Wine

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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


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