Old World Details
This Loire Valley region is known for dry Chenin Blanc wines with high aging potential.
What is Savennières?
These natural grape compounds contribute bitterness and structure to red wines.
What is tannins?
This Austrian white grape is known for peppery, citrus-driven wines.
What is Grüner Veltliner?
This French term refers to the natural environment where grapes grow, including soil, climate, and terrain.
What is Terroir?
Which wine is made by allowing the grape skins to stay in contact with the juice for a short time?
What is Rose?
This Italian region produces Amarone using partially dried grapes.
What is Veneto?
This yeast layer protects Sherry from oxidation during aging.
This South African region is particularly known for Chenin Blanc.
What is Stellenbosch?
This term describes wines that are not sweet and contain little or no residual sugar.
What is Dry?
What is the process of removing yeast from sparkling wine called?
What is Disgorgement?
This French region produces Vin Jaune made from the Savagnin grape.
This fungus responsible for noble rot concentrates sugars in wines like Sauternes and Tokaji.
What is Botrytis cinerea?
This Chilean cooling ocean current greatly affects coastal vineyards.
What is the Humboldt Current?
This word describes a wine that feels full and heavy in the mouth due to alcohol, sugar, or extract.
What destroyed many French vineyards in the late 19th century?
What is Phylloxera?
This famous Burgundy vineyard classification sits above Premier Cru.
This compound responsible for cork taint can be detected at extremely low levels in wine.
This Portuguese valley is the historic growing region for Port wine grapes.
What is the Douro Valley?
This French term describes the yeast sediment left after fermentation.
What are Lees?
Which medieval European monarch owned his own vineyards?
What is Charlemagne?
This 1855 system ranked Bordeaux châteaux into growth levels.
What is Bordeaux 1855 Classification?
This winemaking technique involves stirring the lees to increase texture and richness.
What is bâtonnage?
This Spanish region known for steep slate vineyards produces powerful Garnacha and Cariñena blends.
What is Priorat?
This winemaking process involves aging wine on its lees to increase texture and complexity.
What is sur lie aging?
Who was the Roman god of wine?
What is Bacchus?