Wine Basics/Tasting
Red wine gets its color and tannins from this
What are grape skins?
The part of the vine life cycle when grapes are picked either by hand or machine
What is harvest?
Barrels that impart vanilla, baking spices, and woody aromas
What is oak?
These ancient people were the most influential to wine as we know it
Who are the Romans?
This is the largest and most commercially important fine wine region
What is Bordeaux?
What is sugar?
Viticulture is the science of grape cultivation done here
What is the vineyard?
The timing of this is what determines if it's a white wine or a red wine
What is pressing? (Fermentation also accepted)
Wine was spread throughout the world thanks to this religious group
What is the Catholic Church?
This level of Beaujolais wine is known as "the freshest wine in the world" and comes out the 3rd Thurs. of November
This type of wine has little to no sugar
What is dry?
What is phylloxera?
Method to make sparkling wine that produces elegant bubbles, yeasty notes, and the top sparkling wines in the world use
What is Method Champenoise/Traditionelle/Classic?
The oldest wine in the world was found here
Where is Caucasus Mountains? (also accept Georgia/Turkey/Iran/Armenia)
Key grape of the Northern Rhone
What is Syrah?
Reds lose color, whites gain color. Fruit flavors dissipate, tannins mellow, tertiary flavors come through. This is what happened to the wine.
What is aged?
A concept: the combination of factors including soil, climate, and sunlight that give wine grapes their distinctive character
What is terroir?
Aging method that gives a yeasty, bready, nutty note to the wine
What is sur-lie aging? (also accept "aging on lees" or "yeast"
Old world laws are based on France as New World law are based on
What is the United States?
This type of Loire wine is famous for being made in several styles incl. Sec, Sec Tendre, Classic, or Moelleux
What is Vouvray?
95% of wines are made from grapes from this species
What is Vitis Vinifera?
Climate that is dry, hot summer and cold winters. No influence from any bodies of water
What is continental?
The fungus that makes sweet dessert wines, aka "noble rot"
What is Botrytis Cinerea?
This is the highest classification designation for a French wine
What is AOP/AOC?
The best of the best vineyards in Burgundy are called
What is a Grand Cru?