer
What is the grape variety in the wines of Sancerre?
Sauvignon Blanc
Whats the grape variety for Sancerre and Pouilly Fume wines?
Sauvignon Blanc
Loire Valley
Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc
the majority of the white Bordeaux wines use which two grape varieties?
Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon
What the primary grape used for Sauternes?
Semillon
What are the percentage ranges of alcohol in sparkling wine, table wine, and fortified wine?
Sparkling wine: 8 - 12% Table wine: 8 - 15% Fortified wine: 17 - 22%
How do red grapes make white wine?
The skins of the red grapes are removed to make white wine from the pulp
Fume Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc are the same thing?
True
why should you swirl a wine before smelling it
to allow oxygen to aerate the wine, releasing the esters and aldehydes that combine with oxygen to yield the wine's aroma or bouquet
Name the three basic styles of German wine
Trocken, halbtrock, and fruity
What is the name of a wine-grape species native to America?
Vitis Labrusa and Vitis Rotundifoila
What species of grapes make the most wine?
Vitis vinifera
What is must?
the mixture of grape juice in skins
In which state is the world's largest producer of Riesling located?
Washington
What is Brix?
the winemakers measure of sugar in grapes
Denise the term "sur lie"
Wine aged on its "lees"
What is phylloxera?
a grape louse that can kill the entire plant
what does a vintage on a bottle indicate?
the year the grapes were harvested
what is eiswein
a sweet, concentrated wine made from grapes pressed while still frozen
How many states have wineries?
all 50
what is the difference between aroma and bouquet?
arome represents the smell of the grapes in the wine, bouquet describes the total smell of the wine
Why do vintner use sulfur dioxide in the winemaking process?
as an antioxidant, perservative, and disinfectant to prevent unwanted oxidation and to inhibit the action of bacteria or wild yeast
If an AVA appears on a wine label, what percentage of the grapes must come from that region?
at least 85%
What is vertical tasting?
comparing wines from different vintages
what does Gutsafuliung indicate?
estate bottled
What are the three sources that can affect a wine's flavor?
grapes, fermentation, and maturation and aging
What does the word graves mean?
gravel
What does the word Trocken say about the style of the wine
its dry
what does spatlese mean in english?
late picking
What happens to the color of red wines as they age?
lose color
Approximately how many AVAs does America have?
more than 230
What percentage of wine consumed in America comes from the United States?
more than 75%
What is chapitalization?
process of adding sugars to the must so the yeast generates more alcohol in the final wine
Does Cote d'Or produce more white wine or more red?
red
name three quality levels of burgundy
regional appellations, village wine, premier cru, and grand cru
where does tannin come from?
skins, pits, and stems of grapes
what is maceration?
soaking the skins to extract aromas, tannins, and color
what is edelfaule?
the german word for botrytis cinerea
what are two factors that affect whether a wine will last more than five years?
the grapes, the vintage, where the wine comes from, how the wine was made, and storage condition
what is a corked wine?
when TCA from the cork has spoiled the wine
What is residual sugar?
when some of the natural sugars in the must remain unfermented by yeast
what is suss reserve?
when winemakers reserve grape juice and add it to the wine after fermentation
what happens to the color of white wines as they age?
white wines gain color
Sugar + __ = __ + Carbon Dioxide
yeast, alcohol
