Tasting & Evaluating
What is the most common color for red wines?
What is Ruby?)
How does sweetness in food affect a wine’s taste?
What is It makes the wine seem more acidic, bitter, and less fruity?)
Poor storage conditions can lead to what in wine?
What are Faults?)
What environmental factor provides energy to ripen grapes?
What is Sunlight?
What process extracts the most liquid from grapes?
What is Pressing?
If a wine’s pigmentation reaches from the core to the rim, how should it be described?
What is Deep?
True or False – Salt enhances the flavor of wine
What is True?
What is the generally accepted "room temperature" for serving wine?
What is 18°C / 64°F?)
What is the correct order for grape formation and ripening?
What is Flowering, Fruit Set, Véraison, Ripening?
What is the correct order for red winemaking? (Draining, Fermentation, Maturation, Pressing)
what is: Fermentation, Draining, Pressing, Maturation?
Oak and malolactic conversion aromas are classified as what type of aromas?
What are Secondary Aromas?
Acidity in food has what effect on wine?
What is It makes the wine seem less acidic?
Sparkling wine is best served in what type of glass?
What is a Flute?
What type of climate is Grenache best suited for?
What is Warm Climate?
What winemaking technique involves plunging a cap of grape skins into juice?
What is Punching Down?)
What structural component contributes most to the body of a wine?
What is Alcohol?)
Which style of wine is most affected by chili heat in food?
What is Wines with higher alcohol?)
Which red wine style is served at the coolest temperature?
What is Beaujolais?
What is the main challenge spring frost presents to vineyards?
What is It reduces the crop for the year?
Which type of fermentation temperature is typical for rosé winemaking?
What is 12-22°C / 54-72°F?)
A fortified wine like Fino Sherry (15% ABV) is classified as having what level of alcohol?
What is Low Alcohol?)
In food and wine pairing, which should have the higher intensity: the food or the wine?
What is They should have equal intensity?)
What is the purpose of holding an aged red wine near a light source while decanting
What is To see when sediments collect in the neck?)
What does the French term "AOC" stand for?
What is Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée?
What vessel leads to maturation with oxygen?
What are Old Oak Vats?