CORK AND CULTURE
What wine titled song, written and recorded by Neil Diamond, was released in 1983 by UB40?
“Red, Red, Wine”
What is the common name for wine affected with TCA taint?
Corked wine (TCA stands for 2, 4, 6 - trichlornisole, a chemical compound that occurs with faulty corks)
What is the only continent to never have any wine grape roots planted on it?
True or False: the controversial use of oak chips to imitate barrel aging is a modern innovation in response to the high cost of barrel.
False (French agronomist Oliver de Serres wrote about the practice in 1600)
What Australian wine brand became a marketing legand with its 2001 launch of the catchy labelled wines made exclusively for the US market?
Yellow Tail (US sales in 2001 were 200,000 cases, US sales in 2006 rose to more than 10 million cases)
Which kind of ageing is bottled ageing: oxidative or reductive?
reductive aging (in the bottle, wine gradually loses oxygen, in barrel aging, wine absorbed oxygen)
During the 15th and 16th century, wines that may have been sealed and stored in stoneware (perhaps Frechen) jugs re-fermented causing them to have spritz, leading to what style of French sparkling wines and certain types of ciders.
What protects red wine from damaging oxidation in an open toppped fermentation vat?
Cap (a layer of skins and pulp that floats to the top of the vat)
Which year did the California legislation establish the world-renowned School of Enology and Viticulture at the University of California - 1880, 1933, or 1980?
Champagne, Brunello di Montalcino, Chateauneuf du Papa,or Minervois
What event was thought to have started around the late 1850’s that laid waste to the wine industry in Europe and is believed to have been introduced through an unwelcome North American import?
The introduction of phylloxera or Great French Wine Blight
When using the traditional method to make champagne, a mixture of sugar, wine, and yeast is added to the still based wine in order to trigger the second fermentation in the bottle. What is this mixture called?
Which cellar method does Chilean winemaker Aurelio Montes use to improve hie maturing wines - barrel rotation at full moon or piped-in Gregorian Chants?
Piped in Gregorian chants (for the effect of a gentle vibration)
True or false: a wine labelled with a vintage year may be made with a proportion of grapes harvested from another year
True (Depending on the country, up to 25% of the grapes may come from another year’s harvest)
Where is the oldest know WINERY founded in? Italy, Armenia, or Greece
Armenia - discovered in 2007 by UCLA researchers
What is Chaptalisation
The process before adding sugar before fermentation
Which was the first US designated viticultural area as recognized by the government - Augusta, Missouri, Napa Valley, California, or Finger Lakes, New York
Puncheon, Butts, and Hogsheads are all types of what
Casks...........barrel is a particular size and shape of a cask
In 1882, German inventor Carl F.A. Wienke, filed a patent on this important wine object allowing restaurants and at home consumers the ability to enjoy their wine with convenience.
the “Waiter’s Friend,” also known as a “Butler’s Friend” and a “Wine Key.”
What equipment uses air and rubber bags within horizontal cylinders for genital handling of white wine must?
Pneumatic press (prevents the release of bitter oils from crushed seeds)